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RACE REPORT
2012 Australian Superbike Championship Round 6
Phillip Island Racetrack (VIC)
17-19 August 2012

Team Suzuki’s Josh Waters will enter the final round of the 2012 Australian Superbike Championship with a 19.5-point advantage after scoring second position at Phillip Island’s penultimate weekend of action on 17-19 August.

Fresh from a standout performance at the Suzuka 8 Hours in Japan, Waters put forward a consistent effort aboard the GSX-R1000, and is now in the box seat to secure his second career Australian Superbike title.

After qualifying fourth in mixed conditions, Waters finished the opening 12-lap race in second, just 1.710 seconds in arrears of title rival Wayne Maxwell. He backed that result up in race two, which was reduced to 10 laps following an opening lap incident that caused a race stoppage.

“The weekend was good for me, but obviously would have been better if we could have won the races,” Waters explained. “It was tough between myself and Wayne, but near the end my bike was moving around quite a bit so I decided to try and play it smart for the championship.

“I want to qualify and do well in both races at Queensland. I just need to try hard though, if I do that, then it should all be good and will hopefully go to plan for myself and Team Suzuki.”

Team Suzuki teammate Ben Attard was sixth overall at Phillip Island after qualifying an impressive second, taking home sixth place in both races. Attard was involved in the battle for the podium in race two, but ultimately had to settle for sixth due to a 10-second jump-start penalty. In his first season aboard the GSX-R1000, Attard now sits sixth in the standings.

“I feel as though I rode alright and my lap times were good,” Attard explained. “I jumped the start in that last race, but it was good to be in the mix for the podium during the race. The results aren’t really showing it, but I’m definitely getting faster on the bike and the more dry track time I’m getting, the better I feel on the bike. Hopefully it amounts in some strong results soon.”

Fellow Queenslander Robbie Bugden was fifth overall for Team Volvo Group Suzuki in a positive performance at the flowing 4.445-kilometre grand prix circuit. Bugden was a frustrating seventh in race one, but he too battled for the rostrum in the second race before crossing the line in fifth position. The four times New Zealand Superbike Champion also holds down that position in the series.

“I was a little disappointed after the first race because I felt I could have done better than seventh, but the top group was pretty strong,” Bugden said. “The second race was a lot better and I was more happy with my pace. We were only four seconds off the leader, so that’s a big improvement for me because Phillip Island has always been a bit of a bogey track. Hopefully we can finish the season strong back up here in Queensland.”

Team Suzuki Supersport campaigner Brodie Waters enjoyed a dream weekend at Phillip Island, picking up his first career double victory in the pair of 12-lap Supersport races. That result sees him climb to second in the championship, just half a point out of the series lead with one round remaining.

Waters rode his GSX-R600 to a thrilling 0.079sec victory in race one, before the second race was won by 0.130sec. After the Phillip Island round went according to plan, Waters is determined to continue the same form when the series reaches its finale at Queensland Raceway next month.

“It’s definitely good to be heading into the last round only half a point off the championship lead,” Waters said. “The weekend went my way and it was good to get my first double race win. That was a boost of confidence for me, but they were two really tight battles and we were pushing quite hard – I was the one who came out on top on the last lap.

“The wins came at the right time, so it gives me a good chance to see what I can do in this championship at the last round. It’s going to be hard work at the final round, but I will try my best as always and hopefully get some wins for this championship.”

The Australian Superbike Championship will conclude at Queensland Raceway on 15-16 September.

Round Six 2012 AUSTRALIAN SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP

Superbike Round Results:
1. Wayne MAXWELL 51
2. Joshua WATERS (Team Suzuki) 40
3. Jamie STAUFFER 36
4. Glenn ALLERTON 34
5. Robert BUGDEN (Team Volvo Group Suzuki) 30
6. Ben ATTARD (Team Suzuki) 30
7. Scott CHARLTON (Suzuki) 30
8. John PHELAN 24
9. Ben HOOKE 21
10. Beau BEATON (Suzuki) 13

Superbike Championship Standings (after 6 of 7 rounds):
1. Joshua WATERS (Team Suzuki) 247.5
2. Wayne MAXWELL 228
3. Jamie STAUFFER 200.5
4. Glenn ALLERTON 198
5. Robert BUGDEN (Team Volvo Group Suzuki) 180
6. Ben ATTARD (Team Suzuki) 178.5
7. Scott CHARLTON (Suzuki) 159
8. Ben HENRY (Suzuki) 147.5
9. Brodie WATERS (Team Suzuki) 45
10. Chris TROUNSON 26

