Mike Jones starts out where he aims to finish as Morgan Park ASBK gets underway

ASBK 2025

Round Four – Morgan Park

Mike Jones (Yamaha Racing Team) has settled back in superbly at one of his favourite circuits, topping the timesheets in practice for Round 4 of the 2025 mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul (ASBK) at Morgan Park Raceway in Warwick, Queensland.

The weekend marks the start of a huge fortnight of motorsport in Warwick, which will culminate with a round of the Australian ProMX Championship on June 22. Friday’s action played out under perfect winter skies, with the fine weather set to continue as Jones and his rivals battle it out in the SW-Motech Superbike class.

They’ll be joined by five additional categories taking to the 2.96km circuit:

• Kawasaki Supersport
• Race and Road Supersport 300
• ShopYamaha R3 Cup
• BLU CRU Oceania Junior Cup
• Superbike Masters

The full schedule features 16 races across the weekend. Off the track, fans will be treated to a range of entertainment, including stunt shows, ASBK pillion rides, and a huge paddock party on Sunday, where spectators can collect autographs from ASBK legends, both past and present.

SW-Motech Superbike Friday Practice

As he’s proven time and time again, when Mike Jones finds his rhythm at a favourite circuit, he’s one of the most uncompromising competitors in the business.

Friday may have been just practice for the SW-Motech Superbike field, but the Queenslander was the benchmark across all three sessions — leading the first two ahead of Broc Pearson (DesmoSport Ducati) and the third from championship leader Josh Waters (McMartin Racing Ducati) — to kick off Round 4 of the ASBK Championship at the sharp end.

It wasn’t a walk in the park, though. Waters, Pearson, and Anthony West (Addicted to Track Yamaha) were all within 0.3 seconds of Jones’ benchmark around the challenging 12-turn Morgan Park layout.

Next on the timesheets was Jonathan Nahlous (Omega Racing Team Yamaha), followed by impressive rookie Jack Favelle (Addicted to Track Yamaha), Cameron Dunker (MotoGO Yamaha), and Max Stauffer (Yamaha Racing Team).

The Superbike riders will have one final practice session on Saturday for any last adjustments, before switching to qualifying mode to determine grid positions for Sunday’s two 16-lap races.

SW-Motech Superbike Friday Practice Results

Kawasaki Supersport Friday Practice

Fresh off a plane from a runner-up finish in the latest round of the European Stock Championship, Archie McDonald (Stop and Seal Yamaha) wasted no time settling back into Kawasaki Supersport mode at Morgan Park.

The Albury hard-charger topped all three practice sessions on Friday, progressively raising the bar before closing out the day with a best lap of 1:15.234 — just shy of Tom Toparis’ six-year-old lap record of 1:15.045.

Olly Simpson (BCperformance Kawasaki) was second, 0.4 seconds adrift of McDonald, followed by championship leader Jack Mahaffy (Stop and Seal Yamaha), who walked away unscathed after a crash in the second session. The top six was rounded out by Tom Edwards (Team BWR Yamaha), Cameron Swain (Caboolture Yamaha), and Hayden Nelson (BCperformance Kawasaki).

It was an especially eye-catching return to the Supersport class for Edwards, who finished runner-up in the 2021 championship before pursuing opportunities overseas.

Tom Bramich (Apex Yamaha), who shared wins with Simpson at the previous round, ended the day ninth on the timesheets, just over a second behind McDonald.

Next up for the 22-rider field is qualifying, with the opening session scheduled for a chilly 0910 on Saturday.

Kawasaki Supersport Friday Practice Results

Road & Race Supersport 300 Friday Practice

The perennially huge fields in the Race and Road Supersport 300 and ShopYamaha R3 Cup classes always adds a delicious layer of unpredictability, which is what makes them such compelling viewing.

The racing will formally kick off with the opening bouts in both categories on Saturday afternoon, but first off are the preliminaries where Scott Nicholson (Kawasaki) came out on top in today’s Supersport 300 practice ahead of Valentino Knezovic (Yamaha) and Riley Nauta (Kawasaki), and in the R3 Cup Knezovic continued his strong form followed by Hudson Thompson and John Pelgrave.

Both classes have two qualifying sessions before racing gets underway.

Road & Race Supersport 300 Friday Practice Results

ShopYamaha R3 Cup Friday Practice Results

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Friday Practice

The BLU CRU Oceania Junior Cup form guide held true on Friday, with the top six riders in the official Australian Junior Road Race Championship class the same group who seized the top six spots in practice.

Connor Lewis set today’s benchmark, from Chaz Williams, Rossi McAdam, Jai Strugnell, Xavier Curmi and Hunter Charlett, as the fleet of 20 Yamaha YZF-R15s revelled in the tight and twisty surrounds of the Morgan Park circuit.

Williams is the current OJC leader from Lewis, Charlett, McAdam, Strugnell and Curmi.

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Friday Practice Results

Superbike Masters Friday Practice

Beau Beaton (Ducati 851) waltzed through Superbike Masters practice with nearly 2.5secs to spare over Josh Mathers (Yamha FZR1050), with Corey Glock (Honda RC30) third.

As usual, the field features a variety of immaculately prepared production-based and grand prix machines, including a Yamaha TZ750, Suzuki Katana and Kawasaki ZXR750.

Superbike Masters Friday Practice Results

SW-Motech Superbike Championship Points

Kawasaki Supersport Championship Points

2025 Australian Superbike Championship Calendar

Round	Location	Date
1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, VIC	Feb 21-23
2	Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW	Mar 28-29
3	Queensland Raceway, QLD	May 2-4
4	Morgan Park Raceway, QLD	Jun 13-15
5	Queensland Raceway, QLD (Superbike Only)	Aug 8-10
6	Phillip Island GP Circuit, VIC	Sept 6-7
7	One Raceway, NSW	Oct 3-5
8	The Bend, SA	Nov 7-9