Times for WSBK day 1 private test Philip Island 1. Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 31.7s 2. Leon Camier GBR Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 31.9s 3. Jonathan Rea GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 1m 32.0s 4. Leon Haslam GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 1m 32.0s 5. Marco Melandri ITA BMW GoldBet S1000RR 1m 32.2s 6. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 32.3s 7. Jules Cluzel FRA Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 32.5s 8. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Aprilia RSV4 1m 32.7s 9. Ayrton Badovini ITA Alstare Ducati 1199 R 1m 32.8s 10. Max Neukirchner GER MR Ducati 1199 R 1m 32.9s 11. Chaz Davies GBR BMW GoldBet S1000RR 1m 33.0s 12. Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 33.2s 13. Michel Fabrizio ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 33.7s 14. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 34.5s
leon Camier my tip for a shot at the title ,he the last of the Brits with real fire in his eyes he should get a motogp ride
Overall best times at the end of day 2 for WSBK private test at Philip Island 1. Leon Camier GBR Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 31.2s 2. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 31.4s 3. Marco Melandri ITA BMW GoldBet S1000RR 1m 31.6s 4. Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 31.7s 5. Michel Fabrizio ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 31.7s 6. Jonathan Rea GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 1m 31.9s 7. Leon Haslam GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 1m 31.9s 8. 8. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Aprilia RSV4 1m 31.9s 9. Chaz Davies GBR BMW GoldBet S1000RR 1m 32.1s 10. Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 33.2s 11. Ayrton Badovini ITA Alstare Ducati 1199 R 1m 32.4s 12. Jules Cluzel FRA Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 32.5s 13. Max Neukirchner GER MR Ducati 1199 R 1m 32.6s 14. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 34.5s Carlos Checa SPA Alstare Ducati 1199R did not ride One more test February 18-19 to evaluate the new spec tyres before the first race
1.2secs off the pace. Think checa would have been a lot closer than that if he was riding. There is some hope then it wont be a total wipeout this yr!!
Times from today's tyre testing The first 7 riders are all inside of the current lap record set by Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 31.785s 1. Leon Camier GBR Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 31.243s 2. Leon Haslam GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 1m 31.396s 3. Michel Fabrizio ITA Red Devils Roma Aprilia RSV4 1m 31.401s 4. Eugene Laverty IRL Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 31.452s 5. Marco Melandri ITA BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 1m 31.485s 6. Carlos Checa ESP Alstare Ducati 1199 R 1m 31.523s 7. Davide Giugliano ITA Althea Aprilia RSV4 1m 31.701s 8. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Aprilia Racing RSV4 1m 31.966s 9. Jonathan Rea GBR Pata Honda CBR1000RR 1m 31.980s 10. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 32.061s 11. Chaz Davies GBR BMW GoldBet S1000RR HP4 1m 32.077s 12. Jamie Stauffer AUS Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 32.231s 13. Ivan Clementi ITA HTM Racing BMW S1000RR 1m 32.789s 14. Jules Cluzel FRA Fixi Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 1m 32.817s 15. Vittorio Iannuzzo ITA Grillini Dentalmatic BMW S1000RR 1m 33.162s 16. Max Neukirchner GER MR Ducati 1199 R 1m 33.541s 17. Loris Baz FRA Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 33.628s 18. Glenn Allerton AUS Next Gen BMW S1000RR 1m 34.009s 19. Federico Sandi ITA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 34.094s 20. Alexander Lundh SWE Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 34.612s
is this new news? " KING CARLOS Spaniard Carlos Checa has backed up his morning warning to stay on top of the timesheets during today’s afternoon WSBK test session at Phillip Island ahead of this weekend’s season opener. Checa set the fastest time today with a 1m31.059s lap on board his Ducati Panigale, ahead of BMW’s Marco Melandri (1m31.237s) and Suzuki’s Leon Camier (1m31.243s). Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes didn’t let his fractured wrist bother him setting an impressive 1m31.261s lap "
Right then here we go, the testing is over ......let the racing begin Best times of two day tyre test, 1. Carlos Checa – Ducati Panigale 1m31.059 2. Marco Melandri – BMW 1m31.237 3. Leon Camier – Suzuki 1m31.243 4. Tom Sykes – Kawasaki 1m31.261 5. Michel Fabrizio – Aprilia 1m31.350 6. Jonathan Rea – Honda 1m31.356 7. Leon Haslam – Honda 1m31.396 8. Eugene Laverty – Aprilia 1m31.452 9. Davide Giugliano – Aprilia 1m31.640 10. Sylvain Guintoli – Aprilia 1m31.658 13. Glen Allerton – BMW (Australia) 1m32.159 14. Jamie Stauffer – Honda (Australia) 1m32.231 Best ever qualifying lap record Carlos Checa (2011) time 1m30.882
Can't wait for the racing to start now. I didn't expect Carlos to top the timesheets, or even be in top 5. Great news.