ASBK 2025
Spherical Three – QLD Raceway – Friday
Whereas three riders had been within the 67s in FP1, that grew to 5 in FP2 as Broc Pearson and Glenn Allerton joined Jones, West and Waters in that unique membership.
That quintet had been straight into the 67s as soon as once more when FP3 received underway on Friday afternoon, and it wasn’t lengthy earlier than Arthur Sissis made it a sextet.
Ten minutes into the session, Waters put within the quickest lap of the day to this point, a 67.248, below Mike Jones’ race lap document, and getting very near the YRT man’s 67.155 qualifying lap document.
Lower than ten minutes later, Jones received wound up himself, a 67.181 on his ninth lap of the session demoting Waters to P2.
Waters saved his greatest for final, a 67.178 because the chequered flag got here out, besting Jones by a slim three-thousandths of a second to complete Friday on prime.
Jones set pole right here final 12 months with a 67.155 qualifying lap document. Jones additionally set the race lap document right here final 12 months at 67.434.
Broc Pearson was one other late improver. The DesmoSport Ducati man dropping in a 1m07.351 to finish the day third quickest forward of Anthony West and Glenn Allerton.
Glenn Allerton had some technical issues with the Advocates Racing Ducati this morning, however once more proved the potential of the bike when issues go proper for them.
After a troublesome begin to the day with electrical gremlins laying waste to FP1, Cru Halliday received a head of steam up with ten-minutes to run and joined the 67 membership himself, a 67.647. Ending the day sixth quickest, simply forward of Cease & Seal team-mate Arthur Sissis.
Max Stauffer was eighth quickest as we speak forward of Cam Dunker.
Jonathan Nahlous rounded out the highest ten forward of John Lytras and Jack Favelle.
One notable absentee from the Superbike subject this weekend is Matt Walters. The Cessnock Kawasaki rider has stepped away from racing, at the very least for now, after deciding to hold up the leathers forward of the spherical.
Additionally lacking are Tom Toparis, who’s sidelined by damage, and Tommy Edwards, who isn’t current this weekend because of equipment issues.
Archie McDonald is lacking from the Supersport grid this weekend because of abroad commitments, however younger Cameron Swain has joined the Cease & Seal squad for the spherical. Whereas Swain did trip in FP1 earlier on Friday morning, he didn’t flip a wheel in FP2 because of a technical drawback with the bike. He then went on to be one more sufferer of flip three, taking place on his ultimate lap of the day, simply after sneaking into the highest ten on Friday afternoon.
Olly Simpson set the Supersport tempo on Friday aboard the BC Efficiency Kawasaki.
Jesus Cabrera had topped FP2 however went down at flip three with eight-minutes to go within the ultimate session. Cabrera completed the day second quickest total courtesy of his FP2 time, forward of Jack Mahaffy and Tom Bramich.
Luca Durning is the primary to dip his toe within the Subsequent Era Supersport waters. Whereas ASBK had initially determined to place Subsequent Gen bikes in with the Superbike class, following the opening observe classes they revised that call and have now put Durning in with the Supersport subject for this spherical, the place he was eleventh quickest as we speak. By means of the pace lure, Durning was equal quickest with Cam Swain, registering 243 km/h. That terminal velocity some 40 km/h slower than the 284 km/h Superbike benchmark set by Arthur Sissis as we speak. Clearly, having the Subsequent Era Supersport machine in with the Supersport class is the best way ahead, because it was designed to be.
Supersport Qualifying takes place at 1145 on Saturday morning whereas the Superbike High 12 Shootout is scheduled for 1505.
Superbike Friday Follow Mixed Occasions
Supersport Friday Follow Mixed Occasions
Superbike Championship Standings
| Pos | Rider | Bike | Factors |
| 1 | J Waters | Duc | 126 |
| 2 | M Jones | Yam | 99 |
| 3 | A West | Yam | 85 |
| 4 | J Nahlous | Yam | 72 |
| 5 | M Stauffer | Yam | 65 |
| 6 | C Dunker | Yam | 62 |
| 7 | J Favelle | Yam | 61 |
| 8 | B Pearson | Duc | 61 |
| 9 | C Halliday | Yam | 60 |
| 10 | J Lytras | Yam | 58 |
| 11 | G Allerton | Duc | 57 |
| 12 | T Edwards | Yam | 48 |
| 13 | T Toparis | Yam | 38 |
| 14 | A Sissis | Yam | 35 |
| 15 | R Yanko | Yam | 35 |
| 16 | M Walters | Apr | 26 |
| 17 | M Aizuddin | BMW | 20 |
| 18 | C Holding | Yam | 18 |
| 19 | J Soderland | Yam | 12 |
| 20 | P Linkenbagh | Yam | 10 |
| 21 | T Lynch | Yam | 7 |
| 22 | A Senior | Yam | 7 |
| 23 | N Mahon | Yam | 7 |
| 24 | S Condon | Yam | 6 |
| 25 | Okay Higuchi | Suz | 5 |
| 26 | M Kemp | Yam | 1 |
Supersport Championship Standings
2025 Australian Superbike Championship Calendar
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| Spherical | Location | Date |
| 3 | Queensland Raceway, QLD | Might 2-4 |
| 4 | Morgan Park Raceway, QLD | Jun 13-15 |
| 5 | Queensland Raceway, QLD (Superbike Solely) | Aug 8-10 |
| 6 | Phillip Island GP Circuit, VIC | Sept 6-7 |
| 7 | One Raceway, NSW | Oct 3-5 |
| 8 | The Bend, SA | Nov 7-9 |
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