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Two commanding race victories from Senna Agius saw the Honda rider secure the overall win at Phillip Island’s Australian Supersport Championship opener, as Tom Bramich emerged as top of the series regulars.

Race one saw Agius ninth off the original start before he swiftly moved his way up to fourth in the opening stages, as Jack Passfield (Yamaha) crashed at turn 10, which brought out the red flag.

The eight-lap restart saw Tom Edwards (Yamaha) grab the holeshot again, this time closely followed by Agius at the end of lap one. Agius trailed the number 26 for the opening laps before pouncing into turn 10 to take the lead.

Edwards stayed in close pursuit until lap seven when he had a massive rear end slide out of turn 12, the cause quickly revealed as a flat rear tyre which forced him to retire.

Agius ultimately won the race with a 9.2s buffer over Tom Bramich (Yamaha) who kept his nose clean to secure P2 and a solid haul of points to start his 2022 campaign, ahead of Jack Hyde (Yamaha) who made his way past Olly Simpson (Yamaha) for third, Simpson crossing the line fourth.

Moving his way forwards to fifth was Queenslander John Lytras (Yamaha), as the top 10 were completed by Dallas Skeer (Yamaha), Ty Lynch (Yamaha), Tom Drane (Yamaha), Mitch Kuhne (Yamaha) and Timothy Large (Yamaha), sixth to 10th respectively.

Agius made it two from two in this afternoon’s Supersport race, a commanding performance from the Honda rider saw him cross the line 4.8s ahead of Tom Edwards (Yamaha).

Edwards closely followed Agius until seven laps to go when he experienced a rear-end slide on the exit of turn six, very similar to that which caused him to crash on Friday, dropping back two and a half seconds from Agius immediately afterwards, and within striking distance of Bramich, who ultimately finished third.

Simpson was able to stay close to Bramich during the opening laps before finishing a comfortable fourth ahead of Ty Lynch. The remainder of the top 10 was completed by Drane, Kuhne, Brendan Wilson (Yamaha), Rhys Belling (Yamaha) and Luke Sanders (Yamaha).

Now set to embark on a season in European Moto2, Agius’ double victory saw him comfortably take the overall ahead of Bramich, with Simpson completing the top three for round one of the new season.

Henry Snell (Yamaha) emerged victorious in Supersport 300, atop of Taiyo Aksu (Yamaha) and Kawasaki equipped James Jacobs, as Varis Fleming leads the R3 Cup Championship following the first round, with Glenn Nelson and Aksu second and third overall respectively in the category.

In the Oceania Junior Cup, a race three victory elevated Harrison Watts to take the round one overall, ahead of race one winner Cameron Rende as Teerin Fleming rounded out the top three.

A 2-2-1 scorecard was enough for Murray Clark (Suzuki) to take the Superbike Masters victory, leading Scott Campbell (Honda) and Scott Webster (Harris-Suzuki).

Detailed results