2021 ASBK Finale Friday
Wayne Maxwell Interview
MCNews.com.au caught up with Wayne Maxwell after he topped Friday’s combined times, recording a 1m51.686 ahead of Yamaha privateers Arthur Sissis and Daniel Falzon. DesmoSport Ducati’s Oli Bayliss ended Friday in fourth just ahead of MotoGP star Jack Miller.
Trev: Wayne, P1 on Friday obviously it’s a big weekend for you, everybody is on the Miller train with Jack, but you have a championship on the line this weekend. Obviously you’ve gone a bit quicker than maybe most would have expected, how much did you have it on the line to do that time today?
Wayne Maxwell: “Pretty much every lap I ride Trev, (Laughs), I like to ride it to the limit. It’s pretty good to be able to do that and fastest without really running wide or making mistakes all day, just working up slowly as you can probably see by the time-sheets. Improving the bike, I was having a bit of trouble early on with stuff, cause we came with a plan that’s worked in previous years but that was two years ago on totally different bike, so look it didn’t really work so that set up back a little bit, but we arrived at P1 which was what we wanted.”
Trev: Looking at tomorrow you’ve got a pretty handy lead in the championship, something really has to go wrong really for you not to be the champ on Sunday. This is racing, shit does happen – we all know it, but if it comes to the race and you’re at the front battling with the likes of Jack, it’s gotta be hard, you wanna beat him, but you don’t wanna risk that championship…
Maxwell: “He’s only going to get better as the weekend goes on, so I might have a chance on Race 1 (grins), but no it’s a hard one. I won’t do anything stupid, my ego has well and truly been parked up mate, years and years ago. If people haven’t worked out I can ride well by now they never will, I have nothing to prove. If there’s a path to be had and I can wheel the Ducati down the inside I might have a look at it.”
Trev: All the best for Sunday and have a safe weekend, we’ll see who comes out on top!
ASBK Friday Combined Times (TBC)
- Wayne Maxwell – Ducati V4 R – 1m51.686
- Arthur Sissis – Yamaha YZF-R1 – 1m51.717
- Daniel Falzon – Yamaha YZF-R1 – 1m52.143
- Oli Bayliss – Ducati V4 R – 1m52.237
- Jack Miller – Ducati V4 R – 1m52.331
- Glenn Allerton – BMW M 1000 RR – 1m52.401
- Cru Halliday – Yamaha YZF-R1 – 1m52.491
- Josh Hook – Honda Fireblade SP – 1m52.726
- Troy Herfoss – Honda Fireblade SP – 1m52.774
- Lachlan Epis – BMW M 1000 RR – 1m52.820
- Anthony West – Yamaha YZF-R1 – 1m52.900
ASBK Superbike Championship Points
| Pos | Rider | Total |
| 1 | Wayne MAXWELL | 132 |
| 2 | Troy HERFOSS | 106 |
| 3 | Glenn ALLERTON | 100 |
| 4 | Cru HALLIDAY | 88 |
| 5 | Oli BAYLISS | 87 |
| 6 | Bryan STARING | 87 |
| 7 | Mike JONES | 74 |
| 8 | Arthur SISSIS | 71 |
| 9 | Jed METCHER | 70 |
| 10 | Josh WATERS | 53 |
| 11 | Anthony WEST | 52 |
| 12 | Matt WALTERS | / |
The Bend ASBK Schedule
| Saturday 4th December | ||||
| 9.00 | 9.20 | Dunlop Supersport 300 | Q1 | 20 mins |
| 9.30 | 10.00 | Motorsports TV Supersport | Q1 | 30 mins |
| 10.10 | 10.30 | Yamaha Finance R3 Cup | Q1 | 20 mins |
| 10.40 | 11.20 | Alpinestars Superbike | Practice | 40 mins |
| 11.30 | 11.50 | bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup | Q1 | 20 mins |
| 12.00 | 12.20 | Dunlop Supersport 300 | Q2 | 20 mins |
| 12.20 | 13.00 | Lunch – ASBK Pillion Rides | 40 mins | |
| 13.00 | 13.20 | Yamaha Finance R3 Cup | Q2 | 20 mins |
| 13.30 | 14.00 | Motorsports TV Supersport | Q2 | 30 mins |
| 14.10 | 14.30 | bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup | Q2 | 20 mins |
| 14.40 | 14.50 | ASBK TV Track Time | Media | 10 mins |
| 14.50 | 15.10 | Dunlop Supersport 300 | R1 | 7 Laps |
| 15.20 | 15.35 | Alpinestars Superbike | Q1 | 15 mins |
| 15.35 | 15.50 | ASBK Promotional Session | Promotional | 15 mins |
| 15.50 | 16.05 | Alpinestars Superbike (Top 12) | Q2 | 15 mins |
| 16.15 | 16.35 | bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup | R1 | 5 Laps |
| 16.45 | 17.05 | Yamaha Finance R3 Cup | R1 | 6 Laps |
| Sunday 5th December | ||||
| 8.30 | 8.35 | Dunlop Supersport 300 & Yamaha Finance R3 Cup | WUP | 5 mins |
| 8.45 | 8.50 | Motorsports TV Supersport | WUP | 5 mins |
| 9.00 | 9.05 | bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup | WUP | 5 mins |
| 9.15 | 9.25 | Alpinestars Superbike | WUP | 10 mins |
| 9.35 | 9.55 | Yamaha Finance R3 Cup | R2 | 6 Laps |
| 10.05 | 10.35 | Motorsports TV Supersport | R1 | 9 Laps |
| 10.45 | 11.05 | Dunlop Supersport 300 | R2 | 7 Laps |
| 11.15 | 11.55 | Alpinestars Superbike (Replayed at 1230hrs) | R1 | 11 Laps |
| 12.05 | 12.25 | bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup | R2 | 5 Laps |
| 12.25 | 13.10 | Lunch – ASBK Pitlane Walk | 45 mins | |
| 13.10 | 13.30 | Dunlop Supersport 300 | R3 | 7 Laps |
| 13.40 | 14.10 | Motorsports TV Supersport | R2 | 9 Laps |
| 14.20 | 15.00 | Alpinestars Superbike | R2 | 11 Laps |
| 15.10 | 15.30 | bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup | R3 | 5 Laps |
| 15.40 | 16.00 | Yamaha Finance R3 Cup | R3 | 6 Laps |
| After Race | ||||
| 16.15 | 17.00 | ASBK 2021 Champions Photo Shoot | Straight | |
| 17.30 | 18.30 | ASBK 2021 Awards Ceremony | Building | |
Source: MCNews.com.au