Motivating heat race win for the Team Honda HRC rider.
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In his return season from serious injury, Cole Seely has expressed satisfaction in his progress after a stellar showing at Arlington’s seventh round of the 2019 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship last weekend.
The Team Honda HRC talent earned a motivating heat race win before going onto lodge a strong performance in the main, rebounding from a lacklustre start to ultimately cross the line in sixth.
“I’d say the day went pretty well,” Seely commented. “Overall, I’m pretty happy with everything from qualifying all the way down to the main event. Times were really close in qualifying, which is cool because it shows there’s a lot of talent in the class but it also means if you’re a tenth off, you’re way back.
“I was happy to qualify in the top five, and in the heat race it obviously felt good to lead some laps and win the thing; it was also cool that Kenny won his heat, so we sort of shared that I guess. The main went pretty smoothly. I got off to a pretty bad start, but I was able to make some passes right away – like five guys in the first lap.
“I managed to eventually get into sixth and ride there for most of the race. I didn’t really get too tired at the end, but after three rough weekends and seeing things finally coming together, I didn’t want to push the issue too hard. For most of the race, the top six were running a similar pace, and it felt good to actually have sight of the leaders.”
The number 14 is currently positioned eighth in the championship standings as the AMA Supercross series heads to Detroit this Saturday night. The main was won by new points leader Cooper Webb (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), who made a pass on Ken Roczen (Team Honda HRC) in the final turn to secure victory by 0.028s.
The dust settled on the official ASBK two-day test at Phillip Island a few weeks ago but the sentiment hasn’t changed – this year’s Kawasaki Australian Superbike Championship will be an oil-boiling cauldron of action, intensity, excitement and rivalry.
Wayne Maxwell – Image by Rob Mott
The battle gets underway when practice starts on Thursday the 21st of February at the Island. There may be some that are studying the lap times from the test ahead of the upcoming opening round of the championship, which will be staged alongside the Superbike World Championship (22-24 February), but in all honesty test times are about as newsworthy as last week’s newspaper.
Troy Bayliss – Image by TBG
In testing riders rarely go out to try and be the fastest unless they want to make a statement, get in their opponents heads, or try and steal the headlines and the cover shot on MCNews.com.au that day… What they really aim for is to keep improving and working towards an optimum bike set-up over a full race distance. This means exploring different options across very aspect of the motorcycle in preparation to go racing in the opening round of the season.
Wayne Maxwell – Image by TBG
The test was especially prudent in regards to race rubber, as both Pirelli and Dunlop brought tyres with completely different characteristics to what the riders are used to. There was some head scratching in trying to find a definitive direction to head in.
Glenn Allerton – Image by Rob Mott
It was still a surprise that Wayne Maxwell was fastest over the test, considering he was nursing the painful legacy of a broken left shoulder suffered in a cycling accident only a matter of days before. Marquez notably did the same on Day 1 of the Sepang MotoGP test, after recent shoulder surgery!
It was also the first real time that he has been able to get a clear track and become reacquainted with the GSX-R1000 Suzuki, this one a few generations on from the machine that took him to the Superbike title in 2013.
Maxwell has been knocking on the door of another championship for the last few years, finishing second twice in both 2016 and 2018 and, third in 2017, those results coming when part of the official Yamaha Racing Team effort.
Josh Waters – Image by Rob Mott
An added ingredient to the move is that he is team-mates with Josh Waters, who has won three titles on Suzuki and is aiming for number four. 2018 was a below standard season for Waters and the man from Mildura will be out to try to regain supremacy in 2019.
Aiden Wagner – Image by Rob Mott
Tthe 2019 season is the most open in recent memory for competition. There are no clear favourites in the premier category, in fact there are at least six that will be in the mix and unlike last year, the title should go down to the last round at Eastern Creek.
Defending champion Troy Herfoss. His two championships in three years are quite remarkable. Herfoss is the only rider that has given Honda something to smile about in production-based domestic racing anywhere in the world during recent seasons.
Troy Herfoss – Image by TBG
Can he also be the first man to win back-to-back titles since Jamie Stauffer in 2006/07? Statistics show it will be difficult and the odds are against him, but then Herfoss likes the odds against him, so he can rise to the occasion.