Supersport Round Results:
1. Brodie WATERS (Team Suzuki) 50
2. Josh HOOK 38
3. Mitchell CARR 38
4. Glenn SCOTT 34
5. Brendan CLARKE 31
6. Levi DAY 29
7. Adam SENIOR 26
8. James HOOGENBOEZEM 24
9. Chris QUINN 17
10. Mitch LEVY (Suzuki) 14

Supersport Championship Standings (after 4 of 5 rounds):
1. Mitchell CARR 141.5
2. Brodie WATERS (Team Suzuki) 141
3. Josh HOOK 137
4. Glenn SCOTT 123
5. Levi DAY 95
6. Chris QUINN 94.5
7. Adam SENIOR 86.5
8. Brendan CLARKE 55.5
9. Mitch LEVY (Suzuki) 53.5
10. Christan CASELLA 49.5

Well here we are mid season and just about to end our two month winter break with round six of the Australian Superbike Championship at Phillip Island this coming weekend.

In my last end of season blog, we were preparing for the Phillip Island 8 Hour Endurance event, which I am very pleased to report that Team Suzuki finished 1st and 2nd place outright, which was a fantastic effort by the whole team as well as a great testament to the enviable reliability of our GSX-Rs.

2012 started off just as exciting as 2011 finished, with the arrival of our all new GSX-R1000L2 and a new Superbike rider in Ben Attard to replace Troy Herfoss who is chasing his dreams in Germany for 2012.

The first round at the World Superbike event at Phillip Island was a great start to the year for us with Josh Waters winning the overall for the weekend on the new bike’s first outing and Ben Attard claiming his first podium with the Team on the new GSX-R1000L2 with a 3rd place in race one, whilst Robbie Bugden put some valuable points in the bag as well. Brodie had a bit of a slow start to the season but was soon able to change that around.

After the first round and a little bit of testing, our new model GSX-R1000 has proven to be a big asset to the Team’s Championship assault with just a few subtle changes by the engineers at Suzuki in engine power and handling to its predecessor, the new bike has just what it takes to win. Warren, Hayden and I went through and rebuilt all the bikes before heading off to Darwin for round two where Josh just dominated again in the premier class. We then headed down to Perth to Barbagallo Raceway for round three with the V8 Supercars and then across the Nullarbor dessert to the Phillip Island V8 Supercar round.

So you can see how busy the start of the year has been again, and with so many road kilometres to drive, I am very grateful we had our new Volvo Euro 5 Prime Mover to tow our Team trailer, the new Volvo is so quiet and smooth you really do think you are driving a car not a truck, and it was a bit of fun stopping along the way with all the V8 truck drivers.

Round five found us at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, providing a change of pace for our young Supersport Rider Brodie Waters who has been riding a Superbike at the two V8 rounds now finding himself back on his GSX-R600 contesting the Australian Supersport Championship again. I must say riding the Superbike certainly helped Brodie with the GSX-R600, as he rode so well at Queensland Raceway in very difficult weather conditions. So we ended up leaving Queensland with the overall win for Brodie and 3rd in the Championship by 12.5 points, Robbie and Ben in 5th and 6th respectively in the Superbike Championship while Josh built on his lead in the Championship to 30.5 points ahead of Wayne Maxwell in 2nd place.

The next major event for Josh was the Suzuka 8hour where he rode exceptionally well and proved yet again how fast he is riding. Josh posted the fastest outright qualifying time and 3rd fastest in Superpole, but unfortunately the Yoshimura Team experienced some unprecedented bad luck and couldn’t realize on their fast lap times.

I knew I had to get all the riders back on their bikes before our next round, especially Josh who has been doing so many laps around Suzuka on a World Superbike spec GSX-R1000 lately, and as the weather has been so wet down south here, we decided to take them all to Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney NSW where we spent two very good test days on the new extended circuit and all four riders came away very happy with their bikes and the time on them.

So that’s all from me for now as we finish our preparation for round six of the Championship this coming weekend, and I hope my next report is another favourable one for our Championship assault for both Superbike and Supersport.

Best regards,
Phil.