Carlos Checa was again fastest overall on the second day of World Superbike testing at Phillip Island. The Spaniard was not only the fastest in both the morning and afternoon sessions, he also pulverized the previous lap record held by Regis Laconi on this circuit, by almost half a second with a scorching 1.30′578.

Unfortunately the day was marred by numerous crashes. Marco Melandri, Sylvain Guintoli, Mark Aitchison, both Kawasaki Racing Team riders Joan Lascorz and Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea all went legs up, but only Rea’s crash (after taking 3rd in the morning session), seemingly due to a mechanical failure of his Honda CBR1000RR resulted in him being lifted out by helicopter to be taken to the hospital. The Castrol Honda rider seems to have been diagnosed, yet to be confirmed, with a fractured left hand and wrist, which could seriously hinder his partecipation in Sunday’s season opener.

Second fastest of the day was Sylvain Guintoli followed as we said by Rea, then Jakub Smrz and Joan Lascorz coming to grips with the 2011 Ninja, while Max Biaggi took the sixth spot followed by Michel Fabrizio, Yamaha duo Marco Melandri and Eugene Laverty and Tom Sykes closing out the top ten.

Not cracking the top ten in these two days of testing has been the struggling BMW factory and privateer teams, all four riders (Corser, Haslam, Toseland, Badovini) have been down on the charts, more than two seconds off pace.

WSBK Phillip Island Test - Day 2 Results:

01- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’30.578
02- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.618
03- Jonathan Rea – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 0.628
04- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.076
05- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.288
06- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.292
07- Michel Fabrizio – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.535
08- Marco Melandri – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 1.544
09- Eugene Laverty – Yamaha World Superbike Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 1.559
10- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.694
11- Noriyuki Haga – Pata Racing Team Aprilia – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.721
12- Josh Waters – Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.816
13- Ruben Xaus – Castrol Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.827
14- Leon Haslam – Team Suzuki Alstare – BMW S1000RR – + 1.835
15- James Toseland – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 2.302
16- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 2.416
17- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia – BMW S1000RR – + 2.655
18- Bryan Staring – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.820
19- Akira Yanagawa – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.854
20- Maxime Berger – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 2.907
21- Roberto Rolfo – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 2.936
22- Mark Aitchison – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 3.143

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