Team Webike IKAZUCHI Racing has confirmed that BSB rider Joe Francis will be a part of team’s line-up for the rest of the 2018 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship season.
The 21-year-old British rider was roped in as the team’s replacement rider in Round 2 of the ARRC at The Bend Motorsport Park in Australia. Francis took the place of Ant West who had a conflicting schedule in the World SSP.
The following table tracked Joe Francis’s performance in Australia:
| SESSION | BEST LAPTIME | POSITION | DIFF. TO LEADER |
| Free Practice 1 | 1’59.583s | P2 | +0.241s |
| Free Practice 2 | 1’58.655s | P11 | +1.323s |
| Free Practice 3 | 1’57.831s | P3 | +0.955s |
| Qualifying | 1’56.690s | P2 | +0.099s |
| Race 1 | RACE CANCELLED | ||
| Race 2 | 15’55.126s | P9 | +12.521s |