2022 Australian Superbike Championship

The 2022 Australian Superbike Championship season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Alpinestars Australian Superbike Championship) was the 43rd Australian Superbike Championship season. Wayne Maxwell started the season as the reigning champion, after picking up his third title in 2021.

However, it was Mike Jones who would go on take the title, his third overall.[1] This was the first time a Yamaha mounted rider had won the Australian Superbike Championship since Jamie Stauffer in 2007.

The final round of the season was notable for the presence of MotoGP star Jack Miller in his final ride aboard a Ducati,[2] as well as Moto2 rider Marcel Schrötter[3] and Moto3 rider Joel Kelso.[4]

Race calendar and results edit

Initially, an 8-round calendar was announced for 2022,[5] however, a round at Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania was later cancelled.[6]

Round 6 of the championship coincided with the final round of the 2022 Superbike World Championship.

2022 calendar
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest Lap Winning Rider
1 R1   Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 25-27 February   Wayne Maxwell   Wayne Maxwell   Bryan Staring
R2   Wayne Maxwell   Wayne Maxwell
2 R1   Queensland Raceway 18-20 March   Mike Jones   Bryan Staring   Mike Jones
R2   Mike Jones   Mike Jones
3 R1   Wakefield Park 22-24 April   Mike Jones   Wayne Maxwell   Mike Jones
R2   Wayne Maxwell   Wayne Maxwell
4 R1   Hidden Valley Raceway 17-19 June   Wayne Maxwell   Josh Waters   Mike Jones
R2   Wayne Maxwell   Wayne Maxwell
R3   Cru Halliday   Mike Jones
5 R1   Morgan Park Raceway 5-7 August   Wayne Maxwell   Wayne Maxwell   Wayne Maxwell
R2   Troy Herfoss   Wayne Maxwell
6 R1   Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 18-20 November   Josh Waters   Bryan Staring   Bryan Staring
R2   Wayne Maxwell   Wayne Maxwell
R3   Josh Waters   Josh Waters
7 R1   The Bend Motorsport Park 25-27 November   Mike Jones   Wayne Maxwell   Troy Herfoss
R2   Mike Jones   Mike Jones

Circuit locations edit

2022 Australian Superbike Championship circuit locations

Teams and riders edit

2022 Entry List
Team Constructor No. Rider Rounds
Boost Mobile Racing with K-Tech Ducati 1   Wayne Maxwell All
21   Josh Waters[7] 6–7
Yamaha 2   Mark Chiodo 1–4
727 Moto Racing Team Yamaha 3   Jed Metcher 1–3, 5–7
4   Broc Pearson 1–3
9   Billy McConnell 6–7
Desmosport Ducati Ducati 4   Broc Pearson 5–7
67   Bryan Staring All
Northstar Yamaha Addicted to Track Yamaha 10   Travis Wyman 6–7
28   Aiden Wagner 1–2
37   Michael Edwards All
43   Alastair Hoogenboezem 6
Kawasaki Connection Kawasaki 12   Matt Walters 1–3, 5–7
MotoGo Yamaha Yamaha 13   Anthony West All
16   Luke Jhonston 1
Maxima Racing Oils BMW BMW 14   Glenn Allerton All
21   Josh Waters 1–4
33   Sloan Frost 5–7
Thriller Motorsport Honda 16   Josh Hook 7
Yamaha 23   Marcel Schrötter 7
Ducati 43   Jack Miller 7
Penrite Honda Racing Honda 17   Troy Herfoss All
81   Senna Agius 6–7
RPE Racing Honda 22   Corey Forde 1
William Adams CAT Yamaha 25   Daniel Falzon 1–4, 6–7
GTR MotoStars Team Yamaha 27   Max Stauffer All
JC Motorsports Yamaha 29   Ted Collins 6
Six Ways From Sunday Kawasaki 33   Hamish McMurray 1, 3
Dynapumps VRT Signs Yamaha 35   Ben Stronach 4
Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha 46   Mike Jones All
65   Cru Halliday All
Cooper Racing Honda 51   Chandler Cooper 1–3, 7
DTA Contractors Yamaha 52   Paul Lally 4
BC Performance Kawasaki 60   Ben Burke 1, 6–7
DC8 Studio Evolution Legal Ducati 60   Benjamin Lowe 5
Unitech Racing Yamaha 61   Arthur Sissis All
Western Motorcycles Sydney Suzuki 62   Brendan McIntyre 6–7
SA Pool and Spa Services Yamaha 64   Michael Kemp 7
Livson Racing Team BMW 66   Joel Kelso 7
78   Nathan Spiteri 4–7
Top North Auto Air Kawasaki 69   Luke MacDonald 4
The Construction Team Kawasaki 72   Paris Hardwick 6–7
Brad Signs Suzuki 75   Trent Binaisse 6
BMW Alliance Racing BMW 83   Lachlan Epis 1–5
North Coast V-Twins Ducati 86   Beau Beaton 1–2, 6–7
Toprider Australia Yamaha 88   John Burns 2

Championship standings edit

Riders' championship edit

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top twenty finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 25 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

In addition, pole position is awarded 1 point.

