Ten Kate Honda’s Jonathan Rea lead almost the entire three days of testing at Portimao except for the first day that was led by Alstare Suzuki’s Leon Haslam.

In dry and wet conditions over the weekend, Rea and Haslam swapped the fastest laps. Yesterday’s final test day saw Rea’s put in a best lap of 1′42.270 while Pocket Rocket Haslam did a 1′42.557. As a comparison, Ben Spies’ 2009 Superpole was a 1′42.412.

Althea Ducati’s Shane Byrne took third place with a 1′42.887. Yamaha’s Cal Crutchlow impressed on Friday but could not better his time and a crash in the afternoon session didn’t help, but his previous times were enough for fourth.

Xerox Ducati’s Michel Fabrizio who was nursing a bad case of the flu all weekend finished fifth with a 1′43.157. James Toseland was down in sixth almost a second slower than Rea.

Aprilia’s Max Biaggi, finished the test in seventh place with a time of 1′43.364, but he was the only rider who did not use softer tires at the end of the session.

2009 Runner up Noriyuki Haga finished in 8th, and Max Neukirchner took 9th while Sylvain Guintoli, Alstare Suzuki’s 2nd rider finished 10th overall.

Several teams will now head to Valencia for further tests.

World Superbike test Portimao - Official Combined Times:

1 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′42.270
2 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′42.557
3 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′42.877
4 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′42.960
5 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′43.137
6 52 Toseland J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′43.157
7 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1′43.364
8 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′43.417
9 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Honda CBR1000RR 1′43.471
10 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′43.508
11 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′43.629
12 2 Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 1000 F. 1′43.749
13 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′43.931
14 77 Vermeulen C. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′44.108
15 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′44.365
16 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′44.570
17 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Honda CBR1000RR 1′44.751
18 31 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′45.348
19 95 Hayden R. (USA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′46.990
20 12 Fores J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′47.293

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