Sam Lowes was the fastest rider in the day 2 morning session of the World Supersport test at Portimao.
All but two riders braved the damp track, but it was again Lowes, the surprise of these tests, who clocked in the 1.
58.
435 lap and the only rider to go under the 1.
59 minute mark.
Former British Superbike rider James Ellison was second on the Bogdanka PTR Honda and 0.
680s from Lowes.
Luca Scassa took third on his new Yamaha, followed by Kawasaki’s Broc Parkes, and Pawel Szkopek was fifth.
Chaz Davies on the other BE1 racing Yamaha was sixth and he was followed by Miguel Praia, Fabien Foret, Florian Marino and Gino Rea.
The session also saw two crashes by Eduard Blokhin on his Rivamoto Yamaha, and one a piece for Rea, Vladimir Ivanov and Valery Yurchenko.
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