WSBK Valencia Test Day 2: Max Biaggi on Top

Max Biaggi was the fastest man on track on the final day of WSBK unofficial testing at Valencia.
The Roman Emperor did 55 laps and a best lap of 1.
33”8 on race tires and breaking Noriyuki Haga’s race lap record that was 1’34”618.
Leon Haslam was second with a best lap of 1.

34”0 taking off almost half a second after yesterday’s time.
Another Brit was third, as Cal Cruthlow put in a best lap of 1′34.

1 and Jonathan Rea, 4th and just one tenth of a second from the Yamaha rider, with his Honda Ten Kate.
James Toseland did over 60 laps and posted a best time of 1.
34.
3 making him fifth, while Max Neukirchner was sixth.
Sylvan Guintoli ended the test in seventh place on the Alstare Suzuki bettering yesterday’s lap time by over a second.
Leon Camier had two crashes this afternoon, but fortunately came away without injuries and he too managed to improve his lap time by 5 tenths from his yesterday’s best.

All the Superbike teams will be returning to action in the official tests that will be held at Portimao, January 22th-24th 2010.

Unofficial Test Times Day 2:1.
M.
Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) 1.
33.
82.
L.
Haslam (Suzuki Alstare) 1.
34.
03.
C.
Crutchlow (Sterilgarda Yamaha) 1.
34.
14.
J.
Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) 1.
34.
25.
J.
Toseland (Sterilgarda Yamaha) 1.
34.
36.
M.
Neukirchner (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) 1.
34.
77.
S.
Guintoli (Suzuki Alstare) 1.
35.
08.
L.
Camier (Aprilia Racing) 1.
35.
2Cal Crutchlow:“Today was even better than the first day, we worked through a lot more settings in the sessions.
I’m disappointed with my final time though as I think I could have been fastest at the end of the day but I didn’t get a chance to use the fastest tyre.
I’m happy enough with my overall pace and consistency.
We’ve still more to do so I’m looking forward to getting back on the bike in January and keeping up the development.
”Jonathan Rea “We’ve had a really constructive couple of days here and got through a lot of work.
We evaluated three sets of forks with different internal specifications, a slightly modified swing arm and some different electronics, so there was a big list of things to assess.
What we didn’t get much of a chance to do was combine all the good things we found into one package and we were still working through things when Pirelli asked us to test the two new tyres they had.
One of them felt pretty good, but we didn’t really have the right set up to get the best out of it.
Overall, I’m really happy though, because it was a big workload we had to get through.
”James Toseland:“A really encouraging test for me, again I’m happy being on a track I know so I can concentrate on the bike set up.
I feel we’ve come on quite a bit with the bike over the last two days.
I didn’t utilize the quick tyre to its full potential as I got held up which is a shame as I was quite confident of getting into the 33s.
I ended up on 34.
3, which was a good pace.
I’m getting used to the way of riding the bike and getting confident with the team as well.
I think if we had a race tomorrow we’d be in with a shout!”Max Neukirchner:“I’m really happy with this test, because it was really important for me to get more time on the bike and look for a good base setting.
We only made some suspension adjustments and didn’t really test any new parts.
I built up my pace slowly and only this afternoon did I really start to push a little harder when I had a good feeling and began to feel confident enough to open the throttle.
This was only my fourth day with the team and I have not ridden very much since the crash at Monza in May.
Of course, I still need some more time on the bike but I can go into the winter holidays with a good feeling now and continue my training, which has been quite intense recently.
I did 160 laps here at Valencia and had no fitness problems; I might be a little sore tomorrow, but I’m feeling very good!”