The opening round of the 2018 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship continues at Phillip Island today, with the international action focussed on the 18-lap WorldSSP race at 1:30pm and the 22-lap WorldSBK battle at 3:00pm.

Aussie road racing legend Troy Bayliss has completed a remarkable comeback to racing, with a thrilling second place in the 2018 Yamaha Motor Insurance Australian Superbike Championship opener at Phillip Island today.

Italian veteran Marco Melandri has scored a resounding win in the opening race of the 2018 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island.

Frenchman Lucas Mahias (Yamaha) came out on top in a tense World Supersport Superpole qualifying session at Phillip Island this afternoon, and will lead the field away in tomorrow’s 18-lap race.

Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes has stormed to his 43rd career pole position in world superbike competition at Phillip Island this afternoon.

The heading has an historical ring to it, but it’s not world superbike legend Troy Bayliss who has started the 2018 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship weekend at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in winning form, but instead his teenage son Oli.