ASBK 2026

Round Five – QLD Raceway – Saturday
SW-Motech Superbike Qualifying

Cru Halliday will start Sunday’s final two SW-Motech Superbike races of the 2026 ASBK season from pole position after producing a 1m06.858 in Q2 at Queensland Raceway on Saturday afternoon.

That benchmark was only 0.013 of a second outside the current Superbike qualifying lap record set by Mike Jones at the venue last year, and completed a strong turnaround for Halliday after a difficult Morgan Park round that did little justice to his regular front-running pace.

With only 15 Superbike riders taking to the track on Saturday afternoon, the regular protagonists did not need to put too much on the line in Q1 to secure a place among the top 12 progressing to Q2. Jonathan Nahlous topped that opening qualifying session on a 1m07.206, but after most riders had banked a lap, the final two-thirds of the 20-minute session delivered little in the way of on-track action.

After a short break, Q2 promised the real fireworks, only for the session to be halted almost immediately when John Lytras stopped at Turn 3 with a mechanical issue and potential oil on the circuit. That brought out the red flag and left the track idle for around 20 minutes before the pit exit opened again, and the session resumed.

Once it did, Ducati initially packed the top of the order. Halliday, Glenn Allerton, Harrison Voight and Josh Waters made it a Ducati 1-2-3-4 before Yamaha Racing Team intervened. Jones moved to second, then young team-mate Nahlous charged to fourth as the session began to properly build.

Halliday then lowered the marker again, a 1m06.858, extending his advantage over Jones to almost four-tenths. Jones responded with a 1m07.062 to close the gap to 0.204, while Nahlous pushed Allerton off the front row with a 1m07.235 shortly before the clocks expired.

Jack Favelle improved late to seventh on the Addicted to Track Yamaha before crashing at Turn 4 after the chequered flag.

When the dust settled, Halliday remained on top ahead of Jones and Nahlous, putting two Yamahas alongside the Stop and Seal Racing Ducati on the front row.

Row two will be all Ducati, with Allerton fourth, championship leader Voight fifth and defending champion Waters sixth.

Voight starts Sunday with a 24-point buffer over Waters after his perfect Morgan Park weekend, where he claimed pole, both race wins and the maximum 51-point haul. He can potentially wrap up the title in the opening 16-lap race, while Waters will need to attack from the second row to keep the fight alive into the final race of the season.

The battle for third in the championship is also far from settled. Cameron Dunker currently holds that position on 146 points, but starts only 11th after qualifying. Halliday, Allerton and Jones are all within striking distance, and all three will start well ahead of Dunker on the grid. Nahlous is also close enough to be a factor if Sunday swings his way.

Remarkably, seven of the 12 bikes in Q2 were Ducatis, with the remaining five Yamahas. Across the full 15-bike qualifying field, there were eight Ducatis and seven Yamahas.

Superbike competitors return to the track at 0915 on Sunday morning for a ten-minute warm-up ahead of the opening 16-lap race at 1125. The final race of the 2026 ASBK season is scheduled for 1520.

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Superbike Qualifying Times

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time
1	C Halliday	Duc	1m06.858
2	M Jones	Yam	1m07.062
3	J Nahlous	Yam	1m07.235
4	G Allerton	Duc	1m07.257
5	H Voight	Duc	1m07.297
6	J Waters	Duc	1m07.304
7	J Favelle	Yam	1m07.585
8	A West	Duc	1m07.663
9	J Lytras	Yam	1m07.967
10	O Simpson	Duc	1m07.995
11	C Dunker	Yam	1m08.001
12	J Newman	Duc	1m08.646
13	T Lynch	Yam	1m09.367
14	M McLaren-Wood	Yam	1m09.495
15	L Durning	Duc	1m10.446

SW-Motech Superbike Championship Points

Pos	Rider	Bike	Points
1	H Voight	Duc	198
2	J Waters	Duc	174
3	C Dunker	Yam	146
4	C Halliday	Duc	135
5	G Allerton	Duc	130
6	M Jones	Yam	129
7	J Nahlous	Yam	125
8	J Roulstone	Hon	124
9	J Favelle	Yam	117
10	J Lytras	Yam	97
11	M Hamod	Hon	74
12	A West	Duc	72
13	L Durning	Duc	68
14	O Simpson	Duc	46
15	T Lynch	Yam	41
16	C Holding	Yam	39
17	B Wilson	Yam	30
18	J Newman	Duc	24
19	J Quinn	Yam	18
20	M Kemp	Yam	18
21	J Newman	Duc	17
22	L Jones	Yam	15
23	D Adams	Suz	14
24	M Rindel	Yam	14
25	R Hudson	Yam	4
26	R Jamieson	Yam	4
27	A Senior	Yam	3
28	M Carr	Hon	1
29	R Markham-Barrett	BMW	1

Supersport / Next Gen Qualifying

Tom Edwards will start Sunday’s Kawasaki Supersport / Next Gen races from pole position after producing a new Next Gen qualifying benchmark at Queensland Raceway.

