Joshua Waters

Joshua Waters (born 24 January 1987) is an Australian motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the Australian Superbike Championship. He is a three-time Australian Superbike champion having won the 2009, 2012 for Team Suzuki Australia, and then in 2017, won his third championship for Team Suzuki ECSTAR finishing four points ahead Wayne Maxwell who was then racing for the Yamaha Racing. He has also competed in the Australian 125GP Championship (where he was champion in 2003), the Australian Supersport Championship, the British Superbike Championship and the Superbike World Championship.

His cousin is Supercars Championship racing driver Cam Waters.

Career Having started racing at the age of five, Waters had already won his first national championship by the age of six and begun his road racing career by the age 2000. Other accolades include coming 3rd at the Macau 125GP (2003), wildcard entry into the Phillip Island round of World 125GP Championship (2003), wildcard entry into the Phillip Island round of World 250GP Championship (2004), 1st - Philip Island 8 hour Endurance with Team Suzuki Australia (2011). Waters has also ridden for the Yoshimura Racing Team where he finished second in the 2011 Suzuka 8 Hours aboard a Suzuki GSX-R1000 and represented them in three rounds of the Superbike World Championship.

In 2013, Waters moved across to the British Superbike Championship and initially raced for the Milwaukee Yamaha race team but was replaced by Tommy Bridewell for the final few rounds of the season. After having piloted a BMW S1000RR at the Le-Mans 24-hour race he joined the Halsall Race Team for the final two rounds of the British Superbike Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R. Waters ended the season in 13th position overall.

Following the 2013 British Superbike Championship, Waters signed on with Tyco Suzuki and rode a Suzuki GSX-R1000 for the 2014 season. At Brands Hatch, in the fifth round of the season, he won his first race in the championship.

Career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 125cc Honda FCC - TSR 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 125cc Honda Grand Prix Training Centre 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 250cc Honda Castrol-Honda Kiefer Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Total 4 0 0 0 0 0

Races by year (key) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 2002 125cc Honda JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR BRA PAC MALRet AUS25 VAL NC 0 2003 125cc Honda JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR BRA PAC MAL AUSRet VAL NC 0 2004 250cc Honda RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED BRA GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL AUS18 VAL NC 0

MotoAmerica SuperBike Championship

Superbike World Championship Races by year Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 2011 Suzuki AUS18 AUS13 EUR EUR NED NED ITA ITA USA12 USA15 SMR SMR SPA SPA CZE CZE GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA POR21 POR18 25th 8

British Superbike Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 2013 Yamaha/Kawasaki BHI10 BHI14 THRRet THR16 OUL13 OUL10 KNO19 KNORet SNE9 SNE7 BHGP14 BHGP12 OUL14 OUL11 OUL15 CAD12 CAD8 DON12 DON12 ASS ASS SIL SIL BHGP BHGP BHGP 13th 96 2014 Suzuki BHI15 BHI16 OUL13 OUL13 SNE10 SNE10 KNORet KNO16 BHGP14 BHGP1 THR17 THR12 OUL8 OUL9 OUL6 CAD5 CAD5 DON6 DON5 ASS1 ASS8 SIL7 SIL5 BHGP2 BHGP16 BHGP15 9th 192 Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 2015 Suzuki DON18 DON15 BHI15 BHI16 OUL12 OUL12 SNE14 SNE18 KNORet KNO15 BHGP17 BHGP19 THR14 THR10 CAD17 CAD17 OUL14 OUL15 OUL19 ASS15 ASS14 SIL15 SIL18 BHGP19 BHGP16 BHGPRet 25th 28

Australian Superbike Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 2022 BMW/Ducati PHI PHI QUE QUE WAK WAK HID HIDHID MOR MOR PHI PHI PHI BEN BEN 7th 217

FIM Endurance World Championship By team Year Team Bike Rider 2013 Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Broc Parkes Igor Jerman Sheridan Morais Josh Waters Katsuyuki Nakasuga Josh Hayes 5th

Suzuka 8 Hours results Year Team Riders Bike Pos 2024 Ducati Team KAGAYAMA Ryo Mizuno Hafizh Syahrin Ducati Panigale V4R 4th