[8] [9]

Pos Rider Bike PHI
 
QUE
 
WAK
 
HDV
 
MPR
 
PHI
 
TBM
 
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
1   Mike Jones Yamaha 3 4 11 1 11 2 1 2 1 2 2 10 5 3 61 1 328
2   Wayne Maxwell Ducati Ret1 1 2 3 2 1 41 1 11 11 1 Ret 1 Ret 2 3 276
3   Bryan Staring Ducati 1 2 16 2 5 5 3 3 4 5 3 1 6 2 Ret 12 258
4   Troy Herfoss Honda 11 13 6 7 4 4 2 4 3 3 5 8 4 4 1 Ret 242
5   Glenn Allerton BMW 6 7 4 6 7 8 5 14 2 6 7 2 7 5 3 14 235
6   Arthur Sissis Yamaha 8 8 7 4 6 6 7 7 5 8 9 4 9 7 5 5 231
7   Josh Waters BMW 4 5 3 5 8 7 8 6 7 217
Ducati 31 2 1 4 Ret
8   Cru Halliday Yamaha 2 3 5 Ret 3 3 6 5 6 11 6 11 3 Ret 8 6 217
9   Daniel Falzon Yamaha 5 6 11 11 9 11 9 8 8 9 10 Ret 9 8 159
10   Anthony West Yamaha 10 11 8 8 10 9 11 9 9 Ret 8 12 Ret Ret 7 7 154
11   Broc Pearson Yamaha 14 15 12 12 DNS DNS 122
Ducati 4 4 7 11 8 13 9
12   Jed Metcher Yamaha 12 10 Ret Ret 11 12 9 10 5 12 6 12 11 121
13   Max Stauffer Yamaha 16 17 14 14 14 13 12 12 Ret 10 12 17 18 9 14 15 108
14   Lachlan Epis BMW Ret Ret DSQ Ret 12 10 10 10 Ret 7 11 66
15   Michael Edwards Yamaha 20 19 17 16 15 14 15 16 13 13 14 22 23 Ret DNS DNS 59
16   Mark Chiodo Yamaha 13 14 10 10 Ret DNS Ret 11 10 58
17   Matt Walters Kawasaki 9 9 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret DNS 23 15 11 20 Ret 49
18   Senna Agius Honda 6 8 Ret Ret 2 48
19   Aiden Wagner Yamaha 7 12 9 9 47
20   Beau Beaton Ducati 15 16 13 13 14 17 DNS 17 17 46
21   Ben Burke Kawasaki DNS DNS 15 13 10 15 16 36
22   Ben Stronach Yamaha 13 13 12 25
23   Sloan Frost BMW 12 13 18 24 17 21 21 24
24   Chandler Cooper Honda 18 Ret 15 15 Ret 15 19 20 24
25   Nathan Spiteri BMW 16 17 Ret 14 15 DNS DNS DNS 22 23 22
26   Joel Kelso BMW 11 10 21
27   Travis Wyman Yamaha 16 Ret 13 16 18 21
28   Paul Lally Yamaha 14 15 14 20
29   Jack Miller Ducati Ret 4 17
30   Billy McConnell Yamaha DNS 14 Ret DNS 13 15
31   Brendan McIntyre Suzuki 20 20 14 18 19 14
32   Ted Collins Yamaha 13 16 Ret 13
33   Marcel Schrötter Yamaha 10 DSQ 11
34   Alastair Hoogenboezem Yamaha Ret 19 12 11
35   Benjamin Lowe Ducati 15 16 11
36   Luke MacDonald Kawasaki 17 Ret 15 10
37   Paris Hardwick Kawasaki 19 21 16 Ret 22 7
38   Luke Jhonston Yamaha 17 18 7
39   Trent Binaisse Suzuki 21 22 15 6
40   Corey Forde Honda 19 20 3
  Michael Kemp Yamaha 23 24 0
  Josh Hook Honda DNS DNS 0
  Hamish McMurray Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
  John Burns Yamaha DNQ DNQ 0
Pos Rider Bike PHI
 
QUE
 
WAK
 
HDV
 
MPR
 
PHI
 
TBM
 
Pts

References edit

  1. ^ "Mike Jones reflects on championship winning weekend at The Bend". www.mcnews.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ "JACK MILLER RETURNS TO ASBK AND THE BEND IN 2022". www.asbk.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ "JACK MILLER ANNOUNCES TEAM MATES FOR THE BEND". www.asbk.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Livson Racing confirms Kelso ASBK entry at The Bend". www.cycleonline.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Complete 2022 ASBK calendar to span eight rounds". www.cycleonline.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  6. ^ "ASBK In Tasmania Cancelled For 2022". www.pitboard.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Josh Waters with Boost Mobile Racing for final two ASBK rounds". www.mcnews.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  8. ^ "AUSTRALIAN SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS". www.asbk.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  9. ^ "ASBK Live Timing for in depth results". www.computime.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

External links edit