Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are expected to do their third travel documentary, Long Way Up, from South America to Los Angeles on Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles.
They are also expected to be supported by electric Rivian R1T pick-up trucks which are likely to carry DC fast chargers.
South American press have already spotted the trucks and speculated on the Long Way Up electric adventure.
While attending a recent electric grand prix race in Rome, Ewan said:
In twenty years we will not use fuel, everything will be plugged in.
If they are planning to ride from the bottom of South America, possibly as far as Alaska, it should take some time on electric bikes.
The Rivian truck has 650km of range, but the LiveWire only has 150km of highway range and 235km of city range.
Charging times will certainly make it a long trip.
However, the trip may just do for electric motorcycles, particularly the LiveWire, what Long Way Round and Long Way Down did for adventure riding and the BMW GS range.
Long time coming
The long-awaited third Ewan and Charley travel documentary has been a long time coming.
Charley has been telling us they have been planning their Long Way Up America trip for about 10 years.
The problem has been that Ewan has been so busy with Hollywood movies he could not afford a few months off.
There was also the fact that Ewan is ambassador for Moto Guzzi and Charley is ambassador for Triumph.
The pair rode BMWs in their 2004 Long Way Round and 2007 Long Way Down.
Charley told us last year that Ewan’s relationship with Moto Guzzi would not necessarily foil their plans:
We’ve been talking about it a long time and if the stars align we will do something like a Long Way up from Tierra Del Fuego to Alaska in the next couple of years. It really is close now. Ewan’s always had a loose relationship with Moto Guzzi so there’s no conflict there.
But rather than Moto Guzzi and Triumph, it appears the pair have opted for the new Harley-Davidson LiveWire.
While it was thought they would go all the way to Alaska, Charley recently said the ride would go from Argentina to LA.
Maybe they don’t want to cover the same territory through Canada and Alaska that they did in the Long Way Round.
Long Way Back
It’s been a long time between trips for Ewan and Charley.
From 14 April 2004 to 29 July 2004, they rode across Europe and the USA in Long Way Round and from 12 May to 4 August 2007 they rode from the top of Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa for Long Way Down.
With Ewan becoming increasingly busy with Hollywood movies, Charley squeezed in the 2006 Dakar rally for his series, Race to Dakar, and has produced several other travel shows.
#PRTWorldSBK🇵🇹 🏁Portimão 🗓Sunday 8th Sept
📋 SPRC
⌚ 11.00 local time (11.00 UK)
📺 Live Eurosport UK 2
☀️ 27*C
🏍 10 laps Source: Jonathan Rea On Facebook
Thanks to my team because slowly and surely over the weekend we made the bike better and better especially in the hot conditions. I worked really hard in the beginning of the race to try and find a gap. When it got to five seconds I started getting very nervous so I started to ride to my pit-board and try not make any mistakes. Thanks to all the support out there, which means so much. I am looking forward to tomorrow because I think we can try to improve the bike set-up a little bit, especially for the end of the race – just to make things a little bit more comfortable. I certainly did not have anything left in my pocket in this race. It was target achieved today. http://jonathan-rea.com/news/rea-takes-tenth-race-win-season
Jonathan Rea restarted his 2019 WorldSBK campaign with an impressive flag to flag Race One win at Autodromo Internacional do Algarve toda Source: Jonathan Rea On Facebook
Triple champion Allerton ruled out of Winton races upon return
Section: Competition
New recruit Morris to start as Next Gen Motorsports’ lone rider on Sunday.
Image: Foremost Media.
Maxima BMW’s Glenn Allerton has been ruled out of Sunday’s action at the Winton round of the Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK), still recovering from ongoing injury dramas.
Three-time title winner Allerton hasn’t been able to line-up since suffering a broken right wrist at The Bend in April and, despite qualifying 14th in Q1, he won’t compete tomorrow.
