The 2022 Australian Superbike Championship season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Alpinestars Australian Superbike Championship) was the 43rd Australian Superbike Championship season. Wayne Maxwell started the season as the reigning champion, after picking up his third title in 2021.

However, it was Mike Jones who would go on take the title, his third overall.[1] This was the first time a Yamaha mounted rider had won the Australian Superbike Championship since Jamie Stauffer in 2007.

The final round of the season was notable for the presence of MotoGP star Jack Miller in his final ride aboard a Ducati,[2] as well as Moto2 rider Marcel Schrötter[3] and Moto3 rider Joel Kelso.[4]

Race calendar and results

Initially, an 8-round calendar was announced for 2022,[5] however, a round at Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania was later cancelled.[6]

Round 6 of the championship coincided with the final round of the 2022 Superbike World Championship.

2022 calendar
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest Lap Winning Rider
1 R1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 25-27 February Australia Wayne Maxwell Australia Wayne Maxwell Australia Bryan Staring
R2 Australia Wayne Maxwell Australia Wayne Maxwell
2 R1 Queensland Raceway 18-20 March Australia Mike Jones Australia Bryan Staring Australia Mike Jones
R2 Australia Mike Jones Australia Mike Jones
3 R1 Wakefield Park 22-24 April Australia Mike Jones Australia Wayne Maxwell Australia Mike Jones
R2 Australia Wayne Maxwell Australia Wayne Maxwell
4 R1 Hidden Valley Raceway 17-19 June Australia Wayne Maxwell Australia Josh Waters Australia Mike Jones
R2 Australia Wayne Maxwell Australia Wayne Maxwell
R3 Australia Cru Halliday Australia Mike Jones
5 R1 Morgan Park Raceway 5-7 August Australia Wayne Maxwell Australia Wayne Maxwell Australia Wayne Maxwell
R2 Australia Troy Herfoss Australia Wayne Maxwell
6 R1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 18-20 November Australia Josh Waters Australia Bryan Staring Australia Bryan Staring
R2 Australia Wayne Maxwell Australia Wayne Maxwell
R3 Australia Josh Waters Australia Josh Waters
7 R1 The Bend Motorsport Park 25-27 November Australia Mike Jones Australia Wayne Maxwell Australia Troy Herfoss
R2 Australia Mike Jones Australia Mike Jones

Circuit locations

2022 Australian Superbike Championship circuit locations

Teams and riders

2022 Entry List
Team Constructor No. Rider Rounds
Boost Mobile Racing with K-Tech Ducati 1 Australia Wayne Maxwell All
21 Australia Josh Waters[7] 6–7
Yamaha 2 Australia Mark Chiodo 1–4
727 Moto Racing Team Yamaha 3 Australia Jed Metcher 1–3, 5–7
4 Australia Broc Pearson 1–3
9 Australia Billy McConnell 6–7
Desmosport Ducati Ducati 4 Australia Broc Pearson 5–7
67 Australia Bryan Staring All
Northstar Yamaha Addicted to Track Yamaha 10 United States Travis Wyman 6–7
28 Australia Aiden Wagner 1–2
37 Australia Michael Edwards All
43 New Zealand Alastair Hoogenboezem 6
Kawasaki Connection Kawasaki 12 Australia Matt Walters 1–3, 5–7
MotoGo Yamaha Yamaha 13 Australia Anthony West All
16 Australia Luke Jhonston 1
Maxima Racing Oils BMW BMW 14 Australia Glenn Allerton All
21 Australia Josh Waters 1–4
33 New Zealand Sloan Frost 5–7
Thriller Motorsport Honda 16 Australia Josh Hook 7
Yamaha 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter 7
Ducati 43 Australia Jack Miller 7
Penrite Honda Racing Honda 17 Australia Troy Herfoss All
81 Australia Senna Agius 6–7
RPE Racing Honda 22 Australia Corey Forde 1
William Adams CAT Yamaha 25 Australia Daniel Falzon 1–4, 6–7
GTR MotoStars Team Yamaha 27 Australia Max Stauffer All
JC Motorsports Yamaha 29 Australia Ted Collins 6
Six Ways From Sunday Kawasaki 33 Australia Hamish McMurray 1, 3
Dynapumps VRT Signs Yamaha 35 Australia Ben Stronach 4
Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha 46 Australia Mike Jones All
65 Australia Cru Halliday All
Cooper Racing Honda 51 Australia Chandler Cooper 1–3, 7
DTA Contractors Yamaha 52 Australia Paul Lally 4
BC Performance Kawasaki 60 Australia Ben Burke 1, 6–7
DC8 Studio Evolution Legal Ducati 60 Australia Benjamin Lowe 5
Unitech Racing Yamaha 61 Australia Arthur Sissis All
Western Motorcycles Sydney Suzuki 62 Australia Brendan McIntyre 6–7
SA Pool and Spa Services Yamaha 64 Australia Michael Kemp 7
Livson Racing Team BMW 66 Australia Joel Kelso 7
78 Australia Nathan Spiteri 4–7
Top North Auto Air Kawasaki 69 Australia Luke MacDonald 4
The Construction Team Kawasaki 72 Australia Paris Hardwick 6–7
Brad Signs Suzuki 75 Australia Trent Binaisse 6
BMW Alliance Racing BMW 83 Australia Lachlan Epis 1–5
North Coast V-Twins Ducati 86 Australia Beau Beaton 1–2, 6–7
Toprider Australia Yamaha 88 Australia John Burns 2

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top twenty finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 25 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

In addition, pole position is awarded 1 point.

