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The weather has been grim around the Portimao race track in *for the past few days.*The last day of World Superbike Championship official testing at Portimao was once again affected by adverse weather conditions, and thus the absolute best times of the entire test were largely set on the second day, leaving Shane Byrne as the new track best pace setter on his private Sterilgarda Ducati. American Ben Spies posted the second fastest lap time over all, showing that he has what it takes not only to race in World Superbike, but perhaps MotoGP as well.
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With new rules in place for both Superpole qualifying and flag-to-flag races each was given a trial run today.*In Superpole there will now be 20 riders in the qualifying group, which then drops to 16, then eight in the final 12-minute session, which determines the pole setter. The top 20 riders from this weekend’s sessions went forward to practice this discipline today, with great success, and the new format of final grid qualifying is anticipated with relish by all.
The flag-to-flag practice was included in the very last practice session of all three days, with riders coming in to change to their spare bikes when the signal was given, without any interruption of the simulated race session.
Many of the top teams now leave Portimao to get to Phillip Island well in advance of the race, to undergo their own private test sessions before the start of the season, in just over one month’s time.
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1.Byrne S.GBRDucati 1098R1′43.8742.Neukirchner M.GERSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K91′43.9653.Rea J.GBRHonda CBR1000RR1′44.1444.Haga N.JPNDucati 1098R1′44.1575.Haslam L.GBRHonda CBR1000RR1′44.2176.Corser T.AUSBMW S1000 RR1′44.2617.Kagayama Y.JPNSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K91′44.5868.Laconi R.FRADucati 1098R1′47.0579.Checa C.ESPHonda CBR1000RR1′49.38710.Fabrizio M.ITADucati 1098R1′52.34011.Nakano S.JPNAprilia RSV41′56.55312.Biaggi M.ITAAprilia RSV41′56.64313.Spies B.USAYamaha YZF R11′44.11914.Smrz J.CZEDucati 1098R1′45.18215.Sykes T.GBRYamaha YZF R11′45.62416.Kiyonari R.JPNHonda CBR1000RR1′45.93117.Parkes B.AUSKawasaki ZX 10R1′46.18118.Salom D.ESPKawasaki ZX 10R1′46.26019.Polita A.ITADucati 1098R1′46.84920.Roberts B.AUSDucati 1098R1′46.897*
Overall best times from the three day session, all of which were set on Saturday:
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167 Byrne S.GBRDucati 1098R1‘43.294219 Spies B.USAYamaha YZF R11‘43.484341 Haga N.JPNDucati 1098R1‘43.487466 Sykes T.GBRYamaha YZF R11‘43.54657 Checa C.ESPHonda CBR1000RR1‘43.657676 Neukirchner M.GERSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K91‘43.674796 Smrz J.CZEDucati 1098R1‘43.767884 Fabrizio M.ITADucati 1098R1‘43.951965 Rea J.GBRHonda CBR1000RR1‘44.1151091 Haslam L.GBRHonda CBR1000RR1‘44.1701111 Corser T.AUSBMW S1000 RR1‘44.2611271 Kagayama Y.JPNSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K91‘44.4251355 Laconi R.FRADucati 1098R1‘44.546149 Kiyonari R.JPNHonda CBR1000RR1‘44.6101523 Parkes B.AUSKawasaki ZX 10R1‘44.7041653 Polita A.ITADucati 1098R1‘45.1081756 Nakano S.JPNAprilia RSV41‘45.179183 Biaggi M.ITAAprilia RSV41‘45.1991924 Roberts B.AUSDucati 1098R1‘45.2782025 Salom D.ESPKawasaki ZX 10R1‘45.39321100 Tamada M.JPNKawasaki ZX 10R1‘45.4462236 Lavilla G.ESPHonda CBR1000RR1‘45.6722333 Hill T.GBRHonda CBR1000RR1‘45.6792499 Scassa L.ITAKawasaki ZX 10R1‘45.82025111 Xaus R.ESPBMW S1000 RR1‘46.1282644 Rolfo R.ITAHonda CBR1000RR1‘46.9162777 Iannuzzo V.ITAHonda CBR1000RR1‘46.971*
For comparison, the fasted race lap was set by Troy Bayliss in November 2008, clocking in at 1′43.787*
Source: World Superbike & MotoGP Matters
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The weather has been grim around the Portimao race track in *for the past few days.*The last day of World Superbike Championship official testing at Portimao was once again affected by adverse weather conditions, and thus the absolute best times of the entire test were largely set on the second day, leaving Shane Byrne as the new track best pace setter on his private Sterilgarda Ducati. American Ben Spies posted the second fastest lap time over all, showing that he has what it takes not only to race in World Superbike, but perhaps MotoGP as well.
