ASBK 2026

Round One – Phillip Island
Kawasaki Supersport

Race Three

After experiencing almost perfect conditions on Friday and Saturday, the drizzle had arrived ahead of the final ASBK Supersport bout of the weekend just before midday on Sunday at Phillip Island. Not only were tyres being swapped on the grid, but those with the means were also changing their rear shock to a softer option to suit the damp conditions.

Tom Edwards scored the holeshot this time around ahead of Olly Simpson, Hayden Nelson and Roberto Tamburini, but then Jake Farnsworth gazumped them all to take the early lead at Southern Loop and then dropped the hammer! Farnsworth took his brave pills this morning as he was more than a second ahead by Hayshed on the opening lap in what were very sketchy conditions.

Farnsworth continued to streak away as Olly Simpson strove to keep a charging Will Nassif and Tom Edwards at bay.

As the laps wore on, Olly Simpson broke away from Nassif and Nelson and started to close down Farnsworth.

Hayden Nelson then really hit his stride as the race approached the halfway mark and reeled in Simpson and Farnsworth.

Simpson took the lead from Farnsworth on lap five, and Will Nassif then pushed Farnsworth further back to third as Hayden Nelson looked to challenge from fourth. The track was drying quickly, and their wets were quickly struggling.

Will Nassif then hit the front as the race reached two-thirds distance, as Tom Edwards and Top Toparis looked to turn the leading quartet into a sextet.

Olly Simpson moved back into the lead as they started lap eight, as Farnsworth attacked Nassif for second at turn one and made the move stick.

Little separated the top six as they started the penultimate lap. Simpson leading Farnsworth, Tom Edwards up to third, Tom Toparis fourth and Will Nassif shuffled back to fifth and battling with Hayden Nelson.

Last lap board and Simpson had a small buffer over Tom Toparis and Jake Farnsworth, but that was gobbled up by Southern Loop.  Tom Toparis was looking for a way past Olly Simpson at every turn as Farnsworth and Edwards traded blows over the final step on the rostrum.

Olly Simpson and Tom Toparis split either way around a backmarker at Hayshed; it was a heart-in-mouth moment for all concerned.

Simpson then had a big slide at Lukey, which gave Toparis the opportunity to take the lead.

Toparis and Simpson were then nose-to-tail through turn twelve and line abreast across the stripe, but who had won?

Tom Toparis was given the nod for the win by three-thousandths of a second on the timing screens. However, a subsequent video review saw that changed to a win for Simpson by a single thousandth of a second…

Tom Edwards was a couple of bike lengths further behind to round out the podium.

Early leader Jake Farnsworth was a second further behind in fourth place by a narrow margin over Hayden Nelson.

Will Nassif’s mid-race charge to the front and podium challenge waned in the final laps, but the youngster still bagged great points for sixth.

Race two winner Roberto Tamburini was seven seconds further back in seventh place but still won the round for the regular Supersport machines.

Olly Simpson is the outright winner of the round and takes an early lead in the Next Generation category.

ASBK Supersport Race Three Results

Pos	Rider	Class	Bike	Time/Gap
1	O. Simpson	NG	Duc	18m15.044
2	T. Toparis	NG	Duc	+0.001
3	T. Edwards	NG	Kaw	+0.183
4	J. Farnsworth	SS	Yam	+1.145
5	H. Nelson	NG	Kaw	+1.225
6	W. Nassif	SS	Yam	+7.900
7	R. Tamburini	SS	Yam	+14.515
8	G. Plowman	SS	Yam	+34.391
9	V. Knezovic	SS	Yam	+34.544
10	S. Nicholson	SS	Yam	+36.431
11	J. Soderland	SS	Yam	+37.186
12	M. Nikolis	SS	Yam	+47.795
13	S. Drane	SS	Yam	+47.809
14	J. Simpson	SS	Yam	+1m10.056
15	H. Fordyce	SS	Yam	+1m26.649
16	O. Short	SS	Yam	+1m46.135
17	S. Pezzetta	SS	Yam	+1m48.971
18	T. Zhao	SS	Yam	+1 Lap

ASBK Supersport Championship Points

Pos	Rider	Bike	Pole	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Roberto TAMBURINI	Yamaha	1	25	25	18	69
2	Valentino KNEZOVIC	Yamaha		20	18	16	54
3	Scott NICHOLSON	Yamaha		16	16	15	47
4	Will NASSIF	Yamaha		18	8	20	46
5	Jake FARNSWORTH	Yamaha			20	25	45
6	Sam DRANE	Yamaha		17	15	12	44
7	Ghage PLOWMAN	Yamaha		13	11	17	41
8	Josh SODERLAND	Yamaha		14	12	14	40
9	Sam PEZZETTA	Yamaha		15	14	8	37
10	Jordy SIMPSON	Yamaha		12	13	11	36
11	Haydn FORDYCE	Yamaha		11	10	10	31
12	Marianos NIKOLIS	Yamaha			17	13	30
13	Tianhao ZHAO	Yamaha		8	7	7	22
14	Oliver SHORT	Yamaha		10		9	19
15	Lauchy WILLIAMS	Yamaha		9	9		18
16	Brock QUINLAN	Yamaha		7	5		12
17	Anthony CHIODO	Honda		6	4		10
18	Shaun O’NEILL	Yamaha			6		6

ASBK Supersport Next Generation Championship Points

Pos	Name	Bike	Pole	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Olly SIMPSON	Ducati		25	20	25	70
2	Tom EDWARDS	Kawasaki		18	25	18	61
3	Hayden NELSON	Kawasaki	1	20	18	17	56
4	Tom TOPARIS	Ducati		17	17	20	54

2026 ASBK Provisional Calendar

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