Spherical One – Phillip Island
Street & Race Supersport 300
Supersport 300 Qualifying
The battle for prime spot within the SS300 class was an interstate tussle between younger Western Australian Orlando Peovitis (Kawasaki) and South Australian Tara Morrison (Kawasaki). In the long run, it was the Sandgroper that edged out the Croweater whereas Jordy Simpson (Yamaha) made it three South Australians on the entrance row.
Supersport 300 Qualifying Outcomes
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|
Pos |
Rider |
Bike |
Time/Hole |
Max |
|
|
1 |
O. Peovitis |
Kaw |
1m48.591 |
195 |
|
|
2 |
T. Morrison |
Kaw |
1m48.714 |
+0.123 |
194 |
|
3 |
J. Simpson |
Yam |
1m48.834 |
+0.243 |
190 |
|
4 |
T. King |
Kaw |
1m48.854 |
+0.263 |
201 |
|
5 |
R. Nauta |
Kaw |
1m49.081 |
+0.490 |
192 |
|
6 |
D. Coward |
Kaw |
1m49.199 |
+0.608 |
193 |
|
7 |
T. James |
Yam |
1m49.364 |
+0.773 |
195 |
|
8 |
M. Ritter |
Yam |
1m49.595 |
+1.004 |
192 |
|
9 |
T. Nicolson |
Kaw |
1m49.701 |
+1.110 |
195 |
|
10 |
L. Knight |
Yam |
1m49.769 |
+1.178 |
188 |
|
11 |
P. O’Brien |
Yam |
1m49.821 |
+1.230 |
189 |
|
12 |
J. Senior |
Yam |
1m50.030 |
+1.439 |
191 |
|
13 |
N. Frost |
Yam |
1m50.060 |
+1.469 |
192 |
|
14 |
S. Dellow |
Yam |
1m50.136 |
+1.545 |
189 |
|
15 |
R. McAdam |
Yam |
1m50.152 |
+1.561 |
190 |
|
16 |
J. Russo |
Yam |
1m50.318 |
+1.727 |
190 |
|
17 |
T. Katada |
Yam |
1m50.707 |
+2.116 |
188 |
|
18 |
Z. Russo |
Yam |
1m51.059 |
+2.468 |
187 |
|
19 |
A. Wu |
Yam |
1m51.264 |
+2.673 |
189 |
|
20 |
M. Cartwright |
Yam |
1m51.347 |
+2.756 |
187 |
|
21 |
A. Codey |
Yam |
1m51.559 |
+2.968 |
189 |
|
22 |
Okay. Knight |
Yam |
1m51.833 |
+3.242 |
187 |
|
23 |
F. Jacobs |
Yam |
1m51.844 |
+3.253 |
188 |
|
24 |
E. Dellow |
Yam |
1m52.469 |
+3.878 |
190 |
|
25 |
H. Grace |
Kaw |
1m53.181 |
+4.590 |
192 |
|
26 |
L. Brinkman |
Kaw |
1m53.709 |
+5.118 |
194 |
|
27 |
Y. Liu |
Yam |
1m54.611 |
+6.020 |
190 |
|
28 |
A. Cameron |
Yam |
1m57.199 |
+8.608 |
176 |
|
29 |
J. Grice |
Yam |
1m59.165 |
+10.574 |
173 |
|
30 |
M. Nicholas |
Kaw |
1m59.673 |
+11.082 |
178 |
|
31 |
A. Jordan |
Yam |
2m01.458 |
+12.867 |
176 |
Supersport 300 Race One

Riley Nauta took the early benefit when the opening eight-lap Supersport bout of the season acquired underway late on Friday afternoon at Phillip Island. Trailing the diminutive teen intently have been Tara Morrison, Tyler King, Jordy Simpson, Matthew Ritter, Phoenix O’Brien and poleman Orlando Peovitis. Nauta saved the challengers at bay as the highest six began to stretch away from the sector because the race approached the midway mark.

Tyler King moved to the fore with three laps to run as Tara Morrison then relegated Nauta additional again to 3rd. Tara Morrison then took her flip up entrance, Riley Nauta moved again as much as second, Phoenix O’Brien was now third, whereas Jordy Simpson had pushed Tyler King again to fifth simply forward of Orlando Peovitis. Then Nauta was again within the lead, then King once more, then Nauta…

Matthew Ritter had been operating in seventh place, 12-seconds behind the highest six, however was black-flagged for a technical drawback on the penultimate lap.

Jai Russo crashed out on the ultimate lap at flip 4.

