Maxwell Wins Race 1 at Phillip Island 15th October 2011 Race 1 of 4 for the Australian Superbike Category belonged to Team Honda Racing yesterday at the 2011 IVECO MotoGP as #47 Wayne Maxwell took the chequered flag 2.461 seconds ahead of Troy Herfoss. Team Honda Racing’s #27 Jamie Stauffer came in 5th place after initially leading the 8 lap race. The Honda riders started the race from P1 (Stauffer) and P3 (Maxwell) after Stauffer recorded the fastest lap in Qualifying with a 1:34.357 seconds, but the race was Maxwell’s as he took the lead in the second lap and was untouchable to the finish line. Maxwell: “I’m really happy to take the win for the first race of the event, we still have some changes to make to the set-up of the CBR1000RR for the next race, but it is great to have the Honda at the front from the beginning of the weekend.” Stauffer is keen to take to the grid once more for Race 2 this morning and get back to the front of the field. Stauffer: “It was great that Wayne took the win for Race 1 yesterday for Honda and I’m really looking forward to giving him a run for his money this morning. The team made a couple of minor changes overnight so we will see what happens for today’s 2 races.”