Difficult Weekend for DesmoSport Ducati

An unexpected start to the 2023 Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) has seen DesmoSport Ducati leave Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit sitting 10th in the championship after Broc Pearson raced to 10-9-11 results over a rain-effected weekend of racing.

Broc Pearson #4

Qualified: 9th (1:32.835) 

Fastest Lap: 1:32.835 

Results: 10-9-11, 10th Overall

Championship Standing: 10th

Team co-owner, Ben Henry: "It was a disappointing way to start the year that's for sure. We've been really strong in testing with good lap times and results that have exceeded our expectations in the few local races we did, but that didn't translate to results on the track this weekend. Yes, the weather played a factor, with us choosing to send Broc out on wets in the second part of race one, it didnt work out with the track drying, but the reality was we had nothing to lose based on our speed in the first half of the race. We spent some time supporting Pirelli with their Diablo SuperCorsa SC and SP launch on Monday and managed to get a few additional laps in with Broc to try a few things that the race weekend didn't allow for and we're motivated to put ourselves back where we belong."

Broc Pearson: "We had a few issues over the weekend that didn't come through in testing and it was difficult for me to push any harder than I was in the races. It was frustrating to race at a speed slower than what I know I'm capable of. I apologised to the team when I came in after race two, and the guys were pretty quick to correct me. We go well as a team, we have bad weekends as a team and no one person caused our problems this weekend. We're all part of the solution, that's what being in a team is about and we're all putting everything in to getting my Panigale back up the grid."

DesmoSport Ducati will now take the rest of the week to rest, recuperate and return to work before heading back in to the workshop next week with the teams Ducati Panigale V4 R superbikes.

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2023 Australian Superbike Championship

• Round 1: Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, VIC Feb 24-26
• Round 2: Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW Mar 24-25
• Round 3: Queensland Raceway, QLD Apr 28-30
• Round 4: Hidden Valley Raceway, NT Jun 16-18
• Round 5: Morgan Park Raceway, QLD Jul 14-16
• MotoGP: Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, VIC Oct 20-22 (non-championship)
• Round 6: Phillip Island GP Circuit, VIC Oct 27-29
• Round 7: The Bend Motorsports Park, SA Dec 1-3