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Round Three – The Bend

Josh Waters set the Friday benchmark at The Bend as the third round of the 2026 ASBK Championship got underway in fine conditions at the South Australian venue.

The defending champion topped FP1, FP2 and FP3 to finish the opening day ahead of Cru Halliday and Mike Jones, who recorded identical times around six-tenths behind the McMartin Racing Ducati rider.

Championship leader Harrison Voight was only a hundredth further back in fourth, with Jonathan Nahlous and Jacob Roulstone completing the top six.

It was also a Ducati 1-2 in Supersport, with Olly Simpson heading Tom Toparis by two-tenths. The BC Performance Kawasaki pairing of Hayden Nelson and Tom Edwards were third and fourth, respectively.

Action resumes on Saturday, with qualifying scheduled for the afternoon. The opening 11-lap Superbike bout is set for 11:15 on Sunday.

Voight carries a 14-point championship lead over McMartin Racing team-mate Waters into this third round of the five-round series, while MotoCity Honda’s Jacob Roulstone is only one point further behind the Ducati pairing.

Continue further down the page for the times followed by a gallery of 74 images from Rob Mott.

Superbike Friday Practice Times Combined


Pos	Rider	Bike	Time
1	J. Waters	Duc	1m50.398
2	C. Halliday	Duc	1m50.970
3	M. Jones	Yam	1m50.970
4	H. Voight	Duc	1m50.982
5	J. Nahluos	Yam	1m51.349
6	J. Roulstone	Hon	1m51.640
7	J. Favelle	Yam	1m51.825
8	C. Dunker	Yam	1m51.921
9	G. Allerton	Duc	1m51.973
10	A. West	Duc	1m52.062
11	J. Lytras	Yam	1m52.899
12	M. Hamod	Hon	1m54.663
13	L. Durning	Duc	1m56.193
14	J. Newman	Duc	1m56.371
15	T. Lynch	Yam	1m56.898
16	C. Holding	Yam	1m57.456
17	M. Kemp	Yam	1m58.821
18	L. Jones	Yam	1m58.936
19	M. Rindel	Yam	2m00.060
20	R. Jamieson	Yam	2m01.044

Supersport / Next Gen Practice Times Combined


Pos	Rider	Bike	Class	Time
1	O. Simpson	Duc	NG	1m54.058
2	T. Toparis	Duc	NG	1m55.288
3	H. Nelson	Kaw	NG	1m55.671
4	T. Edwards	Kaw	NG	1m56.149
5	V. Knezovic	Yam	SS	1m56.357
6	J. Farnsworth	Yam	SS	1m56.504
7	J. Simpson	Yam	SS	1m57.995
8	S. Pezzetta	Yam	SS	1m58.131
9	G. Plowman	Yam	SS	1m59.595
10	J. Soderland	Yam	SS	1m59.734
11	E. Johnson	Yam	SS	2m01.976
12	F. Jacobs	Yam	SS	2m03.281
13	O. Short	Yam	SS	2m05.954
14	L. Warren	Kaw	SS	2m08.868

Supersport 300 Practice Times Combined


Pos	Rider	Bike	Time
1	R. Nauta	Kaw	2m10.243
2	O. Peovitis	Kaw	2m11.269
3	T. Morrison	Kaw	2m11.978
4	T. King	Kaw	2m12.208
5	J. Simpson	Yam	2m12.336
6	P. O’Brien	Yam	2m12.765
7	M. Ritter	Kaw	2m12.817
8	E. Dellow	Yam	2m12.842
9	S. Dellow	Yam	2m13.107
10	T. Nicolson	Kaw	2m13.316
11	R. McAdam	Yam	2m13.572
12	K. Knight	Yam	2m13.583
13	N. Frost	Yam	2m13.825
14	Z. Russo	Yam	2m14.385
15	J. Senior	Yam	2m15.231
16	A. Wu	Yam	2m15.255
17	D. Coward	Kaw	2m15.394
18	A. Codey	Yam	2m15.748
19	M. Cartwright	Yam	2m16.324
20	J. Strugnell	Yam	2m17.092
21	N. Lazos	Yam	2m17.672
22	A. Jordan	Yam	2m23.705

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Practice Times Combined


Pos	Rider	Bike	Time
1	C. Nichols	Yam	2m36.859
2	T. Cameron	Yam	2m37.200
3	L. Fookes	Yam	2m37.217
4	C. Campbell	Yam	2m37.246
5	R. McKenna	Yam	2m37.284
6	A. Attard	Yam	2m38.750
7	C. Stephens	Yam	2m39.561
8	P. Lucchitti	Yam	2m39.623
9	L. Hyslop	Yam	2m39.750
10	J. Lazar	Yam	2m40.108
11	K. Brien	Yam	2m40.192
12	R. Plumb	Yam	2m40.214
13	L. Darling	Yam	2m40.840
14	L. Birkle	Yam	2m42.524
15	T. Lucchitti	Yam	2m44.816
16	X. Dellow	Yam	2m45.373
17	M. Harrison	Yam	2m48.592
18	S. Harrison	Yam	2m49.037
19	J. Fletcher	Yam	2m49.957

Yamaha bLU cRU R3 Asia Pacific Practice Times Combined

Pos

Rider

Bike

Time

1	H. Corney	Yam	2m12.668
2	P. O’Brien	Yam	2m13.918
3	G. Plowman	Yam	2m14.304
4	S. Fathul Ilmi	Yam	2m14.375
5	H. Charlett	Yam	2m14.398
6	T. Tabtim	Yam	2m14.645
7	R. McAdam	Yam	2m14.741
8	M. Reyes	Yam	2m14.908
9	K. Knight	Yam	2m15.004
10	C. Lewis	Yam	2m15.139
11	F. Fadhill	Yam	2m15.195
12	X. Curmi	Yam	2m15.225
13	A. Codey	Yam	2m15.263
14	Z. Doblada	Yam	2m17.871
15	I. Asavanund	Yam	2m17.943
16	J. Louis	Yam	2m18.155
17	H. Ke	Yam	2m18.495
18	P. Nguyen Huu	Yam	2m18.638
19	Z. Su	Yam	2m21.948
20	J. Zhou	Yam	2m22.721
21	A. Jordan	Yam	2m24.840

Friday Images by RbMotoLens

2026 ASBK Calendar


2026 ASBK PROVISIONAL CALENDAR
Round One	February 20-22	Phillip Island, VIC (WorldSBK)
Round Two	March 27-28	Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW
Round Three	May 1-3	The Bend, SA
Round Four	May 29-31	Morgan Park, QLD
Round Five	June 26-28	Queensland Raceway, QLD