Tarran kicked off his second season in the World Superbike Championship over the weekend in the opening round of the 2025 season at Phillip Island, Australia, situated just south of Melbourne.
Tarran got his weekend underway Friday morning with the first free practice session of the round. Tarran managed 11 laps in the session, coming in just over 2 seconds slower than the eventual session leader at 1’31.459. After a short break, Tarran was back out on the track for the second practice session on Friday afternoon. It was a similar story for Tarran coming in slightly better than his morning time at 1’31.445, but still remaining just over 2 seconds off of the leader.
Tarran was out on the track early Saturday morning ready for the final practice session before the main events got underway. Tarran managed to better his previous times again by half a second and just 2 seconds off of the leader. After another short break, the Superpole session got underway to determine starting positions for the first race. Tarran managed 9 laps with his best time coming in at 1’31.790, placing him 21st on the grid.
The first race of the season got underway on Saturday afternoon, with the weather making it tough for Tarran throughout. With temperatures on the track reaching 40°C mixed with strong winds off the coast, Tarran battled hard from lap to lap, eventually climbing 5 places and finishing in 16th.
The second race got underway on Sunday evening with the weather being much more manageable for Tarran. However, 14 laps into the race, Tarran was going into turn 6 in 20th place and unfortunately had a small crash, ruling him out of the race, but luckily walked away completely fine.
This is what Tarran had to say on his opening round of the World Superbike Championship:
“There was no dream start to my second season in the World Superbike Championship as a best position of 16th was all I could manage down under at Phillip Island.
With pre-season testing in Europe being unsuccessful we were always going to be on the back foot, so it was a simple case of digging deep to gather data and improve my package. My frustration continued with a small crash in race 2 but my lap times finally improved so we did finish the weekend upbeat.
Thankfully we have another two day test in Portugal in a few weeks where I’ve no doubt we can move things in the right direction”.
We’ll next see Tarran back on the track in a few weeks’ time when he heads to Portugal for a two-day test before staying in Portugal for the second round of the World SBK.