The second and final day of World Superbike testing at Misano, before everyone heads to Imola for the double header on September 25th, once again saw Marco Melandri set the pace. The Yamaha rider’s fastest lap was 1.35.8 which was set on race tires and again faster than June’s race record lap (1′36.520) set by Carlos Checa.

Yamaha team worked on electronics, engine brake and geometry which also helped Eugene Laverty post the second best time alongside with points leader Carlos Checa.

Most of the riders spent considerable time doing tire testing for Pirelli’s new compound solutions for the 2012 season.

Ayrton Badovini ended up an impressive fourth for BMW Italia despite a small crash earlier in the day with Kawasaki’s Joan Lascorz posting the same 1.36.1 lap time. Chris Vermeulen’s physical condition did not allow him to take part in Wednesday’s testing.

Toni Elias had to cut his test with the BMW short because he had to head off for Aragon for this weekend’s MotoGP race and ended up with 11th best time and two seconds off pace, even BMW and Aprilia test riders Steve Martin and Alex Hofmann were both faster than he was.

Unofficial test times:

1. M. Melandri (Yamaha) 1′35.8
2. C.Checa (Ducati), and E. Laverty (Yamaha) 1′36.0
4. A. Badovini (BMW) and J. Lascorz (Kawasaki) 1′36.1
6. T. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1′36.2
7. J. Rea (Honda) 1′36.7
8. A. Hofmann (Aprilia) 1′36.9
9. S. Martin (BMW) 1′37.1
10. R.Xaus (Honda) 1′37.4
11. T. Elias (BMW) 1′37.8
12. C. Vermeulen (Kawasaki) 1′38.4
13. M. Tamada (Honda) 1′38.8

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