On the final lap board, Riley Nauta had the largest lead of the race, eight-tenths of a second. Tyler King was in second and Jordy Simpson third.
Nauta prolonged his lead on the ultimate run across the again of the circuit to take the chequered flag 1.85 seconds away from Tyler King, who crossed the road aspect by aspect with Jordy Simpson, Phoenix O’Brien, Orlando Peovitis and Tara Morrison in an nearly photograph end.

That lead sextet took the flag 15-seconds away from seventh positioned Jake Senior, who had Rossi McAdam, Lincoln Knight, Tom Nicolson, Seth Dellow, Toby James, David Coward and Nixon Frost in shut firm.
Orlando Peovitis might have completed fifth however his pole time and quickest lap of the race reveals he has the pace, however maybe has somewhat extra racecraft to be taught earlier than he maximises his potential.

The second SS300 race is slated to get underway at 0850 on Saturday morning earlier than the third and remaining bout of the opening spherical at 0910 on Sunday morning.
Supersport 300 Race One Outcomes
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|
Pos |
Rider |
Bike |
Time/Hole |
|
1 |
R. Nauta |
Kaw |
14m44.881 |
|
2 |
T. King |
Kaw |
+1.850 |
|
3 |
J. Simpson |
Yam |
+1.927 |
|
4 |
P. O’Brien |
Yam |
+1.937 |
|
5 |
O. Peovitis |
Kaw |
+2.023 |
|
6 |
T. Morrison |
Kaw |
+2.062 |
|
7 |
J. Senior |
Yam |
+15.189 |
|
8 |
R. McAdam |
Yam |
+15.200 |
|
9 |
L. Knight |
Yam |
+15.244 |
|
10 |
T. Nicolson |
Kaw |
+15.350 |
|
11 |
S. Dellow |
Yam |
+15.353 |
|
12 |
T. James |
Yam |
+15.557 |
|
13 |
D. Coward |
Kaw |
+15.860 |
|
14 |
N. Frost |
Yam |
+16.005 |
|
15 |
A. Codey |
Yam |
+17.229 |
|
16 |
Okay. Knight |
Yam |
+21.879 |
|
17 |
E. Dellow |
Yam |
+23.472 |
|
18 |
Z. Russo |
Yam |
+34.593 |
|
19 |
H. Grace |
Kaw |
+34.806 |
|
20 |
F. Jacobs |
Yam |
+35.304 |
|
21 |
A. Wu |
Yam |
+35.304 |
|
22 |
M. Cartwright |
Yam |
+35.369 |
|
23 |
Y. Liu |
Yam |
+57.226 |
|
24 |
L. Brinkman |
Kaw |
+57.346 |
|
25 |
A. Cameron |
Yam |
+57.362 |
|
26 |
J. Grice |
Yam |
+1m19.451 |
|
27 |
M. Nicholas |
Kaw |
+1m33.954 |
|
28 |
A. Jordan |
Yam |
+1m35.355 |
|
DNF |
M. Ritter |
Yam |
+13.034 |
|
DNF |
J. Russo |
Yam |
+13.811 |
|
DNF |
T. Katada |
Yam |
+4 Laps |
Supersport 300 Race Two
South Australians Tara Morrison and Jordy Simpson acquired away effectively, however finally poleman Orlando Peovitis took the early lead at flip one. Morrison moved again to the entrance as they negotiated flip three, and Tara definitely had her elbows out this morning!

With six laps to run, the main group actually began to shuffle the pack with the highest 9 riders coated by lower than a second. Tyler King up entrance, Orlando Peovitis, Tara Morrison up entrance, then Riley Nauta and Jordy Simpson took their turns to guide.
Officers signalled that the beginning was below investigation, suggesting there might be a post-race shake-up of the outcomes. We didn’t have to attend that lengthy, as Miles Nicholes was given a jump-start penalty, however that wouldn’t make a lot distinction to the outcomes, as Nicholas was already outdoors the highest ten. Later, Krue Knight, Flynn Jacobs and Ethan Dellow have been additionally hit with jump-start penalties.

As they broached the midway level of the eight-lap contest, it was Tyler King up entrance whereas down in twelfth place, 1.4 seconds from the chief, Toby James set the quickest lap of the race.
David Coward went off the monitor on the penultimate lap.
On the final lap board, it was Tyler King together with his nostril in entrance, main Jordy Simpson, Rossi McAdam, Jake Senior, Seth Dellow, Tara Morrison, Phoenix O’Brien and Riley Nauta, however little separated the highest ten as the ultimate lap insanity started.
Tyler King held on to take the chequered flag narrowly forward of Riley Nauta, whereas Jordy Simpson rounded out a podium that was coated by a tenth of a second.

