SBK FP2 – Halliday nonetheless on prime, Waters strikes as much as P2

ASBK 2023

Spherical Two – Sydney Motorsport Park

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Superbike FP2

A few tiny spots of precipitation, not even sufficient to make something moist, had fell sporadically within the lead as much as the second 30-minute observe session this afternoon at Sydney Motorsport Park. Simply when it seemed as if it could stay nice, some correct drizzle began falling simply because the Superbikes had been warming up in pit-lane… Fortunately although, it solely fell for round 60-seconds earlier than stopping once more.

Cru Halliday proved that the monitor situations had been nonetheless fairly good when he dropped in a 1m30.014 on his first flying lap. Max Stauffer was one of many first riders to enhance from FP1, {the teenager} placing in a 1m31.868 however nonetheless approach off the 1m30.453 he recorded right here throughout testing early final month.

Mike Jones was the primary rider on this session to dip into the 1m29s, a 1m29.987 on his first flyer.

Josh Waters and McMartin Racing had been making an attempt just a few modifications within the opening session that didn’t fairly work out however they confirmed they had been again heading in the right direction this afternoon with Josh placing in a 1m29.942 on his first lap to prime the session with 20-minutes remaining on the clock, he then instantly bettered it with a 1m29.849.

Arthur Sissis was on the enhance, dropping nearly two-seconds from his FP1 time, all the way down to 1m31.138.

There was little motion throughout the center of the session till Cru Halliday once more laid down one other scorcher that nearly matched his 1m29.496 from this morning, a 1m29.540 his greatest time this afternoon to additional underline his potential right here this weekend.

Bryan Staring then bought up to the mark, a 1m30.615 on the brand new MotoGO Yamaha. Arthur Sissis then improved once more to take a seat simply behind Staring, a 1m30.643.

Mike Jones then put his greatest time of the day in, a 1m29.807 on his twelfth lap of the session.

Josh Waters dropped the hammer with a minute left within the session, enhancing to 1m29.744 to go P2 on this session and in addition break up the YRT males on mixed instances.

There will likely be loads of riders scratching their heads and fairly pissed off right here this afternoon. Troy Herfoss was two-tenths slower this afternoon than he was this morning, and a second off his greatest right here throughout the take a look at. Broc Pearson is 2.5-seconds slower than he was right here early final month and it seemed as if the DesmoSport Ducati was being turned the other way up between these periods. Max Stauffer is a second off his earlier greatest.

The ultimate 30-minute Free Observe session is scheduled to get underway at 1640 this afternoon, forward of Superbike Qualifying which is slated for a 2015 begin. If the forecast is to be believed, will probably be a miracle if it remainds dry for qualifying this night.  The opening 13-lap Superbike race is anticipated to begin at 1620 on Saturday afternoon.

Superbike FP2/Mixed Outcomes

 

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Supersport FP2

Sean Condon once more set the tempo within the second Supersport session, solely Jack Passfield managed to get inside half-a-second of Condon, who on this area can actually be described as a veteran.

Jake Farnsworth completed third regardless of a tumble at flip 9.

Supersport FP2/Mixed Outcomes

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Supersport 300 / R3 Cup FP2/Mixed Outcomes

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OJC FP2 Outcomes

TBC

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Superbike Masters

TBC

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2023 ASBK Calendar

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