Michel Fabrizio led day 2 of official testing at Phillip Island, less than a week from the opening round of the season with a splendid lap of 1’31”650 on race tires, as Pirelli did not bring any supersoft Superpole tires to the test.
Fabrizio wasn’t the only Ducati rider to shine during these tests because Shane Byrne, Jakub Smrz and Carlos Checa all on privateer Ducati’s also showed great form, with all these riders breaking the 1.
32 mark.
Jonathan Rea was fifth with his Honda, sandwiched between Checa and Noriyuki Haga on the other factory Ducati.
Leon Haslam was seventh overall.
Aprilia’s Max Biaggi and Leon Camier were 8th and 9th respectively, with Camier making a giant leap forward from Sunday and Biaggi posting a top speed of 313,4 km/h.
Max Neukirchner closed out the top ten.
Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus on their BMW machines were 11th and 13th, while Yamaha’s James Toseland and Cal Crutchlow struggled with set-up problems on their new 2010 R1’s finishing overall in 12th and 17th place.
Overall Test Times:1.
84 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′31.
6502.
67 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′31.
6623.
96 Smrz J.
(CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′31.
6804.
7 Checa C.
(ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′31.
9595.
65 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′32.
1756.
41 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′32.
2477.
91 Haslam L.
(GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′32.
2798.
3 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
1′32.
4749.
2 Camier L.
(GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F.
1′32.
62110.
76 Neukirchner M.
(GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1′32.
69111.
111 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′32.
71412.
52 Toseland J.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′32.
78113.
11 Corser T.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′32.
81914.
57 Lanzi L.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′32.
83015.
50 Guintoli S.
(FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′32.
86916.
77 Vermeulen C.
(AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′32.
87017.
35 Crutchlow C.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′32.
88018.
66 Sykes T.
(GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′33.
20219.
88 Pitt A.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′33.
69920 25.
Brookes J.
(AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1′33.
71021.
123 Resch R.
(AUT) BMW S1000 RR 1′33.
94322.
31 Iannuzzo V.
(ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′34.
94523.
15 Baiocco M.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′35.
66324.
95 Hayden R.
(USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′35.
763
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