“I just don’t feel like I’m able to ride the bike at 100 per cent,” Allerton explained to CycleOnline.com.au. “I’m not able to pull the brake on and turn at the same time. I don’t want to be out there trying to conserve energy and last the distance – that’s not why we race.
“We had a good talk and decided I won’t be racing tomorrow. I worked really hard to be here, but sometimes it’s not meant to be and this is just one of those occasions where it hasn’t worked out. It’s safer and better for me not to race here… we’ll move onto Phillip Island and try again.”
After recently splitting with Ted Collins, the Victorian-based Next Gen Motorsports organisation is fielding Aaron Morris for the second-consecutive round this weekend and it appears he will complete the year. Morris qualified in 11th position this afternoon.
Collins, meanwhile, entered aboard a borrowed BMW at round five, but ‘unresolvable issues’ have sidelined the youthful privateer for the remainder of the weekend and very likely the rest of this season.
Brake issue the cause of Herfoss qualifying crash at Winton
Section: Competition
Defending champion to start out of 12th following troublesome Saturday.
Image: Russell Colvin.
Penrite Honda Racing’s Troy Herfoss was forced to eject himself from the factory Fireblade on lap one of Q2 at Winton this afternoon when his brakes failed into turn 10.
Herfoss crashed toward the end of timed practice earlier in the day (pictured), which caused an issue with the front brake lever on the out lap in qualifying.
It was a major scare for the 32-year-old current Australian Superbike champion, eventually returning to the track for a single lap on his back-up bike with wet weather settings and fitted with slick tyres.
“I had no brakes…” Herfoss confirmed to CycleOnline.com.au after eventually posting a 1m22.520s. “The first crash in practice was on my own when it was getting a little bit misty and I asked too much of it into the fast left and went down.
“The team got that same bike ready in time for qualifying, but unfortunately coming into turn 10 there were no brakes and I had to bail off the side of it. It was definitely scary and I could feel in the lever that there was a problem with it.
“We know what happened – it was a result of the earlier crash. We got the wet bike going with slicks and got a lap in, but it didn’t feel great with a wet set-up, as you could imagine.”
Herfoss is remaining composed despite his difficult day of qualifying, now aiming to reset for Sunday’s pair of 16-lap races. He’s currently fourth in the standings, now 16 points from pole-setter and series leader Mike Jones (DesmoSport Ducati).
“We were really strong on the hardest option tyre in practice and I was comfortably in the top three,” he reflected. “I never really went for one lap, so I was looking forward to trying the soft tyre in qualifying, but I created a little bit of bad luck for myself and then had some more from there.
“If we can roll out for warm-up in the morning and the bike’s running as good as it has been, I don’t think the end result will be too much different, even starting from 12th because I know that we definitely have really good pace here.”
#PRTWorldSBK🇵🇹 🏁Portimão 🗓Saturday 7th Sept
📋 Race 1
⌚ 14.00 local time (14.00 UK)
📺 Live Eurosport UK 2
☀️ 29*C
🏍 20 Laps Source: Jonathan Rea On Facebook
Front row start critical for Halliday amid potential wet races
Section: Competition
Yamaha Racing Team rider set to start from P3 on the grid.
Image: Russell Colvin.
Yamaha Racing Team’s Cru Halliday has expressed the importance of starting from the front row in tomorrow’s pair of races at Winton’s fifth round of the 2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK), as rain is expected to fall in what has already been a weekend of mixed weather conditions.
Halliday, who currently sits second in the championship standings, set the third fastest time in today’s Q2 session in dry track conditions.
The New South Welshman suggested racing in the wet isn’t his biggest strength, although starting from third on the grid will play a critical role in achieving a strong result.
“That was the plan to get on the front row,” Halliday explained to CycleOnline.com.au. “I would’ve like to get pole and get that extra point, but it just wasn’t meant to be. We’re in for two exciting races tomorrow – it’s going to be pretty full-on with the weather front coming in – we don’t know yet if it’s going to be two dry races or two wet races.
