With 47 years of age, Troy Bayliss keeps surprising. The legendary three times World Superbike Champion from Australia will start from pole position the fourth 2018 ASBK round, which is taking place this weekend at Hidden Valley, in the North of the country.
BEFORE – TB21 grabbed pole position with one lap in 1’05″601, performed in the first Qualifying session. Nobody could get close to this incredible lap and so Bayliss, the only rider who won a World Superbike title and a GP in the same season (in 2006), will start this weekend’s races from the first spot. Bayliss came back to races this year, aftet a ten-year break. He has already fought for the win many times so far and he nearly took the victory at The Bend, where he crashed during the last race. Will he make it this time?
THE GRID: 1. Troy Bayliss (Ducati) 1’05″601; 2. Troy Herfoss (Honda) 1’05″871; 3. Bryan Staring (Kawasaki)1’06″088; 4. Wayne Maxwell (Yamaha) 1’06″249; 5. Josh Waters (Suzuki) 1’06″300; 6. Daniel Falzon (Yamaha) 1’06″376; 7. Jamie Stauffer (Ducati) 1’06″429; 8. Glenn Allerton (BMW) 1’06″603; 9. Markus Chiodo (Suzuki) 1’06″640; 10. Matt Walters (Kawasaki) 1’06″857.