[8] [9]

Pos Rider Bike PHI
 QUE
 WAK
 HDV
 MPR
 PHI
 TBM
 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
1 Australia Mike Jones Yamaha 3 4 11 1 11 2 1 2 1 2 2 10 5 3 61 1 328
2 Australia Wayne Maxwell Ducati Ret1 1 2 3 2 1 41 1 11 11 1 Ret 1 Ret 2 3 276
3 Australia Bryan Staring Ducati 1 2 16 2 5 5 3 3 4 5 3 1 6 2 Ret 12 258
4 Australia Troy Herfoss Honda 11 13 6 7 4 4 2 4 3 3 5 8 4 4 1 Ret 242
5 Australia Glenn Allerton BMW 6 7 4 6 7 8 5 14 2 6 7 2 7 5 3 14 235
6 Australia Arthur Sissis Yamaha 8 8 7 4 6 6 7 7 5 8 9 4 9 7 5 5 231
7 Australia Josh Waters BMW 4 5 3 5 8 7 8 6 7 217
Ducati 31 2 1 4 Ret
8 Australia Cru Halliday Yamaha 2 3 5 Ret 3 3 6 5 6 11 6 11 3 Ret 8 6 217
9 Australia Daniel Falzon Yamaha 5 6 11 11 9 11 9 8 8 9 10 Ret 9 8 159
10 Australia Anthony West Yamaha 10 11 8 8 10 9 11 9 9 Ret 8 12 Ret Ret 7 7 154
11 Australia Broc Pearson Yamaha 14 15 12 12 DNS DNS 122
Ducati 4 4 7 11 8 13 9
12 Australia Jed Metcher Yamaha 12 10 Ret Ret 11 12 9 10 5 12 6 12 11 121
13 Australia Max Stauffer Yamaha 16 17 14 14 14 13 12 12 Ret 10 12 17 18 9 14 15 108
14 Australia Lachlan Epis BMW Ret Ret DSQ Ret 12 10 10 10 Ret 7 11 66
15 Australia Michael Edwards Yamaha 20 19 17 16 15 14 15 16 13 13 14 22 23 Ret DNS DNS 59
16 Australia Mark Chiodo Yamaha 13 14 10 10 Ret DNS Ret 11 10 58
17 Australia Matt Walters Kawasaki 9 9 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret DNS 23 15 11 20 Ret 49
18 Australia Senna Agius Honda 6 8 Ret Ret 2 48
19 Australia Aiden Wagner Yamaha 7 12 9 9 47
20 Australia Beau Beaton Ducati 15 16 13 13 14 17 DNS 17 17 46
21 Australia Ben Burke Kawasaki DNS DNS 15 13 10 15 16 36
22 Australia Ben Stronach Yamaha 13 13 12 25
23 New Zealand Sloan Frost BMW 12 13 18 24 17 21 21 24
24 Australia Chandler Cooper Honda 18 Ret 15 15 Ret 15 19 20 24
25 Australia Nathan Spiteri BMW 16 17 Ret 14 15 DNS DNS DNS 22 23 22
26 Australia Joel Kelso BMW 11 10 21
27 United States Travis Wyman Yamaha 16 Ret 13 16 18 21
28 Australia Paul Lally Yamaha 14 15 14 20
29 Australia Jack Miller Ducati Ret 4 17
30 Australia Billy McConnell Yamaha DNS 14 Ret DNS 13 15
31 Australia Brendan McIntyre Suzuki 20 20 14 18 19 14
32 Australia Ted Collins Yamaha 13 16 Ret 13
33 Germany Marcel Schrötter Yamaha 10 DSQ 11
34 New Zealand Alastair Hoogenboezem Yamaha Ret 19 12 11
35 Australia Benjamin Lowe Ducati 15 16 11
36 Australia Luke MacDonald Kawasaki 17 Ret 15 10
37 Australia Paris Hardwick Kawasaki 19 21 16 Ret 22 7
38 Australia Luke Jhonston Yamaha 17 18 7
39 Australia Trent Binaisse Suzuki 21 22 15 6
40 Australia Corey Forde Honda 19 20 3
Australia Michael Kemp Yamaha 23 24 0
Australia Josh Hook Honda DNS DNS 0
Australia Hamish McMurray Kawasaki DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
Australia John Burns Yamaha DNQ DNQ 0
Pos Rider Bike PHI
 QUE
 WAK
 HDV
 MPR
 PHI
 TBM
 Pts

References

  1. ↑ "Mike Jones reflects on championship winning weekend at The Bend". www.mcnews.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "JACK MILLER RETURNS TO ASBK AND THE BEND IN 2022". www.asbk.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "JACK MILLER ANNOUNCES TEAM MATES FOR THE BEND". www.asbk.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Livson Racing confirms Kelso ASBK entry at The Bend". www.cycleonline.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Complete 2022 ASBK calendar to span eight rounds". www.cycleonline.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "ASBK In Tasmania Cancelled For 2022". www.pitboard.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Josh Waters with Boost Mobile Racing for final two ASBK rounds". www.mcnews.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS". www.asbk.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "ASBK Live Timing for in depth results". www.computime.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
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