The World Superbike riders stayed on a full extra day at Aragon to test the new Pirelli 17″ tires and rims that will be debuting next season (this will be the first and only collective test).
Tom Sykes was the fastest rider of the day posting a 1’57.
254 lap in the afternoon session, while Marco Melandri was fastest in the morning with a 1.
57.
313 (Melandri posted a 1.
58.
251 during race 1 on Sunday).
Italia Goldbet BMW ’s Ayrton Badovini was third fastest and more than three tenths of second ahead of Aprilia factory duo Eugene Laverty and Max Biaggi, race 1 winner.
Leon Haslam was again slower than his team mate taking the sixth spot with Leon Camier and Jonathan Rea in 7th and 8th respectively and separated by a mere 0.
022s.
Althea’s Davide Giugliano and Carlos Checa took 10th and 11th, but were more than one second slower than Sykes.
Effenbert Liberty team decided to skip the test as did the Ducati Red Devils team, while Grillini Progea called in Supersport rider Imre Toth to give Norino Brignola a hand.
WSBK Aragon Pirelli tire test results:01- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1’57.
254 02- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
059 03- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
404 04- Eugene Laverty – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
780 05- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
800 06- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
896 07- Leon Camier – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 0.
925 08- Jonathan Rea – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 0.
947 09- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
029 10- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
111 11- Michel Fabrizio – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 1.
562 12- Loris Baz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.
626 13- Hiroshi Aoyama – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
649 14- Chaz Davies – ParkinGO MTC Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
695 15- John Hopkins – FIXI Crescent Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 2.
258 16- Lorenzo Zanetti – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 2.
809 17- David Salom – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.
954 18- Leandro Mercado – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 5.
885 19- Norino Brignola – Grillini Progea Superbike Team – BMW S1000RR – + 6.
331 20- Imre Toth – Grillini Progea Superbike Team – BMW S1000RR – + 11.
193