Winning Start for Staring & Ducati

LAST weekend, the Australian Superbike Championship kicked off at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, with the Doric backed Desmosport Ducati squad claiming the overall round victory.

After qualifying fifth, Bryan Staring made a cracking start in the opener, blasting his way through to second place by the first corner.

From there, he was able to put race leader Wayne Maxwell under pressure, who came unstuck through the high-speed Hayshed section of the track on the fifth circuit.

Staring was then able to consolidate his lead and was never headed.

Later in the day, Staring crossed the finishing line second to Maxwell in the final race, leaving the Island in command of the standings. The strong opening start to the season continues the winning ways of the squad’s Ducati Panigale V4 R, which has been a front runner on a wide range of circuits in recent times.

Replacing last year’s riders Oli Bayliss and Mike Jones, Staring comes to the Ducati squad with a solid international body of work under his belt.

With 18 premier league MotoGP starts to his credit, Staring has also made appearances in Moto2, the 125cc World Championship, the Superbike World Championship, the Supersport World Championship, plus the Superstock 1000 Championship, where he claimed three wins in 2012.

Before his international career, Staring won the 2010 Australian Superbike Championship on a Honda.

The second round of the Australian Superbike Championship will see a long-awaited return to Queensland Raceway, scheduled for March 18th to 20th.