“We just have to take those two races as they come, hopefully get as many points and stay on the bike. I’m a little bit on the back leg in the wet weather, so the front row start will give me a bit of head start being a bit further forward.
“Some riders haven’t been out there in the wet – even though I crashed, I know how slippery it is. It’s going to be interesting tomorrow – I’m not sure what the race pace will be, but if it’s fine weather, I’m sure it’s going to be up there.”
Points leader Mike Jones (DesmoSport Ducati) earned pole position over Wayne Maxwell (Team Suzuki Ecstar Australia), setting a new lap record with a time of 1m19.994s.
Toparis claims Supersport pole as Shaw wins Supersport 300 opener.
Image: Foremost Media.
Points leader Mike Jones (DesmoSport Ducati) has earned pole position at Winton’s fifth round of the 2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK), snatching the top spot in the dying minutes of the session from Wayne Maxwell (Team Suzuki Ecstar Australia).
Q1 was topped by Alex Phillis, the Team Suzuki Ecstar Australia rider advancing through to Q2 alongside Aaron Morris (Maxima BMW) and Matt Walters (Kawasaki Connection).
Jones demoted Maxwell from P1 with a 1m19.994s time in Q2, breaking the existing lap record by going beneath the 1m20s mark, as Maxwell completed the session with a 1m20.353s lap to finish ahead of Yamaha Racing Team’s Cru Halliday, who set a time of 1m20.501s.
Daniel Falzon (Yamaha Racing Team) was a fraction behind in fourth, lodging a 1m20.785s lap, as Penrite Honda Racing’s Mark Chiodo put in a strong 1m20.920s time late in the session to secure fifth.
Josh Waters (Team Suzuki Ecstar Australia) was sixth ahead of Arthur Sissis (Suzuki), Bryan Staring (Kawasaki BCperformance), Phillis and Walters. Defending champion Troy Herfoss (Penrite Honda Racing) qualified 12th after a crash on lap one, the incident marking his second tumble of the day.
Image: Russell Colvin.
In the Supersport category, points leader Tom Toparis (Landbridge Yamaha) continued his dominance of the weekend so far, claiming pole position with a stunning 1m23.588s time, comfortably earning the top spot by half a second over Nic Liminton (Yamaha), who set a time of 1m24.093s.
Reid Battye (Team Suzuki Ecstar Australia) locked out the top three with a 1m24.257s time, as Broc Pearson (Yamaha) and Oli Bayliss (Cube Racing) were fourth and fifth respectively.
Yannis Shaw (Kawasaki) stormed to victory in the opening Supersport 300 encounter, narrowly defeating KTM-mounted Seth Crump by just 0.060s, as Max Stauffer (Yamaha) was a close third. Angus Grenfell (Yamaha) captured victory in race one of the Oceania Junior Cup, beating Archie McDonald (Yamaha) and Tom Drane (Yamaha).
2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship
Winton – Round 5 – Saturday Report
Dark menacing clouds loomed large on the horizon above Winton Motor Raceway as competitors readied for final qualifying in the Kawasaki sponsored Superbike class.
Suzuki’s Wayne Maxwell had topped proceedings on Friday (Link), where riders only got one dry session all day, but it was Cru Halliday (Yamaha) that topped the Saturday morning ‘Timed Practice’ session (Link). Troy Herfoss suffered a hefty tumble during the morning session but escaped injury in the fall.
The new look Saturday format for 2019 sees Superbike competitors out for a 35-minute ‘Timed Practice’ session. The times from that session decided the nine riders that automatically qualified for the Q2 session. The riders from tenth back in the Timed Practice session then had to fight it out in a Q1 session, with the top three in that session then being promoted into Q2, making for a final 12-rider tussle over the first four rows of the grid.
While the ambient temperature had only notched up another two-degrees, to 13-degrees, the track temperature had come up a little more, from 18-degrees this morning to a still cool, but much more amenable 23-degrees when Superbike riders hit the track for the final qualifying sessions. A brief shower 60-minutes earlier during the closing stages of the Supersport qualifying session had dampened the track, but the surface had cleaned up nicely when riders filed out of pit-lane at 1500 for the 15-minute Q1 session.
