Australian Superbike's new 'One Bike Rule' explained

2025 Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK)

The Australian Superbike Championship has rolled out up to date guidelines for 2025, together with a brand new one-bike protocol, the place solely a single full motorbike might be introduced to technical management in the beginning of the race weekend.

Within the occasion the motorbike is said unrepairable or inoperable, the spare machine could also be introduced for inspection on the subsequent session.

An identical system has been used efficiently in BSB.

-Many riders competing in ASBK have solely had one bike in current seasons, together with common entrance runner Cam Dunker.

There shall be a major adjustment interval for some, little question, and maybe some further challenges for Motorcycling Australia workers in managing this transition.

Archie McDonald – Picture RbMotoLens

For the complete run down and the way that may impact moist races, see the official ASBK launch under:

MAIN FRAME AND SPARE MOTORCYCLE

Throughout the complete length of the occasion, every rider might solely use one (1) full motorbike, as introduced for Technical Management, with the body clearly recognized with a seal. In case the body must be changed, the rider or the crew should request using a spare body to the ASBK Chief Technical Officer.
One (1) Spare full motorbike is allowed per rider.
A crew might decide to have one (1) spare machine shared by two or extra riders. On this case, the fitted engine have to be sealed however not allotted to a rider.

Riders began happening on oil at Morgan Park final 12 months – Picture RbMotoLens

EXPLANATION OF THE PROCEDURES:

Just one (1) full motorbike could also be introduced for the preliminary technical checks, and it will likely be the one motorbike allowed on the observe and within the pit field throughout the practices, qualifying and races.
The body of this motorbike shall be formally sealed with by the ASBK Chief technical officer or by his appointed workers. The seal will bear a serial quantity, which shall be recorded. Any try made to take away the seal will lead to a penalty being utilized.
At any time throughout the occasion the technical officers, underneath the path of the ASBK Chief Technical Officer, might verify the seal and confirm that it conforms to the motorbike and rider it was assigned to. For cross reference, each body ought to have a novel quantity punched on it, on the steering-head.
If the first or energetic motorbike is broken in a crash or in another incident and is said unrepairable or inoperable (safely and within the obtainable time) by the ASBK Chief Technical Officer or his appointed workers, then the seal on the broken motorbike shall be destroyed by the technical workers and the chassis of this motorbike should not be used for the rest of the occasion. The brand new serial quantity shall be recorded by the ASBK Chief Technical Officer. The spare machine might then be introduced for Technical Inspection earlier than the subsequent session.
The spare bike is not going to be allowed in entrance of the pit field till the rider, or the crew has obtained authorization from The ASBK Chief Technical Officer or Race Path.
Riders altering bikes should use the tyres that they’ve had marked except the respective class guidelines utilized permit for tyre altering. Penalties for utilizing unmarked or non-homologated tyres will apply.
The substitute motorbike could also be used on the observe solely after the tip of the follow, qualifying or race through which the harm occurred. The broken motorbike have to be faraway from the entrance of the pit field as quickly as potential and put in storage in the back of the pit field out of view of pit lane.
As soon as a rider exits the pitlane for any session, together with the race, the spare machine can not be used.
Any actions opposite to those procedures will lead to a penalty as described within the ASBK Sporting Laws.
The broken body could also be impounded by the ASBK Chief Technical Officer for later examination.

WET RACE PROCEDURE:

After Sighting Lap (Together with Race Stoppages Due To Moist)

All races shall be categorized as both moist or dry. A board could also be displayed on the grid to point the standing of the race. If no board is displayed, the race is mechanically dry. The aim of this classification is to point to riders the consequence of various weather conditions throughout a race.

The Race Director might, at this stage, select to declare a race as “moist” or “dry” and the starter will point out this to the riders on the grid and those that should still be within the pit lane by the show of a board. If no board is displayed the race will mechanically be “dry”.
Riders should keep of their grid place; engines have to be switched off.
If the race is said moist, riders on the grid might, at this stage, make changes to the motorbike or change tyres to go well with the observe circumstances. A most of 4 crew per rider plus one promotional particular person are allowed on the grid and work on the bike is allowed.
The beginning process will re-commenced with the 5-minute board which the Starter will order to be displayed as quickly as potential (usually as quickly as all riders on the grid are attended by their crew).
All changes have to be accomplished by the show of the 3-minute board. After this board is displayed, riders who nonetheless want to make changes should push their motorbike to the pit lane. Such riders and their bikes have to be away from the grid and within the pit lane earlier than the show of the 1-minute board, the place they might proceed to make changes. Such riders will begin the warmup lap from the pit lane and can begin the race from the again of the grid.

Engaged on the machine on the grid after the 3-minute board is introduced might outcome within the rider being penalised.

The remainder of the beginning process stays unchanged.