Rossi McAdam simply missed the podium whereas Jake Senior took fifth forward of Phoenix O’Brien, Seth Dellow, Matthew Ritter, Tara Morrison, whereas Toby James rounded out a prime ten that was coated by lower than half a second.

Supersport 300 rivals shall be on monitor at 0910 on Sunday morning for his or her third and remaining bout of the season opener.
Supersport 300 Race Two Outcomes
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Pos |
Rider |
Bike |
Time/Hole |
|
1 |
T. King |
Kaw |
14m44.064 |
|
2 |
R. Nauta |
Kaw |
+0.043 |
|
3 |
J. Simpson |
Yam |
+0.174 |
|
4 |
R. McAdam |
Yam |
+0.229 |
|
5 |
J. Senior |
Yam |
+0.259 |
|
6 |
P. O’Brien |
Yam |
+0.270 |
|
7 |
S. Dellow |
Yam |
+0.285 |
|
8 |
M. Ritter |
Yam |
+0.311 |
|
9 |
T. Morrison |
Kaw |
+0.382 |
|
10 |
T. James |
Yam |
+0.483 |
|
11 |
L. Knight |
Yam |
+0.593 |
|
12 |
T. Nicolson |
Kaw |
+1.117 |
|
13 |
N. Frost |
Yam |
+1.121 |
|
14 |
O. Peovitis |
Kaw |
+4.295 |
|
15 |
T. Katada |
Yam |
+17.569 |
|
16 |
J. Russo |
Yam |
+17.807 |
|
17 |
A. Wu |
Yam |
+18.221 |
|
18 |
H. Grace |
Kaw |
+21.837 |
|
19 |
Z. Russo |
Yam |
+22.195 |
|
20 |
Okay. Knight |
Yam |
+27.701 |
|
21 |
E. Dellow |
Yam |
+28.192 |
|
22 |
M. Cartwright |
Yam |
+34.743 |
|
23 |
L. Brinkman |
Kaw |
+46.087 |
|
24 |
Y. Liu |
Yam |
+46.213 |
|
25 |
A. Cameron |
Yam |
+46.243 |
|
26 |
A. Codey |
Yam |
+49.888 |
|
27 |
J. Grice |
Yam |
+1m06.612 |
|
28 |
M. Nicholas |
Kaw |
+1m16.001 |
|
29 |
A. Jordan |
Yam |
+1m29.421 |
| Not Categorized | |||
|
DNF |
F. Jacobs |
Yam |
+29.992 |
|
DNF |
D. Coward |
Kaw |
+1 Lap |
Supersport 300 Race Three
After nearly good circumstances on Friday and Saturday, clouds gathered on the horizon because the machines warmed up within the pits. There had been some light spits of rain earlier within the morning, and the radar painted a dark outlook for the remainder of the day. Rain was coming, it was only a matter of when…

Supersport 300 riders went out for his or her warm-up lap on schedule at 0910 because the monitor was declared moist. The beginning was then delayed, and an announcement was made that the race had been lowered to 4 laps.

In actuality, the monitor was probably not moist, simply damp, that horrible center floor between the 2, but it surely nonetheless seemed more likely to afford various grip, till you hit a patch the place it didn’t… Simply what you need… However it was definitely damp sufficient to warrant wets, significantly over such a brief race distance, and with such restricted assets, it was very a lot a scramble for a lot of to prepare for the race begin.

They lastly fronted the starter at 0922.

Tara Morrison acquired off to a trademark nice begin forward of Lincoln Knight and Jordy Simpson, as that trio rapidly began to kind a breakaway group up entrance, even earlier than the tip of the opening lap. Nixon Frost was an early faller.
We have now by no means doubted the bravery of Tara, and that was on clear show once more this morning as she set the tempo up entrance and eked out a lead of greater than two seconds throughout the opening two laps!
The monitor was now wanting fairly dry because the slight drizzle had eased, however the lap instances have been greater than ten seconds off what this discipline runs on utterly dry blacktop.
Tara Morrison continued to streak away from the sector as Jake Senior moved as much as second place, and the battle for the minor locations on the podium began to actually warmth up.
Morrison led by nearly 4 seconds on the final lap board and made no errors as she introduced the bacon dwelling. The margin on the chequered flag was 3.1 seconds in a race that she known as the slowest however maybe additionally most worrying she has ever had.

Lincoln Knight was the most effective of the remaining in second place, incomes his first podium within the class.

Jordy Simpson rounded out the rostrum by a nostril over Phoenix O’Brien.