Alex Phillis topped the session early on and was never headed. Aaron Morris then mounted a late charge to push himself inside the crucial top three and managed to displace not only Kyle Buckley but also Matt Walters. Thus Phillis, Morris and Walters progressed through to the Q2 session in their quest for a top-ten grid position.
Superbike QP1 Results
Alex Phillis – Suzuki – 1m22.209s Q1
Aaron Morris – BMW 1m22.410s Q1
Matt Walters – Kawasaki 1m22.518s Q1
Kyle Buckley – Kawasaki 1m23.034s Q1
Damon Rees – Honda 1m23.243s Q1
Glenn Allerton – BMW 1m23.276s Q1
Lachlan Epis – Kawasaki 1m23.624s Q1
Brendan McIntyre – Suzuki 1m25.726s Q1
Hamish McMurray – Kawasaki 1m31.459s Q1
Superbike QP2
Daniel Falzon was the first man out on track in Q2 closely followed by Troy Herfoss. But the Penrite Honda man went down once again! Herfoss went down at turn 10, losing the front and sliding all the way into the tyre wall without even completing a lap. The defending champion was quickly up and made his way across the main straight with a slight limp in order to get back to the pits and his spare bike. I am not sure if any penalty will be levied on him for crossing the hot track during the session…
Wayne Maxwell was the early leader in Q2 with a 1m20.828s and that time stood until their was five minutes left in the session, when Daniel Falzon came from being nowhere all weekend to catapult his #25 into provisional pole!
Maxwell responded though, dropping in a 1m20.422s to move back up in to the #1 spot. Halliday then put in a 1m20.501s to push Falzon back to third.
Herfoss exited pit-lane on the spare bike with less than three-minutes remaining in the session. He would get only one or perhaps two flying laps to try and propel himself up from 12th in the order… He couldn’t manage it and will start tomorrow’s 16-lap races from 12th on the grid. It will be take no prisoners into turn one tomorrow with an angry Herf’ out to make amends when the lights go out!
Jones cranks out a 1m19s!
Jones goes to the top of the charts with a stunning 1m19.994s on the 1299 Panigale Final Edition, the fastest ever lap by a motorcycle around this Winton Motor Raceway circuit.
Maxwell will start alongside him in P2 with Cru Halliday rounding out the front row.
Daniel Falzon heads the second row ahead of Mark Chiodo and Josh Waters.
Arthur Sissis front the third row alongside Bryan Staring and Alex Phillis.
The key to a fast lap here seemingly coming in the final sector of the circuit. So many times today riders have put in storming first and second sectors, but fast final sectors were few and far between.
That single point earned for pole position today by Jones could prove crucial if this series goes down to the wire. After this fifth round at Winton the series moves to Phillip Island for the penultimate contest in early October, before the championship decider at Sydney Motorsports Park over the first weekend in November.
The opening 16-lap bout for this Winton round is scheduled to get underway at 1125 on Sunday morning, followed by the second and final bout at 1410 Sunday afternoon.