The BCperformance Kawasaki rider had already been well in the mix during Q1, but saved his best for Q2, stopping the clocks at 1m10.425 to head the combined qualifying order and lower the Next Gen mark that Olly Simpson had set earlier in the day.

Simpson’s 1m10.452 from Q1 ultimately left the DesmoSport Ducati rider second on the grid, only 0.027 of a second behind Edwards, while Tom Toparis made it three different machines inside the top three after switching from the Ducati V2 he had campaigned earlier in the season back to his trusted Yamaha YZF-R6 for the Queensland Raceway finale.

Toparis was third overall on a 1m10.578, only 0.153 away from pole, with Hayden Nelson fourth on the second BCperformance Kawasaki. Nelson’s best came in Q1, with his Q2 session ending prematurely after a Turn 6 crash.

That leaves the two Next Gen title protagonists split by three places on the grid, with Edwards on pole and Nelson fourth. Edwards arrived at Queensland Raceway with a four-point advantage over Nelson, 188 to 184, after the pair traded blows at Morgan Park. Simpson and Toparis are no longer in the same title position, but both have the pace to heavily influence how the inaugural Next Gen crown is decided on Sunday.

Jake Farnsworth did what he needed to do in the traditional Supersport fight, qualifying as the best of the traditional Supersport riders and fifth overall on a 1m10.712. The Worth Racing Yamaha rider is trying to claw back a 16-point deficit to Valentino Knezovic after a frustrating Morgan Park round in which he led early in Race One before an engine problem, then bounced back to win the Supersport class in Race Two.

Knezovic, who continues to lead the Supersport standings on 184 points to Farnsworth’s 168, qualified sixth overall and second in class with a 1m11.082. That puts the two main Supersport title contenders together on the grid, with Farnsworth one place ahead heading into Sunday’s two championship-deciding races.

Anupab Sarmoon qualified seventh overall and third among the Supersport riders, ahead of Will Nassif, Sam Pezzetta, Jordy Simpson and Josh Soderland. Jordy Simpson remains third in the Supersport points on 136, with Ghage Plowman, Soderland and Pezzetta also fighting over the final championship podium positions.

Supersport was run and done by 1230 on Saturday, with competitors able to hit the showers early. They reconvene on Sunday morning at 0905 for a five-minute warm-up session ahead of the two 14-lap bouts slated for 1025 and 1445.

The current Supersport qualifying record remains Tom Toparis’ 1m10.381, set on a Yamaha YZF-R6 at Queensland Raceway in 2024.

Supersport / Next Gen Qualifying Times

Pos	Class	Rider	Bike	Time
1	NG	T Edwards	Kaw	1m10.425
2	NG	O Simpson	Duc	1m10.452
3	NG	T Toparis	Yam	1m10.578
4	NG	H Nelson	Kaw	1m10.703
5	SS	J Farnsworth	Yam	1m10.712
6	SS	V Knezovic	Yam	1m11.082
7	SS	A Sarmoon	Yam	1m11.263
8	SS	W Nassif	Yam	1m11.932
9	SS	S Pezzetta	Yam	1m12.396
10	SS	J Simpson	Yam	1m12.558
11	SS	J Soderland	Yam	1m12.678
12	SS	G Plowman	Yam	1m13.440
13	SS	L Williams	Yam	1m13.528
14	NG	E Leeson	Duc	1m13.914
15	SS	F Jacobs	Yam	1m13.961