Supersport 300 Race Three Outcomes
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| Pos |
Rider |
Bike |
Time/Hole |
|
1 |
T. Morrison |
Kaw |
8m07.076 |
|
2 |
L. Knight |
Yam |
+3.161 |
|
3 |
J. Simpson |
Yam |
+3.852 |
|
4 |
P. O’Brien |
Yam |
+3.896 |
|
5 |
T. Nicolson |
Kaw |
+5.219 |
|
6 |
J. Senior |
Yam |
+5.258 |
|
7 |
H. Grace |
Kaw |
+7.444 |
|
8 |
R. McAdam |
Yam |
+7.929 |
|
9 |
S. Dellow |
Yam |
+7.973 |
|
10 |
O. Peovitis |
Kaw |
+8.067 |
|
11 |
T. King |
Kaw |
+8.533 |
|
12 |
T. James |
Yam |
+8.659 |
|
13 |
Z. Russo |
Yam |
+15.882 |
|
14 |
T. Katada |
Yam |
+15.925 |
|
15 |
Okay. Knight |
Yam |
+17.741 |
|
16 |
A. Wu |
Yam |
+17.826 |
|
17 |
E. Dellow |
Yam |
+17.837 |
|
18 |
R. Nauta |
Kaw |
+23.863 |
|
19 |
L. Brinkman |
Kaw |
+29.042 |
|
20 |
M. Nicholas |
Kaw |
+31.739 |
|
21 |
M. Cartwright |
Yam |
+32.836 |
|
22 |
F. Jacobs |
Yam |
+36.243 |
|
23 |
J. Russo |
Yam |
+36.639 |
|
24 |
A. Cameron |
Yam |
+36.729 |
|
25 |
A. Codey |
Yam |
+1m07.249 |
|
26 |
A. Jordan |
Yam |
+1m07.257 |
|
27 |
M. Ritter |
Yam |
+1 Lap |
|
DNF |
D. Coward |
Kaw |
+3 Laps |
|
DNF |
N. Frost |
Yam |
+3 Laps |



Street & Race Supersport 300 Championship Factors
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| Pos | Rider | Bike | Pole | R1 | R2` | R3 | Complete |
| 1 | Tyler KING | Kawasaki | 20 | 25 | 10 | 55 | |
| 2 | Jordy SIMPSON | Yamaha | . | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
| 3 | Tara MORRISON | Kawasaki | . | 15 | 12 | 25 | 52 |
| 4 | Phoenix O’BRIEN | Yamaha | . | 17 | 15 | 17 | 49 |
| 5 | Riley NAUTA | Kawasaki | . | 25 | 20 | 2 | 47 |
| 6 | Jake SENIOR | Yamaha | . | 14 | 16 | 15 | 45 |
| 7 | Rossi McADAM | Yamaha | . | 13 | 17 | 13 | 43 |
| 8 | Lincoln KNIGHT | Yamaha | . | 12 | 10 | 20 | 42 |
| 9 | Tom NICOLSON | Kawasaki | . | 11 | 9 | 16 | 36 |
| 10 | Seth DELLOW | Yamaha | . | 10 | 14 | 12 | 36 |
| 11 | Orlando PEOVITIS | Kawasaki | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 35 |
| 12 | Toby JAMES | Yamaha | . | 9 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| 13 | Harriet GRACE | Kawasaki | . | 2 | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| 14 | Matthew RITTER | Yamaha | . | . | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 15 | Nixon FROST | Yamaha | . | 7 | 8 | . | 15 |
| 16 | Zac RUSSO | Yamaha | . | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 17 | Taishi KATADA | Yamaha | . | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| 18 | Krue KNIGHT | Yamaha | . | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 19 | Alvin WU | Yamaha | . | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 20 | David COWARD | Kawasaki | . | 8 | . | . | 8 |
| 21 | Ethan DELLOW | Yamaha | . | 4 | . | 4 | 8 |
| 22 | Alexander CODEY | Yamaha | . | 6 | . | . | 6 |
| 23 | Jai RUSSO | Yamaha | . | . | 5 | . | 5 |
| 24 | Lachlan BRINKMAN | Kawasaki | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Flynn JACOBS | Yamaha | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
2026 ASBK Provisional Calendar
| 2026 ASBK PROVISIONAL CALENDAR | ||
| Spherical One | February 20-22 | Phillip Island, VIC (WorldSBK) |
| Spherical Two | March 27-28 | Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW |
| Spherical Three | Might 1-3 | The Bend, SA |
| Spherical 4 | Might 29-31 | Morgan Park, QLD |
| Spherical 5 | June 26-28 | Queensland Raceway, QLD |
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