2022 Australian Superbike Championship

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	Wayne Maxwell	Wayne Maxwell	Bryan Staring
	R2				Wayne Maxwell	Wayne Maxwell
2	R1	Queensland Raceway	18-20 March	Mike Jones	Bryan Staring	Mike Jones
	R2				Mike Jones	Mike Jones
3	R1	Wakefield Park	22-24 April	Mike Jones	Wayne Maxwell	Mike Jones
	R2				Wayne Maxwell	Wayne Maxwell
4	R1	Hidden Valley Raceway	17-19 June	Wayne Maxwell	Josh Waters	Mike Jones
	R2				Wayne Maxwell	Wayne Maxwell
	R3				Cru Halliday	Mike Jones
5	R1	Morgan Park Raceway	5-7 August	Wayne Maxwell	Wayne Maxwell	Wayne Maxwell
	R2				Troy Herfoss	Wayne Maxwell
6	R1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	18-20 November	Josh Waters	Bryan Staring	Bryan Staring
	R2				Wayne Maxwell	Wayne Maxwell
	R3				Josh Waters	Josh Waters
7	R1	The Bend Motorsport Park	25-27 November	Mike Jones	Wayne Maxwell	Troy Herfoss
	R2				Mike Jones	Mike Jones

Circuit locations

Phillip Island

Queensland Raceway

Wakefield Park

Hidden Valley

Morgan Park

The Bend

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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	Wayne Maxwell	All
		21	Josh Waters [7]	6–7
	Yamaha	2	Mark Chiodo	1–4
727 Moto Racing Team	Yamaha	3	Jed Metcher	1–3, 5–7
		4	Broc Pearson	1–3
		9	Billy McConnell	6–7
Desmosport Ducati	Ducati	4	Broc Pearson	5–7
		67	Bryan Staring	All
Northstar Yamaha Addicted to Track	Yamaha	10	Travis Wyman	6–7
		28	Aiden Wagner	1–2
		37	Michael Edwards	All
		43	Alastair Hoogenboezem	6
Kawasaki Connection	Kawasaki	12	Matt Walters	1–3, 5–7
MotoGo Yamaha	Yamaha	13	Anthony West	All
		16	Luke Jhonston	1
Maxima Racing Oils BMW	BMW	14	Glenn Allerton	All
		21	Josh Waters	1–4
		33	Sloan Frost	5–7
Thriller Motorsport	Honda	16	Josh Hook	7
	Yamaha	23	Marcel Schrötter	7
	Ducati	43	Jack Miller	7
Penrite Honda Racing	Honda	17	Troy Herfoss	All
		81	Senna Agius	6–7
RPE Racing	Honda	22	Corey Forde	1
William Adams CAT	Yamaha	25	Daniel Falzon	1–4, 6–7
GTR MotoStars Team	Yamaha	27	Max Stauffer	All
JC Motorsports	Yamaha	29	Ted Collins	6
Six Ways From Sunday	Kawasaki	33	Hamish McMurray	1, 3
Dynapumps VRT Signs	Yamaha	35	Ben Stronach	4
Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha	46	Mike Jones	All
		65	Cru Halliday	All
Cooper Racing	Honda	51	Chandler Cooper	1–3, 7
DTA Contractors	Yamaha	52	Paul Lally	4
BC Performance	Kawasaki	60	Ben Burke	1, 6–7
DC8 Studio Evolution Legal	Ducati	60	Benjamin Lowe	5
Unitech Racing	Yamaha	61	Arthur Sissis	All
Western Motorcycles Sydney	Suzuki	62	Brendan McIntyre	6–7
SA Pool and Spa Services	Yamaha	64	Michael Kemp	7
Livson Racing Team	BMW	66	Joel Kelso	7
		78	Nathan Spiteri	4–7
Top North Auto Air	Kawasaki	69	Luke MacDonald	4
The Construction Team	Kawasaki	72	Paris Hardwick	6–7
Brad Signs	Suzuki	75	Trent Binaisse	6
BMW Alliance Racing	BMW	83	Lachlan Epis	1–5
North Coast V-Twins	Ducati	86	Beau Beaton	1–2, 6–7
Toprider Australia	Yamaha	88	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.

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

External links

• Official website