Round 1 of the 2019 Horsell Consulting Australian F1 and F2 Sidecar Championship at reached its conclusion at Wakefield Park today for Race 3 during the Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship weekend (March 22-24). Corey and Danyon Turner (Buddhas Motorcycle Paint, F1 Honda CBR) claimed the win in Race 3 and the round overall for the F1 class, whilst in F2 Patrick Clancy and Stephen Bonney aboard the Pagid Brakes F2 Suzuki LCR gained maximum points from the weekend with a win in all three races.

Race 3
Howard Ford and Lee Menzies (California Custom Products, F1 Suzuki LCR) appeared to get a cracking start to lead through turn one, but were later adjudged to have jumped the start and were handed a ten-second time penalty. Turner/Turner made a massive dive up the inside on the first lap to take the lead from the penalised Ford/Menzies as they crossed the start finish line for lap two. Ford/Menzies settled into second place ahead of Clancy/Bonney, and Stephen Bayliss and Aaron Wilson (F1 Suzuki LCR).

Bayliss/Willson lost two places in one go as Jeremy Joyce and Corey Blackman (RHR, F1 Kawasaki RHR) and Clancy/Bonney made their way past. Joyce/Blackman latched onto the back of Ford/Menzies, while Bayliss/Wilson and Clancy/Bonney were left to have a scrap of their own. By halfway it was Turner/Turner, Ford/Menzies, and Joyce/Blackman the top three.

A battle group of four outfits were squabbling over second place with Ford/Menzies and Bayliss/Wilson the main protagonists. Bayliss/Wilson leapt two places at once through turn eight to briefly claim second from Ford/Menzies, and it was nip-and-tuck in the closing laps as the four machines tried to gain the ascendancy.

On the final lap there was no doubting it would be Turner/Turner with the win, more than seven seconds ahead of the field The remaining podium positions were well and truly up for grabs though, and it would almost be a matter of who timed their run the best for second spot. At the finish it was Turner/Turner for the win, ahead of Joyce/Blackman and Bayliss/Wilson.

For the F2 class it was Clancy/Bonney who got their third win of the weekend, ahead of Alton/Clancy and Bruce Collins/Peter DeAngelis (Honda LCR).

Overall Round Points, Round 1:

F1:

1 Corey TURNER / Danyon TURNER (Buddhas Motorcycle Paint, F1 Honda CBR, 70)

2 Jeremy JOYCE / Corey BLACKMAN (RHR, F1 Kawasaki RHR 65)

3 Steven BAYLISS / Aaron WILSON (F1 Suzuki LCR 54)

4 Howard FORD / Lee MENZIES (California Custom Products, F1 Suzuki LCR 51)

5 Jeff BROWN / Darren SHELDRICK (APW Motorcycles, F1 Suzuki JBR 49)

F2

1 Patrick CLANCY / Stephen BONNEY (Pagid Brakes,F2 Suzuki LCR 76)

2 Mick ALTON / Christine CLANCY ( J & C Contracting, F2 Shelbourne Honda 60)

3 Simon REYNOLDS / Kathryn WARNE (F2 Suzuki MRE 51)

4 John CLANCY / Rebecca DAWSON (DeWith Motorsports, F2 Suzuki LCR 48)

5 Shaun JUDD / Ronald SPANKNEBEL (Watson F2 30)

For full results head to www.computime.com.au.

Round 3 of the Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship heads to The Bend Motorsport Park, SA, 26-28 April.

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