ASBK 2025
Round One – Phillip Island
Friday PM – Superbike Practice
If you are at all interested in following ASBK in 2025, I thoroughly recommend digesting this piece I wrote earlier today, which is essentially a pre-season form guide and preview rolled in with the free practice results from this morning.
Anthony West started this afternoon the way he had left off in morning practice. The Veteran was on top early on with a 1m32.141, but that time was more than half a second slower than he had managed on Friday morning. He improved to 1m31.888 to take the top spot from Josh Waters once again on his eighth lap of the session.
At 35-degrees, the track temperature this afternoon was around 15 degrees warmer than it had been in FP1, which was largely the reason for so few improvements amongst the fancied runners. However, there are no sheep stations on the line today as this is only free practice.
Superbike competitors take to the track again on Saturday morning at the very early hour of 0805 for their single qualifying session. There was a heavy dew on the track this morning, but a warmer night is forecast for tonight, fingers crossed. The track will be cold no matter what, and fortune may favour the brave… With three points-scoring races ahead of them, though, the risk versus reward ratio will be front of mind for some at that early hour of the morning.
The first 11-lap Superbike race of the weekend will commence at midday on Saturday before a forecast top in the mid-high 30s here tomorrow.
Their second bout is slated for 0945 on Sunday morning, while the third and final contest to decide the round winner will take place at 1340 on Sunday afternoon.
Superbike Friday Combined FP1/FP2 Times
| Pos | Rider | Bike | Time |
| 1 | A West | Yam | 1m31.404 |
| 2 | J Waters | Duc | 1m31.451 |
| 3 | M Jones | Yam | 1m32.634 |
| 4 | G Allerton | Duc | 1m33.006 |
| 5 | C Dunker | Yam | 1m33.015 |
| 6 | J Nahlous | Yam | 1m33.312 |
| 7 | M Stauffer | Yam | 1m33.532 |
| 8 | T Edwards | Yam | 1m33.635 |
| 9 | B Pearson | Duc | 1m33.663 |
| 10 | J Lytras | Yam | 1m33.789 |
| 11 | J Favelle | Yam | 1m34.185 |
| 12 | C Halliday | Yam | 1m34.482 |
| 13 | M Walters | Apr | 1m34.688 |
| 14 | A Sissis | Yam | 1m34.737 |
| 15 | R Yanko | Yam | 1m35.170 |
| 16 | T Toparis | Yam | 1m35.500 |
| 17 | J Soderland | Yam | 1m36.305 |
| 18 | N Mahon | Yam | 1m36.756 |
| 19 | C Holding | Yam | 1m36.841 |
| 20 | M Aizuddin | BMW | 1m37.022 |
| 21 | A Senior | Yam | 1m37.155 |
| 22 | K Higuchi | Suz | 1m37.634 |
| 23 | P Linkenbagh | Yam | 1m38.321 |
| 24 | M Kemp | Yam | 1m40.000 |
| 25 | M Carr | Hon | 1m44.750 |
2025 Australian Superbike Championship Calendar
| Round | Location | Date |
| 1 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, VIC | Feb 21-23 |
| 2 | Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW | Mar 28-29 |
| 3 | Queensland Raceway, QLD | May 2-4 |
| 4 | Morgan Park Raceway, QLD | Jun 13-15 |
| 5 | Queensland Raceway, QLD (Superbike Only) | 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 |
