Opening Supersport race a cracker at SMP

ASBK 2023

Spherical Two – Sydney Motorsport Park

Michelin Supersport Race One

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Considerably miraculously, contemplating the forecast, Supersport rivals had largely loved dry circumstances on Friday and had been additionally greeted by a dry observe floor on Saturday afternoon regardless of the darkish clouds above casting their shadows throughout the Sydney Motorsport Park tarmac.

Sydneysider Sean Condon had the wooden over his rivals throughout follow and qualifying, identical to he had right here throughout pre-season testing, however Condon didn’t carry that kind by way of to the Phillip Island season opener. Again right here on dwelling turf nevertheless, he appears just about unbeatable.

Solely Jack Passfield had acquired inside a second of Condon in qualifying, however he suffered a hefty tumble in Friday evening’s second qualifying session. The 25-year is a bit battered and bruised right this moment and might be competing on his spare bike which could uninteresting his potential considerably.

Ty Lynch rounded out the entrance row whereas Olly Simpson, Jake Farnsworth and Hayden Nelson crammed row two.  Tom Bramich, Cam Dunker and Dallas Skeer began from row three whereas defending champ John Lytras headed row 4. Lytras advised us that his just lately damaged ankle isn’t actually holding him again however moreso simply their technique for Friday didn’t precisely work out and the teenager is assured that he has podium tempo for the races.

Michelin Supersport Race One

Darkish clouds had been threatening above Sydney Motorsport Park when 26 rivals rolled out of pit-lane at 1540 on Saturday afternoon forward of the opening 11-lap contest of the weekend. The observe was dry, the observe temperature conducive to good instances… Jack Passfield was lacking a tyre-warmer on the entrance of his YZF-R6 on the grid for some cause which might make the warm-up lap crucial for him certainly!

Olly Simpson threaded the needle into flip one, splitting different riders to sneak the lead from Sean Condon and Tom Bramich as they tipped in. Various riders ran off a flip two with Jonathan Nahlous ending up on the deck.

Simpson continued to carry sway from Condon all through the opening lap and the beginning of lap two. Jake Farnsworth put an amazing transfer on Condon across the again of the circuit on lap two to push the poleman again to 3rd place. A number of corners later Farnsworth then took the lead from Simpson.  Tom Bramich was fourth, John Lytras fifth and Hayden Nelson sixth as they began lap three.

Olly Simpson then made a mistake that noticed him shuffled all the best way again to seventh place. Farnsworth and Condon had began to interrupt away from Tom Bramich and John Lytras.

Condon went by way of to he lead with eight laps to run and instantly began to hole Farnsworth, a 1m32.969 on lap 4 seeing him stretch away.

Tom Bramich was in third whereas additional again Olly Simpson had recovered from his earlier mistake to be in the course of a five-rider battle for fourth place being waged between Simpson, Lytras, Lynch, Dunker and Nelson.

Jake Farnsworth truly began reeling Condon again in late within the race however Condon responded and stretched away once more on the final lap to safe victory by simply over a second.  Tom Bramich an additional 2.5-seconds behind in third to spherical out the rostrum.

Olly Simpson gained that heady battle for fourth place regardless of virtually being chased down on the ultimate lap by younger Cam Dunker. Ty Lynch 1.3-seconds additional again in sixth place however with half-a-second over seventh positioned John Lytras.

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Michelin Supersport Race One Outcomes

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Michelin Supersport Championship Factors

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2023 ASBK Calendar

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