Mike Jones dominates opening practice at QLD Raceway | SBK and SS FP1 results

ASBK 2022 Round Two – QLD Raceway
Free Practice One

There are some teething problems with the timing system here at Queensland Raceway this morning but we believe these times are reliable as of now.  Our service and speed might not be up to our normal standard here this weekend as we battle internet connection problems here at the circuit.

The first rider into the 1m09s this morning was Wayne Maxwell and he was quickly followed by Arthur Sissis.

Mike Jones then went quicker than them both on his third lap of the morning and then on his fourth lap was the first man in the 1m08s, a 1m08.999.  But he was only just getting started…  His next lap a 1m08.746 to further underline his pace.. Them some traffic saw him ‘slow’ to a 1n09.310, before then getting back down to a 1m08.833, he then dropped in a 1m08.532, a single thousandth of a second outside Glenn Allerton’s lap record set here way back in 1m08.531, before returning to the pits.

Round one victor Bryan Staring joined Jones in the 1m08s, a 1m08.900 on his fifth lap.  Then Cru Halliday mate it a YRT 1-2 on the top of the charts with a 1m08.727 on his tenth lap of the session to push Bryan back down to P3. Halliday them improved further to 1m08.701. With ten minutes to run in the 30-minute session it was still only that triumvirate that had dipped into the 1m08s.

Halliday improved further to 1m08.588 on his 14th lap. Jones was out circulating again and putting down more quick times, including a 1m08.634, a remarkable string of 1m08s to the #46.  He then lowered the benchmark to 1m08.465, immediately backed it up with a 1m08.569, then went quicker again on the following lap to set the new benchmark at 1m08.398; then immediately followed that up with a 1m08.410, followed by a 1m08.605.

That was the most convincing domination of an FP1 session I have seen in recent memory, so many 1m08s to Jones. As for confirmation of just how many, we will have to wait for that official data to drop as there are some gremlins running around in the Computime servers at present.

Bryan Staring improved to a 1m08.609 late in the session and then improved further to 1m08.576, splitting the YRT men and taking P2.

Wayne Maxwell used the session to shake down a new bike after his #1 bike was destroyed at Phillip Island last month. He didn’t start to set quick times until late in the session. A 1m09.009 on his 13th lap.

Josh Waters fifth ahead of Unitech Racing’s Arthur Sissis and 727 Moto’s Jed Metcher. Anthony West made the most promising start to a weekend he has made in some time and is obviously enjoying the new bike, despite this being his local track he has actually never raced here before.

Lachlan Epis P9 ahead of Broc Pearson, the debutante starting his weekend off on the right foot to round out the top ten. Aiden Wagner P11 and Daniel Falzon P12 ahead of Beau Beaton and Mark Chiodo.

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However, it appears that the timing transponders for both Herfoss and Allerton were failing to regiser. Anecdotally we have Allerton at 1m08.9 and Herfoss at 1m09.0, which would put them around P4-5.

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