Supersport Championship Points

Pos	Rider	Bike	Points
1	V. Knezovic	Yam	184
2	J. Farnsworth	Yam	168
3	J. Simpson	Yam	136
4	G. Plowman	Yam	127
5	J. Soderland	Yam	125
6	S. Pezzetta	Yam	121
7	R. Tamburini	Yam	69
8	L. Williams	Yam	67
9	F. Jacobs	Yam	61
10	H. Fordyce	Yam	61
11	E. Johnson	Yam	51
12	S. Nicholson	Yam	47
13	W. Nassif	Yam	46
14	S. Drane	Yam	44
15	A. Sarmoon	Yam	36
16	O. Short	Yam	31
17	M. Nikolis	Yam	30
18	T. Zhao	Yam	22
19	B. Quinlan	Yam	12
20	A. Chiodo	Hon	10
21	S. O’Neill	Yam	6

Supersport NextGen Championship Points

Pos	Rider	Bike	Points
1	T. Edwards	Kaw	188
2	H. Nelson	Kaw	184
3	O. Simpson	Duc	134
4	T. Toparis	Duc	114
5	E. Leeson	Duc	34

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Supersport 300 Qualifying Times

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time
1	T King	Kaw	1m20.448
2	R Nauta	Kaw	1m20.801
3	T Morrison	Kaw	1m21.149
4	O Peovitis	Kaw	1m21.439
5	K Keankum	Yam	1m21.814
6	J Simpson	Yam	1m21.929
7	P O’Brien	Yam	1m22.103
8	S Dellow	Yam	1m22.176
9	J Senior	Yam	1m22.206
10	E Dellow	Yam	1m22.214
11	R McAdam	Yam	1m22.803
12	N Lazos	Yam	1m22.954
13	K Knight	Yam	1m22.960
14	C Nichols	Kaw	1m23.096
15	M Ritter	Kaw	1m23.144
16	J Louis	Yam	1m23.286
17	V Mitchell	Kaw	1m23.314
18	J Elms	Yam	1m23.698
19	Z Russo	Yam	1m24.248
20	K Vest	Yam	1m24.258
21	M Nicholas	Kaw	1m24.589

R3 Cup Qualifying Times

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time
1	O Lewis	Yam	1m21.802
2	E Dellow	Yam	1m22.163
3	N Lazos	Yam	1m22.396
4	J Simpson	Yam	1m22.403
5	R McAdam	Yam	1m22.411
6	J Louis	Yam	1m22.532
7	M Ritter	Yam	1m22.722
8	S Dellow	Yam	1m22.739
9	C Lewis	Yam	1m23.001
10	K Knight	Yam	1m23.051
11	J Elms	Yam	1m23.762
12	Z Russo	Yam	1m24.793
13	K Vest	Yam	1m24.914
14	M Cartwright	Yam	1m25.489

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Qualifying

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time
1	T Cameron	Yam	1m36.062
2	C Nichols	Yam	1m36.707
3	C Campbell	Yam	1m36.854
4	L Darling	Yam	1m36.865
5	R McKenna	Yam	1m37.077
6	P Lucchitti	Yam	1m37.146
7	G Holmkvist	Yam	1m37.205
8	C Stephens	Yam	1m37.225
9	L Birkle	Yam	1m37.245
10	R Chamberlain	Yam	1m37.297
11	J Lazar	Yam	1m37.559
12	K Brien	Yam	1m38.292
13	R Plumb	Yam	1m38.344
14	X Dellow	Yam	1m39.677
15	M Harrison	Yam	1m40.356
16	T Lucchitti	Yam	1m41.671
17	J Fletcher	Yam	1m41.940
18	S Harrison	Yam	1m42.945

Superbike Masters Qualifying

Pos	Class	Rider	Bike	Time
1	P6F13	J Passfield	Yam FZR1040	1m13.455
2	P7SB	A Woolford	Suz GSX-R750	1m15.031
3	P6F13	M Clark	Suz GSX-R1127	1m15.272
4	P7SS	B Phelan	Yam R6 600	1m19.916
5	P6F7	P Allen	Duc 851	1m20.994
6	P7SB	M Robins	Suz GSX-R750T	1m21.131
7	P6F7	P Bevan	Hon VFR750	1m22.751
8	P7PS	J Burns	Kaw ZX-9R	1m23.932
9	P6F13	S Harley	Bimota YB6	1m25.045
10	P6F13	J Dawson	Suz GSX-R1100	1m30.267

2026 ASBK Calendar

2026 ASBK PROVISIONAL CALENDAR
Round One	February 20-22	Phillip Island, VIC (WorldSBK)
Round Two	March 27-28	Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW
Round Three	May 1-3	The Bend, SA
Round Four	May 29-31	Morgan Park, QLD
Round Five	June 26-28	Queensland Raceway, QLD

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