The first day of official testing at Phillip Island, saw three Ducati’s on the top of the charts, with Carlos Checa, the fastest overall.

The Spaniard who won race 2 at the Australian circuit last year put down a hot lap of 1′31.383 that made him 0.920s faster than Sylvain Guintoli, second fastest, who led the damp and cold morning session.

Third spot went to Guintoli’s team mate Jakub Smrz followed by reigning Superbike champion Max Biaggi who was a full second off and who had opted to sit out the morning session as did other Aprilia factory rider Leon Camier who finished 15th after suffering a slight mechanical problem.

Michel Fabrizio was fifth with his Alstare Suzuki, taking advantage of the private test he had at Phillip Island last week. The six spot went to Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes, followed by Marco Melandri, who happily doesn’t seem hampered by his recovering shoulder.

Jonathan Rea, Leon Haslam and Eugene Laverty closed out the top ten.

WSBK Test Phillip Island - Day 1 Results:

01- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’31.383
02- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.920
03- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.933
04- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.000
05- Michel Fabrizio – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.070
06- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.083
07- Marco Melandri – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 1.091
08- Jonathan Rea – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.149
09- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 1.195
10- Eugene Laverty – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 1.217
11- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.557
12- Josh Waters – Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.757
13- Ruben Xaus – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.782
14- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 1.872
15- Leon Camier – Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 2.177
16- Noriyuki Haga – PATA Racing Team Aprilia – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 2.403
17- James Toseland – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 2.446
18- Maxime Berger – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 2.526
19- Bryan Staring – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.664
20- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 3.303
21- Roberto Rolfo – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 3.438
22- Mark Aitchison – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 3.923
23- Akira Yanagawa – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 4.087

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