Strong Signs for DesmoSport Ducati at Phillip Island

Seventh overall for Broc Pearson at the opening round of the 2025 Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) at Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit, taking fifth and fourth before another rider took out the Gold Coast-based rider in a turn 1 crash, across the weekends three 11-lap race format. Despite launch control settings hampering starts, Pearson showed strong pace in his two races, being the only rider on track to set times under 1:32.9 every lap of race two whilst making 10 passes through the field.

Broc Pearson #11

Qualified: 5th (1:32.580) 

Fastest Lap: 1:32.328 (Race 2) 

Results: 5-4-DNF, 7th Overall

Championship Standing: 7th

Team Owner, Ben Henry: "I'm really happy with the direction we've gone with the bike and I'm proud of the effort every single member of the team put in, both over the weekend and in the lead up as we developed the bike for this season. A lot of long nights, especially for Robin, Charlie and Ed, and a big effort from Broc in the races proved that we had the race pace to be on the podium if not for the starts. We had some fun team building during a photoshoot on Saturday night and even though I'm disappointed with the points we left on the table this weekend, I'm really proud of what we have and what we're building, so let's roll on to Sydney next and get the job done."

Broc Pearson: "I leave round 1 with a lot of confidence. We built through the weekend to have a really competitive bike for the races. Although we had issues getting the bike off the line in every race with the launch control, I was able to move through the field the best I've ever been able to, but the time lost on the first lap really hurt our track position and the lead riders were just too far down the road by the time I got past everyone. I'm really happy with how our team is working together though and the bike we have developed this year. Although we would have liked to leave here with some more points, I'm motivated to get back to winning and I'm looking forward to gearing back up again for Sydney next month"

DesmoSport Ducati will now continue to develop the electronics on the Panigale V4 R, in particular the launch control settings, along with some other new components brought over to us with our WorldSBK counterparts before heading back to Sydney Motorsport Park for round two in March For full results head to www.computime.com.au 

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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: 7th

Round 1: Phillip Island

5-4-DNF, 7th Overall