Superbike Qualifying Results
Pos
Name
Bike
Time
1
Mike JONES (QLD)
Ducati 1299 FE
1m19.994
2
Wayne MAXWELL (VIC)
Suzuki GSXRR
1m20.353
3
Cru HALLIDAY (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R1
1m20.501
4
Daniel FALZON (SA)
Yamaha YZF-R1
1m20.785
5
Mark CHIODO (VIC)
Honda CBR SP
1m20.920
6
Josh WATERS (VIC)
Suzuki GSXRR
1m20.929
7
Arthur SISSIS (SA)
Suzuki GSXRR
1m21.481
8
Bryan STARING (WA)
Kawasaki ZX10R
1m21.487
9
Alex PHILLIS (VIC)
Suzuki GSXR
1m21.742
10
Matt WALTERS (NSW)
Kawasaki ZX10RR
1m21.973
11
Aaron MORRIS (NSW)
BMW S RR
1m22.109
12
Troy HERFOSS (QLD)
Honda CBR SP
1m22.520
13
Kyle BUCKLEY (QLD)
Kawasaki ZX10R
1m23.034
14
Damon REES (NZ)
Honda CBR
1m23.243
15
Glenn ALLERTON (NSW)
BMW S RR
1m23.276
16
Lachlan EPIS (NSW)
Kawasaki ZX10R
1m23.624
17
Brendan McINTYRE (NSW)
Suzuki GSXR
1m25.726
18
Hamish McMURRAY (NSW)
Kawasaki ZX10RR
1m31.459
Supersport
Tom Toparis did not need to turn a wheel in Saturday’s afternoon’s QP2 session, his 1m23.503s from QP1 was looking very safe but the Goulburn teenager headed out of pit-lane as the 25-minute final qualifying session entered its second half. Toparis then reeled off another couple of 1m23.5s to underline his pace.
Reid Battye improved his time markedly in the second session to move up to P2, demoting Nic Liminton to third place on the grid. The South Australian though reclaimed that P2 late in the session just before rain started falling, putting paid to the chance of any further improvements. Chandler Cooper a victim of the rain, putting his YZF-R6 into the fence late in the session.
Supersport Qualifying Results
Pos
Name
Bike
Time
1
Tom TOPARIS (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R6
1m23.503
2
Nic LIMINTON (SA)
Yamaha YZF-R6
1m24.093
3
Reid BATTYE (NSW)
Suzuki GSXR
1m24.257
4
Broc PEARSON (QLD)
Yamaha YZF-R6
1m24.510
5
Oli BAYLISS (QLD)
Yamaha YZF-R6
1m24.741
6
Ty LYNCH (SA)
Yamaha YZF-R6
1m25.323
7
Chris QUINN (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R6
1m25.681
8
Jack HYDE (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R6
1m25.702
9
Dallas SKEER (SA)
Suzuki GSXR
1m25.749
10
Richie DIBBEN (NZ)
Suzuki GSXR
1m25.799
11
Aidan HAYES (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R6
1m25.862
12
Avalon BIDDLE (NZ)
Yamaha YZF-R6
1m26.093
13
Chandler COOPER (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R6
1m26.679
14
Jack PASSFIELD (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R6
1m26.758
15
Rhys BELLING (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R6
1m27.007
16
Ryan SELLEN (NSW)
Kawasaki ZX6R
1m28.625
YMI Supersport 300 Race One
Max Stauffer capitalised on his pole position to lead the 30-rider field through the challenging Winton esses for the first time in the opening nine-lap bout for the YMI Supersport 300 category.
Stauffer built a small gap early on and stretched that out to a full-second over the first couple of laps. As the race progressed though the chasing horde slowly reduced that gap and with five laps to go Yannis Shaw and Seth Crump had closed right onto the tail of Stauffer’s YZF-R3.
Shaw hit the lead for the first time as they started the fourth-from-last lap. Crump then pushed Stauffer back to third later on that same lap and the three-way tussle was on in earnest. In previous battles Stauffer had proven to have some wily racecraft that belies his tender years, would he come out on top once again and extend his championship lead?
At the last lap board it was Shaw leading from Crump and Stauffer with only three-tenths covering that triumvirate. Hunter Ford then joined the party early on the final lap and Zac Levy came along for the ride! Lapped traffic was also becoming a factor in what was turning into a very exciting final lap.
Shaw with the advantage into the final double right-hander and it is Shaw on the 400 Kawasaki that gets to the chequered flag first, Seth Crump second and Max Stauffer rounded out the podium by a bike length over a late charging Hunter Ford.