The Penrite Honda squad has a year under its belt, team owner Deon Coote ready to defend the title as well as this weekend give Herfoss a chance to shine in front of the world’s best with a Wild Card ride in the World Superbike Championship class.
Troy Herfoss testing the WorldSBK machine – GeeBee Image
This will give Herfoss the advantage of track time as he is at the WSBK test and will be swapping classes all weekend. Fitness won’t be a worry as he cycles a crazy amount of kilometres every week and is champing at the bit to show what he is capable of. Testing with the World Superbike spec’ machine this week though yielded results that were much less than they had hoped for. Could the WSBK wildcard take his eyes off the local ball and upset the opening of his ASBK Championship defence…?
What can be written about Troy Bayliss that hasn’t seen print? Not a lot, is there? Approaching 50 years of age, he is arguably as fast as he ever was – and hasn’t lost an ounce of determination.
Troy Bayliss – Image by Rob Mott
He was second fastest at the recent test on the booming V-Twin Panigale that he rode to great success last year, but it wasn’t the fastest laps that caught my eye, it was his overall consistency in every session, times only tenths apart across the two days.
He adapted the quickest to the new spec Pirelli race tyre, which is understandable. Back in the old days of overnight specials, Troy had to learn very quickly to adapt to different tyre characteristics and go fast straight out of the box on new spec’ tyres.
Troy Bayliss – Image by TBG
This year Troy can also watch his son’s progress in the Supersport category, as the team now has the vastly experienced Glen Richards mentoring young Oli, leaving Troy to concentrate on that elusive Australian Superbike title that he wants to add to his BSB and World Superbike Titles.
There is also the fact that sometime during the year he will be debuting the new Ducati V4. Don’t be holding your breath to see it race this weekend, or perhaps even the first half of the year. At the moment there are very few parts for the machine available and until they have done extensive testing to make the bike competitive the team will stick to what they know. As Troy said at the test, “Until the V4 is as fast as what we are running now, we won’t be using it.”
The Yamaha Racing Team has retained the services of Daniel Falzon, who will be all the more polished for his year on the factory backed team. Cru Halliday steps back up to the ASBK playground after winning the Supersport title for YRT last year.
Daniel Falzon – Image by Rob Mott
Falzon is somewhat of a quiet achiever, quite often keeping his head down and flying under the radar, but quietly racking up the points…
The mantra for most this weekend is, ‘Get through the weekend with a good bag of points and remember it’s a long season.’
Cru Halliday – Image by TBG
The strongest team on the grid is Maxwell and Waters in Team Ecstar Suzuki. Besides watching their antics on track, it will be intriguing to see how the dynamic of the team changes during the year as the success of the pair ebbs and flows in relation to each other.
Josh Waters – Image by Rob Mott
Both are fiercely competitive and while we won’t see any walls down the middle of the garage the rivalry between the pair – especially if they are close in the title chase – will add an entertaining element.
Wayne Maxwell – Image by Rob Mott
Team Principal Dale Brede will have his work cut out for him if things do get fraught. Maxwell won his ASBK title on a Suzuki (he also won a Swann Australasian FX Superbike Title with Honda), while Josh has won three Australian Superbike Championships for Suzuki. Their jousting this weekend will be special.
And discount the 2008 ASBK Champion Bryan Staring at your peril. In his second year on the Kawasaki BCPerformance outfit he will be a threat at every round. Make no mistake. He won a race at the corresponding round last year – and the overall round win – but for one reason or another didn’t quite springboard that result into a title threat.
Bryan Staring – Image by TBG
BCPerformance Kawasaki is one of the few on Dunlop tyres and are hoping that what the factory has supplied will be competitive with the Pirellis at every track. Tyres will be crucial in his hopes for success.
Another on Dunlops – at this stage – is the NextGen Motorsports outfit with Glenn Allerton and Ted Collins as his wing man.
Glenn Allerton – Image by Rob Mott
Allerton is fully fit and recovered from the plethora of injuries that has plagued him in the last two seasons. Hopefully, he can stay upright all year as he has been knocking on the door of a fourth title for the past few years, his best result recently was second to Herfoss in the 2016 title chase.
Ted Collins – Image by Rob Mott
There is yet another ingredient to add to this spicy mix of talent and that is Aiden Wagner.
