The Ducati Sterilgarda Go Eleven Team set the fastest lap time with new comer in World Superbike Shane Byrne. The British champion rode the Ducati to a best lap time of 1 min 43.6 seconds on Wednesday at the Portimao racetrack.
The Roman Max Biaggi is not riding the Sterilagarda Go Eleven Ducati but rather his new Aprilia RSV for the first time. He came in third after the American Ben Spies with his Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1. Lorenzo Lanzi and Regis Laconi rode a 9th and 10th position on the DXF Corse Honda CBR 1000RR.
The Ten Kate Honda Team, Alstare Suzuki, Ducati Xerox and the new BMW Team did not come to Portimao but choose to test at Valencia.
Test results at Wednesday at Portimao.
1. Shane Byrne GBR Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 43.6 sec
2. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 43.9 sec
3. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV4 1min 44.1 sec
4. Tom Sykes GBR Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 1min 44.5 sec
5. Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha YZF-R1 1min 44.5 sec
6. Alex Polita ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven 1098 RS08 1min 44.6 sec
7. Leon Haslam GBR Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR 1min 44.6 sec
8. Roberto Rolfo ITA Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR 1min 45.0 sec
9. Regis Laconi FRA DFX Corse Honda CBR1000RR 1min 45.4 sec
10. Lorenzo Lanzi ITA DFX Corse Honda CBR1000RR 1min 46.3 sec
source | crash.net
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