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World Superbike event

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...

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Published February 28, 2023

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.

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.

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