Aiden Wagner – Image by Rob Mott
The Queenslander had everyone taking notes at the test. After a wretched few years trying to break into the WSS scene and recovering from injuries incurred on the way, and the debt that came with that tilt on the world stage, Wagner will be in the mix from the very outset and if he can stay fit, will be in it right up to the final race. He is perhaps a dark horse for the title, but he is most definitely in the race.
Picking a season winner, let alone who will be the one on top this weekend is nigh on impossible, as the depth of talent in the field is at its deepest for some years. But I’ll go out on a limb and say that Maxwell will win the round.
Wayne Maxwell – Image by TBG
As for Champion 2019 my crystal ball is obscured by clouds!
There are three races over the weekend for the ASBK class as well as the same amount for both Supersport and Supersport 300 categories. Bring on The Island!
Kawasaki Racing Team contender records top three time in testing.
Image: Russell Colvin.
Leon Haslam believes he’s ‘in a good place’ ahead of this weekend’s opening round of the 2019 FIM Motul Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK), following two days of official testing at the seaside Australian venue.
Haslam, who’s returning to the world championship after a number of years in the British Superbike Championship (BSB), wound up inside the top five on both days of testing, completing Tuesday’s final outing in P3, 0.365s off pace-setter Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati).
“Up until today we probably used the least amount of tyres compared to anyone else,” the Kawasaki Racing Team rider explained. “We were just looking at race set-up and looking at a real specific plan of what we wanted to do, hence we were not posting really good one-off lap times and putting new tyres in. Our race times have been pretty competitive over both days.
“I had a bit of a go for a lap time at the end there but I got traffic on my first two laps and I think it was my fourth flying lap I did the 1m30.6s. I think if we could have maximised the early laps, like everyone else seemed to be doing, we could have been a little closer.
“The biggest thing about this test for me was the average of the base pace, looking after the tyres, and managing that side of things. We are in a good place, I think. I am not looking to the races just yet – I am looking to the practice session on Friday, because there are still a few things we want to try. I feel good and we are making the steps.”
Haslam’s teammate, four-time defending world champion Jonathan Rea, was fourth in the times on the final day of testing, almost half a second off the pace of WorldSBK newcomer Bautista.
Desalle and Lieber to pilot factory-prepared KX450–SR.
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The Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team has officially introduced its squad for the 2019 MXGP World Championship, which is set to kick off at Neuquen in Argentina on 3 March.
Marking its 26th season of competition in the world championship, the team retains the same line-up as 2018, including Belgian Clement Desalle, who has won at least one GP every year since joining KRT in 2016, and will be team leader for the fourth-consecutive season after securing the third in the series standings last year.
Clement’s fellow countryman Julien Lieber will be his teammate for the second year running, and both will campaign the new Kawasaki KX450–SR which they’ve developed jointly throughout the winter together with team and factory support.
The squad will make its first appearance of the 2019 season on 24 February in the French International motocross at Lacapelle Marival, and a few days later will fly to Villa La Angostura in the Patagonia region of Argentina for the MXGP opener.
Álvaro Bautista Aruba.it Racing Ducati – P1 – 1’30.303
“Today was another very positive day. This morning we made a change to the bike’s geometry but we didn’t find what we were looking for so we went back to yesterday’s setting. In the afternoon the aim was to do a long-run, to see how the tyres behaved after a number of laps in race trim. I’m pleased because I kept a very good pace throughout the entire long-run. These have been two very positive days, and I’d like to thank the whole team, which did a perfect job. We’re ready to tackle the first race, and I can’t wait to start!”
Álvaro Bautista
Tom Sykes BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team – P2 – 1’30.539
“Testing has gone really well and after these two test days here at Phillip Island, I want to thank the whole BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team because we worked very well, we worked through a comprehensive list of items and possibilities and certainly boxed off a lot of things. So I am very happy and I really feel that given the limited time on the project everyone has been doing an incredible job. I don’t think that we could have asked for anything more during this testing period. Going into the race weekend now we know that it’s not going to be easy, obviously we need to work a little bit more in some areas, but I really do feel that we are heading in the right direction. We will go out on track, work on further improving the package on our BMW S 1000 RR and enjoy the racing. I feel that the potential is higher than we could have expected when starting the project.”
