Tom Sykes shone during last week’s private testing at Phillip Island and during yesterday’s day 1 ended up seventh and almost a second adrift, instead the Kawasaki rider heading the timesheets today taking over the top spot from Carlos Checa.
Posting 1.
31.
648 lap early in the morning session when the asphalt was slightly colder allowed Sykes to pip Checa, who has constantly dominated all the tests in Australia, even though it was by a mere 0.
004s, which could make the Brit a real rival in this weekend’s opening round, especially if temperatures remain cooler.
Jakub Smrz was the third fastest rider overall with Effenbert Liberty Racing team’s Ducati ,ahead of Jonatha Rea who posted a best lap of 1.
31.
913 despite having binned his 2012 Honda during the morning session at the MG turn.
Max Biaggi was fifth ahead of Marco Melandri.
Davide Giugliano moved up the charts with his Althea Ducati to take seventh overall despite another crash today.
Crescent Fixi Suzuki Leon Camier also made a jump forward and his best time put him into the overall top ten followed by Sylvain Guintoli.
Leon Haslam who fractured his tibia on Monday morning and missed the rest of the test and should undergo surgery on Thursday (and still hoping to ride) was the tenth fastest overall.
Only two riders managed to improve their lap times during this afternoon’s session and that was Chaz Davies (ParkinGO MTC Aprilia) who is recovering from illness and he was 18th while Mark Aitchison (Grillini Progea Superbike Team BMW) came in 22nd.
Overall test times:01- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1’31.
648 (156 laps)02- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’31.
652 (117)03- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’31.
800 (134)04- Jonathan Rea – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1’31.
913 (152)05- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – 1’32.
034 (145)06- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – 1’32.
232 (148)07- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’32.
319 (108)08- Leon Camier – Crescent Fixi Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 1’32.
320 (129)09- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’32.
347 (105)10- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – 1’32.
397 (25)11- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1’32.
540 (128)12- Michel Fabrizio – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – 1’32.
605 (125)13- Niccolò Canepa – Red Devils Roma – Ducati 1198 – 1’32.
746 (133)14- Hiroshi Aoyama – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1’32.
910 (139)15- Maxime Berger – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’32.
911 (124)16- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – 1’32.
948 (107)17- Lorenzo Zanetti – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – 1’33.
136 (119)18- Chaz Davies – ParkinGO MTC Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – 1’33.
358 (130)19- David Salom – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1’33.
385 (56)20- Bryan Staring – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1’33.
418 (127)21- Joshua Brookes – Crescent Fixi Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 1’33.
623 (112)22- Mark Aitchison – Grillini Progea Superbike Team – BMW S1000RR – 1’34.
169 (133)23- Raffaele De Rosa – Pro Ride Motorsports – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1’34.
341 (137)Day 2 morning session lap times:01- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1’31.
64802- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
00403- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
15204- Jonathan Rea – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 0.
26505- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
38606- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
63307- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
67108- Leon Camier – Crescent Fixi Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 0.
67209- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
69910- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.
89211- Michel Fabrizio – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
95712- Niccolò Canepa – Red Devils Roma – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
09813- Hiroshi Aoyama – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
26214- Maxime Berger – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
26315- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 1.
30016- Lorenzo Zanetti – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
48817- David Salom – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.
73718- Bryan Staring – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.
77019- Chaz Davies – ParkinGO MTC Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
91320- Joshua Brookes – Crescent Fixi Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
97521- Raffaele De Rosa – Pro Ride Motorsports – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 2.
69322- Mark Aitchison – Grillini Progea Superbike Team – BMW S1000RR – + 2.
986Day 2 afternoon session lap times:01- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’32.
01502- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
35603- Jonathan Rea – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 0.
38804- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.
43405- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
64206- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
70607- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.
72608- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
80809- Leon Camier – Crescent Fixi Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 0.
96910- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
02411- Michel Fabrizio – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 1.
07912- Hiroshi Aoyama – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
10113- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 1.
21914- Niccolò Canepa – Red Devils Roma – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
30215- Lorenzo Zanetti – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
33416- Chaz Davies – ParkinGO MTC Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.
34317- Bryan Staring – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.
59618- Maxime Berger – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.
67919- Joshua Brookes – Crescent Fixi Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.
92620- Mark Aitchison – Grillini Progea Superbike Team – BMW S1000RR – + 2.
15421- Raffaele De Rosa – Pro Ride Motorsports – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 2.
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