Editor

Spring-like temperatures marked the first day of private testing at Portimao's Autodromo Internacional do Algarve circuit in Portugal, where several World Superbike teams are testing.
The riders and teams taking part in the three-day test are Max Biaggi and Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team), Chaz Davies (ParkinGO - Aprilia), Leon Haslam and Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport), Ayrton Badovini and Michel Fabrizio (BMW Motorrad Italia SBK) and Leon Camier (Crescent Suzuki), accompanied on this occasion by Alistair Seeley, while John Hopkins recovers from his recent hand operation.


With no timekeepers present, the unofficial rankings today saw the top slot go to Haslam with a time of 1 minute 43.6 seconds, closely followed by Melandri (1'43"7) and by Badovini (1'43"8). Max Biaggi was next up with a time of 1'43"9, the same as his team-mate Laverty, with the others not far off the pace.


The other times recorded today were: Davies (ParkinGO Aprilia) 1'44"0, Fabrizio (BMW Italia) 1'45"5, Camier (Suzuki Crescent) 1'45"8


Testing continues tomorrow and Wednesday.



Source: World Superbike

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