Tom Sykes
Leon Haslam Kawasaki Racing Team – P3 – 1’30.668
“Up until today we probably used the least amount of tyres compared to anyone else. We were just looking at race set-up and looking at a real specific plan of what we wanted to do, hence we were not posting really good one-off lap times and putting new tyres in. Our race times have been pretty competitive over both days. I had a bit of a go for a lap time at the end there but I got traffic on my first two laps and I think it was my fourth flying lap I did the 1’30.6. I think if we could have maximised the early laps, like everyone else seemed to be doing, we could have been a little closer. The biggest thing about this test for me was the average of the base pace, looking after the tyres, and managing that side of things. We are in a good place, I think. I am not looking to the races just yet; I am looking to the practice session on Friday, because there are still a few things we want to try. I feel good and we are making the steps.”
Leon Haslam
Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team – P4 – 1’30.722
“This has been a really positive test and we have been able to analyse a lot of items and changing things in the bike to see exactly what the track requests. This track is so unique because of the energy and load we put into the rear tyre, because of those fourth and fifth gear corners. Now we have a lot of data but unfortunately today there were a lot of red flags and we were not able to complete a long run or maximise a time attack. So this has been a huge data gathering two day test and it will prove very valuable for race weekend. With three races this year we need to be clever with the timetable and Sunday will be very a tight day for many reasons. The racing itself, trying to take on board food and – being in a factory team – the media commitments. So Sunday will be busy. From a racing point of view, I am quite happy.”
Jonathan Rea
Markus Reiterberger BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team – P12 – 1’31.376
“I am pretty satisfied with the two test days in Australia. I immediately had a good feeling on the bike, and we worked well through our testing programme, so we can soon focus on fine-tuning the performance. The anticipation for the first race weekend is of course huge, because racing is always something special. On the other hand, I would not mind having a few more test laps to really get the maximum out of myself and the BMW S 1000 RR. We just need a little bit of time to understand the whole package, but I’m pretty happy so far, and I feel great in the team. The guys really give everything and work extremely hard. We also continuously get new options and things from Munich that we can test. You can really see how things are progressing well. Personally, I worked intensively on my fitness during the winter, and I am ready to kick off the season.”
Markus Reiterberger
Leon Camier Moriwaki Althea Honda Team – P13 – 1’31.443
“We are working really hard on different aspects of the bike, from the electronics to the chassis’ setup. The feeling on the bike is not at all bad but we need to keep working hard on the setup. It’s important to work methodically because we want to be sure that every change we make is taking us in the right direction. The bike has a lot of strong points and is very nice to ride, very stable. The team is working really hard and I’m sure things will improve though it may take a little time.”
Leon Camier – TBG Image
Chaz Davies Aruba.it Racing Ducati – P14 – 1’31.796
“We’re not quite there yet to be honest. We made some strides this morning and I was quite happy with that. In the afternoon we wanted to change a few things but we ended up going back to this morning’s setting because everything we tried didn’t give me the right feeling. We have to put all the data together in the next two days and hopefully on Friday we’ll turn up with a better setting. The good news is that last year we also had a difficult test, but then I raced a lot better than I did at the tests. We’ll take the weekend as it comes and prepare for the race in the best possible way.”
Chaz Davies – TBG Image
Ryuichi Kiyonari Moriwaki Althea Honda Team – P15 – 1’31.860
“Today I feel better compared to yesterday. This morning especially, we worked well on the suspension and electronic settings and I immediately had better feeling. Of course, we are still a bit far from the front, but all in all I’m happy with the progress we’ve made. During the afternoon session, we had some grip issues to deal with but in the end, we were able to sort that out, even if we did not improve on the morning’s best time. I’m highly motivated to improve and know that I am asking a lot of my team, so I wish to thank everyone for their effort and all their hard work.”
Alessandro Delbianco Althea MIE Racing Team – P18 – 1’32.979
“I’m pleased with the work we’ve done here, despite finishing up the test a little earlier than everyone else. I feel as if I’ve got on much better than I did during the Portimao and Jerez tests. This is one of those tracks that requires courage and I feel comfortable riding here, I find the wide turns really help me. Compared to the last tests, I’m closer to my rivals and know that I can only improve, so I’m feeling optimistic about the upcoming race weekend.”