YMI Supersport 300 Race One Results
Pos
Name
Machine
Time/Gap
1
Yannis SHAW (NSW)
Kawasaki EX 400
14m00.505
2
Seth CRUMP (QLD)
KTM RC390 390
+0.060
3
Max STAUFFER (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
+0.252
4
Hunter FORD (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
+0.366
5
Zac LEVY (QLD)
Yamaha R3 321
+1.308
6
Luke JHONSTON (NSW)
Kawasaki EX 400
+2.016
7
Ben BAKER (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
+2.112
8
Luke POWER (VIC) / Proworx Racing
Kawasaki EX 400
+5.287
9
Brandon DEMMERY (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
+5.299
10
Locky TAYLOR (QLD)
Yamaha R3 321
+6.660
11
Senna AGIUS (NSW)
Kawasaki EX 400
+19.899
12
John LYTRAS (QLD)
Yamaha R3 321
+20.166
13
Peter NERLICH (VIC)
Kawasaki EX 300
+23.355
14
Ben BURKE (NSW)
Kawasaki EX 400
+30.439
15
Jacob ROULSTONE (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
+30.496
16
Tristan ADAMSON (QLD)
Yamaha YZF-R3
+30.654
17
Matt RINDEL (VIC)
Yamaha R3 321
+31.178
18
Reece OUGHTRED (VIC)
Yamaha R3 321
+36.500
19
Ryan SMITH (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
+36.678
20
John QUINN (VIC)
Kawasaki EX 400
+37.244
21
Zylas BUNTING (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
+38.292
22
Stephany KAPILAWI-JAMES (QLD)
Yamaha R3 321
+1m03.912
23
Josh NODEN (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R3
+1m12.290
24
Zak PETTENDY (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
+1m16.480
25
Noel MAHON (VIC)
Kawasaki EX 400
+1m17.133
26
Jeremy CZMOK (VIC)
Yamaha R3 321
+1m17.432
27
Craig WHITE (NSW)
Kawasaki EX 400
+1m36.263
28
Greg FARRELL (NSW)
Kawasaki EX 300
+1 Lap
29
Dominic FLETCHER (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
+1 Lap
DNF
Harry PARKER (NZ)
Yamaha R3 321
+6 Laps
YMI Supersport 300 Qualifying Results
Pos
Name
Bike
Time
1
Max STAUFFER (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
1m33.530
2
Yannis SHAW (NSW)
Kawasaki EX 400
1m33.554
3
Luke JHONSTON (NSW)
Kawasaki EX 400
1m34.197
4
Seth CRUMP (QLD)
KTM RC390 390
1m34.242
5
Ben BAKER (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
1m34.279
6
Hunter FORD (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
1m34.408
7
Luke POWER (VIC)
Kawasaki EX 400
1m34.474
8
Senna AGIUS (NSW)
Kawasaki EX 400
1m34.683
9
Brandon DEMMERY (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
1m34.900
10
Peter NERLICH (VIC)
Kawasaki EX 300
1m34.935
11
Locky TAYLOR (QLD)
Yamaha R3 321
1m35.101
12
John LYTRAS (QLD)
Yamaha R3 321
1m35.240
13
Zac LEVY (QLD)
Yamaha R3 321
1m35.643
14
Ben BURKE (NSW)
Kawasaki EX 400
1m35.995
15
John QUINN (VIC)
Kawasaki EX 400
1m36.774
16
Reece OUGHTRED (VIC)
Yamaha R3 321
1m36.777
17
Tristan ADAMSON (QLD)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m36.834
18
Jacob ROULSTONE (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
1m37.462
19
Harry PARKER (NZ)
Yamaha R3 321
1m37.862
20
Matt RINDEL (VIC)
Yamaha R3 321
1m38.053
21
Ryan SMITH (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
1m38.306
22
Zylas BUNTING (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
1m39.351
23
Stephany KAPILAWI-JAMES (QLD)
Yamaha R3 321
1m40.025
24
Zak PETTENDY (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
1m42.277
25
Craig WHITE (NSW)
Kawasaki EX 400
1m42.441
26
Jeremy CZMOK (VIC)
Yamaha R3 321
1m42.713
27
Josh NODEN (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m43.118
28
Greg FARRELL (NSW)
Kawasaki EX 300
1m43.126
29
Noel MAHON (VIC)
Kawasaki EX 400
1m43.221
30
Dominic FLETCHER (NSW)
Yamaha R3 321
1m45.350
YMF R3 Cup Qualifying
Pos
Name
Bike
Time
1
Max STAUFFER (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m32.699
2
Ben BAKER (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m32.936
3
Hunter FORD (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m33.312
4
Brandon DEMMERY (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m33.499
5
Locky TAYLOR (QLD)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m33.747
6
Luke JHONSTON (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m34.046
7
Zac LEVY (QLD)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m34.108
8
John LYTRAS (QLD)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m34.364
9
Tristan ADAMSON (QLD)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m35.508
10
Matt RINDEL (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m35.617
11
Harry PARKER (NZ)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m36.038
