DesmoSport Ducati Battles Under Lights at ASBK Round 2

Round two of the 2025 Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) under lights at Sydney Motorsport Park set the tone for an action-packed two days of racing. The DesmoSport Ducati crew dealt with changing conditions for Broc Pearson to come away with a front row start (P3) and two seventh place finishes in the two 13-lap races.

Broc Pearson #11

Qualified: 3rd (1:30.759)
Fastest Lap: 1:30.759 (Qualifying 2)
Results: 7-7, 8th Overall

Championship Standing: 8th 

Team Owner, Ben Henry: "The two-day Sydney round is always an exciting one, with good crowds, a lot of our crew and sponsors spending time in the box with us, and there's something cool about racing under lights. 8th overall isn't the result I expected this weekend though. Both our bike and Broc are capable of so much more than that. We've debriefed as a team already and have pinpointed some area's to improve before we get to the next round so we can regain the feeling Broc had on the bike at Phillip Island. In hindsight, our dry setup moved too far in a direction that, although allowed Broc to muscle the bike to qualify third, wasn't sustainable for him to race at the required pace. The good news is, he got great starts that we were missing at round one! We'll head into testing at Queensland Raceway with some fresh perspectives and look to get Broc back on top."

Broc Pearson: "I was confident heading into the weekend that we had all the tools to put in a good result here in Sydney. Although we didn't show the pace I anticipated, we were working through the bike setup in each session to end up qualifying on the front row on Friday night. I had a chance to try the new ECU in the wet, which gave me some more confidence after warm-up but the reality was our dry setting was a bike that was more difficult to ride than what I had at Phillip Island, and so it was difficult to maintain the track position I had off the start in both races. The team and I are working hard, and I'm looking forward to getting to Queensland Raceway next month where we can put some more laps in."

Returning to Cube Performance Centre on the Gold Coast, DesmoSport Ducati is set to go testing over the next few weeks ahead of three Queensland-based races in a row, with Queensland Raceway next up on May 2 to 4.

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2025 Australian Superbike Championship

• Round 1: Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, VIC Feb 21-23​
• Round 2: Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW Mar 28-29​
• Round 3: Queensland Raceway, QLD May 2-4​
• Round 4: Morgan Park Raceway, QLD Jun 13-15​
• Round 5: Queensland Raceway, QLD Aug 8-10​
• Round 6: Phillip Island GP Circuit, VIC Sept 6-7​
• Round 7: One Raceway, NSW Oct 3-5​
• Round 8: The Bend, SA, Nov 7-9

Broc Pearson #11
Championship Standing: 8th 

Round 1: Phillip Island
5-4-DNF, 7th Overall

Round 2: Sydney Motorsport Park
7-7, 8th Overall

Round 3: Queensland Raceway
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