Team Quotes
Marcel Duinker, Crew Chief for Leon Haslam
“We had a very good winter test programme and this final test was all about preparation for race weekend. We wanted to give Leon as many laps as possible to give him more time to adjust to this bike. We made an agreement together that in every session we needed to improve our pace and that is what we did. I think we were the only riders to improve the lap time and the pace, session-by-session. To be third right now makes me very confident but I am more convinced about our consistency. We have no problems with rear tyre endurance. We are, after ten or 12 laps, at least as fast or faster than our competition so I am looking forward to the weekend. With three races the weekend will be as busy as usual, but more exciting.”
Marcel Duinker, Crew Chief for Leon Haslam
Pere Riba, Crew Chief for Jonathan Rea
“The test has been the same as each previous year in Phillip Island. This is a unique track, completely different and we have been preparing the base bike and the starting point for 2019. In the winter tests it has been very good and then when we arrived here, as we expected from previous years, everything has been different. So we started to focus on the base setup for this track and then focus with the tyres. This is one of the main things we have to focus on here, especially the rear tyre. This has been the target to try to find a good balance for Johnny and also for durability for the rear tyre. As for race weekend we have to analyse everything, and I already have some ideas. On Friday we still want to try something to give Johnny a little bit more confidence and understanding.”
Pere Riba, Crew Chief for Jonathan Rea
Marc Bongers, BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director
“The results of the two days of testing at Phillip Island are very positive. They confirmed the performance at the test days that we had over winter. We are very proud of the collaboration within the team, which first had to gel in this new configuration. We have all pulled together over the past few months, and we now can see the result of this good teamwork. That’s motivating! But we have to stay realistic and look ahead to the first race. That will be the first time for us to see where we really stand in race trim. We also know that we still have a lot of work ahead of us, but the base of the new BMW S 1000 RR offers a lot of potential. We are happy to be back and we really can’t wait to start the first race.”
BMW Motorrad Superbike Team – BMW S 1000 RR
Shaun Muir, Team Principal BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team
“We left the European tests in a very good position and a lot of hard work was carried out to make further improvements at Phillip Island. At the two days of testing here we could clearly see the benefits of the small but very significant improvements to the chassis. Tom went through all the things he wanted to test and had his best package which he ran on Tuesday afternoon in its final configuration. That is a very good base setting for him now to start the season. Markus has taken a big step forward after Portimão and is in a very strong position where we feel he can definitely compete for the top ten in the races at the coming weekend.”
Tom Sykes
WSBK Phillip Island Test February 2019 Final Combined Times
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At the first official World Superbike test, in Phillip Island Monday and Tuesday, ex-MotoGP pilot Alvaro Bautista ran a best lap of 1:30.303 on day two on the brand-new Ducati Panigale V4, nearly 0.5-second quicker than four-time world champion Jonathan Rea’s factory Kawasaki, and 1.5 seconds faster than Ducati teammate Chaz Davies. Obviously one test does not a Superbike season make, but it’s not a bad start for Bautista and the new V4 Ducati.
Nor is the season off to a bad start for Tom Sykes, who departed from the factory Kawasaki squad after last season. On the brand new BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team S1000RR, Sykes was second-fastest with a 1:30.539.
2013 WSBK Champ Tom Sykes on his new BMW Mottorrad S1000RR.
In an effort to achieve parity, WSBK rules set rev limits for each motorcycle, which can be adjusted as needed as the season progresses. For now, the Kawasaki is limited to 14,600 rpm, the BMW to 14,900, and the new Ducati Panigale to an amazing 16,350 rpm – which would definitely help explain its speed advantage around the high speed Phillip Island circuit.
WSBK timing clocked Bautista’s Panigale at 195.7 mph down PI’s front straight, with Jonathan Rea’s factory Kawasaki second-fastest at 194.5 mph. The only other bikes to crack the 310 kph mark (192.6 mph) were the other two Panigales of Chaz Davis and Michael Rinaldi, both of whose bikes hit 193.9 mph top speeds in spite of being 2 seconds off Bautista’s pace. Full Tuesday results here.
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