Australia has successfully defended the International Challenge winning the three-nation battle, with the locals’ 704 point haul securing victory over rivals America (691 points) and the UK third with 423 points.
Only three points separates Australia and Team America (351-348) after day one of racing in the three-nation International Challenge at Phillip Island, with California’s multi-AMA champ Josh Hayes scoring victory in race one and Melbourne’s Alex Phillis winning race two.
Completing just a few laps was all that was needed for Jonathan Rea, whilst Yamaha, Ducati and Honda all impressed inside the leading positions.
Melbourne’s Jed Metcher heads a solid Australian showing in qualifying today for this weekend’s International Challenge at the 27th Island Classic, steering his 1984 Yamaha FJ 1200 to the top spot on the grid in afternoon qualifying with a time of 1m37.248s.
The ‘Pocket Rocket’ Haslam saw off Michael van der Mark, whilst Garrett Gerloff put America in third, with the rain in Spain persistent once again.
After a lengthy winter in which the 2020 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship enjoyed the festivities, it is back to hard work and testing activities.
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