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Toprak Razgatlioglu was among the early leaders of Saturday’s wet-dry opening race at the Phillip Island WorldSBK finale.

A drying Phillip Island track provided HRC riders Xavi Vierge and Tetsuta Nagashima with their first flag-to-flag World Superbike race at Phillip Island on Saturday.

Alex Lowes saw a first WorldSBK win of 2022 slip between his fingers after pitting two laps later than team-mate Jonathan Rea, who gained significant amounts of time in the process.

As was the case for Alvaro Bautista and Alex Lowes, pitting too late for dry tyres resulted in a missed opportunity at victory in Race 1 at Phillip Island, a decision six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea timed to perfection.

Race 1 results from the 2022 World Superbike season finale at Phillip Island in Australia.

Jonathan Rea took a dominant WorldSBK victory in Race 1 at Phillip Island, his first in 25 races, after managing changeable conditions better than his competitors. 

Alex Lowes made it two Kawasakis at the sharp end of the Phillip Island timesheets during Friday practice for the 2022 World Superbike season finale.

Tetsuta Nagashima made an impressive start to his first weekend as a WorldSBK rider as he finished sixth on combined times during Friday Practice at Phillip Island. 

With the 2022 World Superbike title in the bag, Alvaro Bautista began his quest to also claim the most race wins this season during Friday practice at Phillip Island.

Just as at last month’s Australian MotoGP event, Friday's practice for the Phillip Island World Superbike round saw red flags due to wildlife near the track.

Toprak Razgatlioglu is on the backfoot compared to rivals Alvaro Bautista and Jonathan Rea after Friday Free Practice, but the Yamaha rider hasn’t lost hope of contending for WorldSBK victory at Phillip Island.

After going 24 races without a WorldSBK win, six-time world champion Jonathan Rea appears to be back in the hunt for Race 1 in Phillip Island after doubling up with the fastest time in both Friday free practice sessions.

Results from Friday Practice, round 12 of the 2022 WorldSBK Championship at Phillip Island, Australia.

Alvaro Bautista says this weekend’s Australian WorldSBK round is ‘more important than everybody thinks’ as preparations for 2023 begin.

With Iker Lecuona ruled out of this weekend’s Phillip Island round, Scott Redding looks poised to claim eighth place in the WorldSBK standings.

Toprak Razgatlioglu is gunning for another perfect weekend in Phillip Island after completing his second hat-trick of the season in Mandalika, however, the 2021 WorldSBK champion has labelled Alvaro Bautista the heavy favourite.

The final round of the 2022 WorldSBK season in Phillip Island, Australia, will return as the season-opener for the 2023 season.

Portimao will remain on the WorldSBK calendar until 2027 after signing a new five-year deal.

Ahead of his move back to KTM with the rebranded GASGAS Tech 3 team, Pol Espargaro has described his upcoming final MotoGP appearance for Repsol Honda as ‘emotional’.

While 23 points is considerably more than what Nicky Hayden overcame in order to beat Valentino Rossi to the 2006 MotoGP title, Lin Jarvis is not losing hope of a miracle in Yamaha’s favour this time around.

Marc Marquez might not be at the level he’s aiming for ahead of an intended 2023 MotoGP title challenge, however, the Honda rider is feeling ‘better and better’ after his return to action last month.

The MotoGP riders’ Safety Commission meeting at Sepang included a detailed explanation of why red flags were mistakenly not shown in the aftermath of Jorge Navarro’s Moto2 accident at Phillip Island.

Should Fabio Quartararo fail to overturn a 23-point deficit at the MotoGP season-finale in Valencia, then the reigning world champion will have blown the biggest lead in history from the summer break onwards.

Marc Marquez has defended his tactics in Q1 and Q2, which saw the eight-time world champion attempt to profit from a tow behind series leader Francesco Bagnaia at the Malaysian MotoGP.