12
Ryan SMITH (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m36.039
13
Reece OUGHTRED (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m36.200
14
Jacob ROULSTONE (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m36.283
15
Zylas BUNTING (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m36.524
16
Archie McDONALD (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m38.286
17
Zak PETTENDY (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m38.641
18
Jacob HATCH (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m39.565
19
Stephany KAPILAWI-JAMES (QLD)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m39.647
20
Josh NODEN (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m40.868
21
Dominic FLETCHER (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m41.681
22
Jeremy CZMOK (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m42.447
23
Patrick BOGNAR (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m45.867
24
Jamie PORT (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R3
1m46.377
bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race One
Angus Grenfell ran away with the opening bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup bout on Saturday afternoon. Sprinting away from the field right from the off and then pulling away every lap on his way to a clear five-second victory.
Left to contest the minor spoils were Archie McDonald, Tom Drane and Carter Thompson. Jacob Roulstone joined that party late in the race but it was McDonald and Drane that scored the final two steps on the rostrum in what was a photo finish across the line.
bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race One Results
Angus Grenfell
Archie McDonald +4.519s
Tom Drane +4.523s
Carter Thompson +4.603s
Jacob Roulstone +4.722s
Glenn Nelson +7.433s
Max Gibbons +7.458s
Cros Francis +
bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Qualifying
Pos
Name
Bike
Time
1
Angus GRENFELL (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m46.350
2
Carter THOMPSON (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m46.395
3
Jacob ROULSTONE (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m46.504
4
Glenn NELSON (QLD)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m46.794
5
Archie McDONALD (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m46.976
6
Tom DRANE (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m47.011
7
Max GIBBONS (QLD)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m47.110
8
Marianos NIKOLIS (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m47.123
9
Reece OUGHTRED (VIC)
Yamaha YZR-R15
1m47.252
10
Jacob HATCH (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m47.510
11
Cros FRANCIS (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m47.875
12
Zak PETTENDY (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m47.961
13
Patrick BOGNAR (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m48.498
14
Jamie PORT (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m49.258
15
Varis FLEMING (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m51.183
16
Jai RUSSO (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m51.329
17
Hunter DIPLOCK (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m51.332
18
Lucas QUINN (QLD)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m52.098
19
Dominic FLETCHER (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m52.447
20
Lincoln KNIGHT (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m52.719
21
Tom CONNORS (NSW)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m52.949
22
Cormac BUCHANAN (NZ)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m54.097
23
Toby JAMES (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R15
1m54.808
24
Natalie BARBATI (VIC)
Yamaha YZF-R15
2m30.081
2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championships Calendar
Round 5: Winton Motor Raceway, VIC – 6-8 September 2019
Round 6: Phillip Island GP Circuit, VIC – 4-6 October 2019
Round 7: Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW – 1-3 November 2019
Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship Standings
2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship Winton – Round Five – Friday Practice
Winter might be over but it certainly doesn’t seem like it at Winton Motor Raceway this weekend. Mixed conditions on Friday (Friday Practice Results Link) had seen Wayne Maxwell top the one and only dry practice session.
