Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) focused on the grid prior to the Tissot Superpole Race getting underway. Iannone went on to finish in second place.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing Ducati) happy with his strong performance throughout the weekend.
Home hero Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha) on the grid prior to lights out for Sunday afternoon's Race 2. The Aussie piloted his factory Yamaha to ninth place.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing Ducati) in deep discussion with factory Ducati crew on the grid prior to Saturday's Race 1.
Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha) exits pit lane for WorldSBK's Sunday morning warm-up.
The WorldSBK field heading into Turn 11 during Race 2.
Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing Ducati) heading through Siberia during Friday's free practice. The Italian dominated the time charts in all three sessions.
Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) on the grid prior to Race 1 getting underway. The Spaniard completed the 20-lapper just outside the top 10 in eleventh place.
Tito Rabat (Yamaha Motoxracing) entertaining the Australian crowd at the end of Saturday's Tissot Superpole.
Alvaro Bautista celebrates his second place result at the end of Race 2 on the podium with Ducati crew.
At lights out Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing Ducati) and Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) broke away from the pack and began their battle for first in the 10-lap WorldSBK Tissot Superpole Race on Sunday afternoon. Bulega proved victorious, setting the stage for another win in Race 2.
Factory Ducati teammates, Nicolo Bulega and Alvaro Bautista celebrate their respective first and second podium places.
Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad) greeting fans in Parc Ferme after placing second in Race 1.
A selection of images across Round 1 of the WorldSBK championship at the Phillip Island Circuit.
Stay tuned for a post-weekend race report in this week's edition of the Advertiser.
Photos by Alia Schonberg
