Newhaven College year 10 student Cecily Gooyer sang the Australian national anthem on the grid at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit on Sunday, prior to the start of the World Superbike event. She is pictured here with her mother Sinead.
Local faces in the corporate area on pit roof included Karinna Kennedy (left) and Katrina Lawrence.
Pictured trackside on Sunday, from left are Steve Brouggy, (Phillip Island Ride Days) Kimberley Brown, and Jeff Webb (Destination Phillip Island).
Phillip Island Nature Parks CEO Catherine Basterfield (left) and Kim Storey, (Destination Phillip Island) at the circuit.
From left Tony Halstead, Katrina Lawrence, Bass Coast Deputy Mayor Cr Rochelle Hastead, Arnika Martin, and Jude Mayall (front) had a bird’s eye view of Sunday’s Superbike event from the corporate facilities on top of pit roof.
Jude Mayall, of the Rhyll Wild Food Farm, is pictured with World Superbike rider Remy Gardner.
John Weston (left) was trackside watching five-time Superbike champion and his son-in-law Jonathon Rea race. John is pictured with locals Bev and Brian Bond. Photo: Nici Cahill
Alvaro Bautista (centre) riding for Ducati, celebrates on the podium on Sunday with team mate Michael Ruben Rinaldi (left) and third placed Andrea Locatelli. Photo: Nici Cahill
Nici Cahill, Snapshot Photography local photographer, found herself on the other end of the camera on Sunday when she met the famous international DJ, Carl.
Rosa Scarlato on the grid on Sunday prior to the race, with eventual winner Alvaro Battista. Photo: Nici Cahill, Snapshot Photography
Triumph team manager Simon Buckmaster on the right on the weekend.
The FIM Superbike World Championship got off to a great start for 2023 with the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit hosting the Australian Round of this international event over the weekend.
Crowd numbers were up on 2022, with attendance over three days estimated at 46,310. Sunshine and blue skies on Sunday saw Alvaro Bautista (Ducati) taking the chequered flag, in front of teammate Michael Ruben Rinaldi.
Phillip Island favourites Jonathon Rea and Remy Gardner finished in eighth and eleventh positions respectively.
Jonathon, a five-time World Superbike champion, is married to Phillip Islander Tatia Weston; and Remy, riding in his first Superbike event on Sunday, is the son of Australian GP champion Wayne Gardner.