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“I didn’t expect to be fastest in the test to be honest but I’m not surprised” declared "˜Shakey’. “The bike’s working really well and the relationship and feedback with the team and my engineer is great. This Superpole formula is not new for me, we tried something similar in the last few BSB races. It’s really exciting and spectacular and I’m sure it’ll look good on TV as well”.*
Only two top riders improved their weekend times today, Troy Corser, who was finally ranked an impressive 11th on the all-new BMW four-cylinder, and Max Biaggi on the RSV Aprilia, who went 18th.
With new rules in place for both Superpole qualifying and flag-to-flag races each was given a trial run today.*In Superpole there will now be 20 riders in the qualifying group, which then drops to 16, then eight in the final 12-minute session, which determines the pole setter. The top 20 riders from this weekend’s sessions went forward to practice this discipline today, with great success, and the new format of final grid qualifying is anticipated with relish by all.
The flag-to-flag practice was included in the very last practice session of all three days, with riders coming in to change to their spare bikes when the signal was given, without any interruption of the simulated race session.
Many of the top teams now leave Portimao to get to Phillip Island well in advance of the race, to undergo their own private test sessions before the start of the season, in just over one month’s time.
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1.Byrne S.GBRDucati 1098R1′43.8742.Neukirchner M.GERSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K91′43.9653.Rea J.GBRHonda CBR1000RR1′44.1444.Haga N.JPNDucati 1098R1′44.1575.Haslam L.GBRHonda CBR1000RR1′44.2176.Corser T.AUSBMW S1000 RR1′44.2617.Kagayama Y.JPNSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K91′44.5868.Laconi R.FRADucati 1098R1′47.0579.Checa C.ESPHonda CBR1000RR1′49.38710.Fabrizio M.ITADucati 1098R1′52.34011.Nakano S.JPNAprilia RSV41′56.55312.Biaggi M.ITAAprilia RSV41′56.64313.Spies B.USAYamaha YZF R11′44.11914.Smrz J.CZEDucati 1098R1′45.18215.Sykes T.GBRYamaha YZF R11′45.62416.Kiyonari R.JPNHonda CBR1000RR1′45.93117.Parkes B.AUSKawasaki ZX 10R1′46.18118.Salom D.ESPKawasaki ZX 10R1′46.26019.Polita A.ITADucati 1098R1′46.84920.Roberts B.AUSDucati 1098R1′46.897*
Overall best times from the three day session, all of which were set on Saturday:
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167 Byrne S.GBRDucati 1098R1‘43.294219 Spies B.USAYamaha YZF R11‘43.484341 Haga N.JPNDucati 1098R1‘43.487466 Sykes T.GBRYamaha YZF R11‘43.54657 Checa C.ESPHonda CBR1000RR1‘43.657676 Neukirchner M.GERSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K91‘43.674796 Smrz J.CZEDucati 1098R1‘43.767884 Fabrizio M.ITADucati 1098R1‘43.951965 Rea J.GBRHonda CBR1000RR1‘44.1151091 Haslam L.GBRHonda CBR1000RR1‘44.1701111 Corser T.AUSBMW S1000 RR1‘44.2611271 Kagayama Y.JPNSuzuki GSX-R 1000 K91‘44.4251355 Laconi R.FRADucati 1098R1‘44.546149 Kiyonari R.JPNHonda CBR1000RR1‘44.6101523 Parkes B.AUSKawasaki ZX 10R1‘44.7041653 Polita A.ITADucati 1098R1‘45.1081756 Nakano S.JPNAprilia RSV41‘45.179183 Biaggi M.ITAAprilia RSV41‘45.1991924 Roberts B.AUSDucati 1098R1‘45.2782025 Salom D.ESPKawasaki ZX 10R1‘45.39321100 Tamada M.JPNKawasaki ZX 10R1‘45.4462236 Lavilla G.ESPHonda CBR1000RR1‘45.6722333 Hill T.GBRHonda CBR1000RR1‘45.6792499 Scassa L.ITAKawasaki ZX 10R1‘45.82025111 Xaus R.ESPBMW S1000 RR1‘46.1282644 Rolfo R.ITAHonda CBR1000RR1‘46.9162777 Iannuzzo V.ITAHonda CBR1000RR1‘46.971*
For comparison, the fasted race lap was set by Troy Bayliss in November 2008, clocking in at 1′43.787*
Source: World Superbike & MotoGP Matters
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