With the Superbike category so competitive it almost seems churlish to call this round more important than others, but for some reason it does actually seem pertinent to underline the importance of this weekend.
With only a single-point separating Cru Halliday from championship leader Mike Jones, and less than 30-points currently separate the top six in the championship, it really does suggest that this fifth round will make or break the championship aspirations of a few of the prime contenders.
Today though there was only a single-point on the line, but we know championship have been decided by less! Yes there have been Australian Championships that finished on equal points, with the champion then crowned on a count-back of the number of race wins. Thus that single point today, could prove crucial if this series goes down to the wire. After this fifth round at Winton the series moves to Phillip Island for the penultimate contest in early October, before the championship decider at Sydney Motorsports Park over the first weekend in November.
The new look Saturday format for 2019 sees Superbike competitors out for a 35-minute ‘Timed Practice’ session. The times from this session decide the nine riders that automatically qualify for the Q2 session. The riders from tenth back in the Timed Practice session then have to fight it out in a Q1 session, scheduled for 1450 this afternoon, with the top three in that session then being promoted into Q2, making for a final 12-rider tussle over the first four rows of the grid that is set to take place at 1520.
Cru Halliday was the first rider into the 1m20s this morning with a 1m20.933s on his fourth lap. The temperature had just crept into double digits when the session had got underway but the track temp was still a cool 18-degrees.
Troy Herfoss had a hefty tumble at turn five with eight-minutes remaining in the session. He looked completely okay but slid and tumbled a long way across the grass so it was perhaps a somewhat lucky escape. An injury at this stage of the game for any of the contenders will be ruinous to their championship chances.
A few drops of rain then started falling with a few minutes remaining in the session which saw riders return to the pits.
That early time from Halliday surprisingly held sway which suggests that grip levels are quite low in this morning’s cool conditons. That might make final qualifying very interesting indeed, as temperatures show little sign of increasing at all today. Tomorrow things are forecast to be slightly warmer, but are still unlike to break past 15-degrees..
ASBK Saturday Timed Practice
Cru Halliday – Yamaha 1m20.933s
Wayne Maxwell – Suzuki 1m20.979s
Troy Herfoss – Honda 1m21.179s
Mike Jones – Ducati 1m21.314s
Daniel Falzon – Yamaha 1m21.381s
Josh Waters – Suzuki 1m21.459s
Bryan Staring – Kawasaki 1m21.654s
Mark Chiodo – Honda 1m21.656s
Arthur Sissis – Suzuki 1m22.168s
Matt Walters – Kawasaki 1m22.208s
Aaron Morris – BMW 1m22.351s
Alex Phillis – Suzuki 1m22.378s
Glenn Allerton – BMW 1m22.943s
Kyle Buckley – Kawasaki 1m23.677s
Damon Rees – Honda 1m24.307s
Lachlan Epis – Kawasaki 1m24.592s
Ted Collins – BMW 1m26.393s
Brendan McIntyre – Suzuki 1m26.968s
Hamish McMurray – Kawasaki 1m30.737s
Supersport
In the Supersport ranks Tom Toparis in a class of his own. The Goulburn youngster back from furthering his experience in Europe and clearly dominant. Nic Liminton, Reid Battye, Oli Bayliss, Jack Hyde, Chris Quinn and Broc Pearson the likely contenders for the remaining steps on the rostrum but I can’t see anyone matching the speed of Toparis.
Supersport 300 / YMF R3 Cup
Max Stauffer topped both this morning’s Supersport 300 and the separate YMF R3 Cup sessions.
2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championships Calendar
Round 5: Winton Motor Raceway, VIC – 6-8 September 2019
Round 6: Phillip Island GP Circuit, VIC – 4-6 October 2019
Round 7: Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW – 1-3 November 2019
Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship Standings