Carlos Checa continues to head the timesheets on this first day of official testing at Phillip Island ahead of next Sunday’s opening round in Australia. Checa’s best lap was 1.31.927 (during the morning session) which was already two tenths of second faster than his best lap on day 2 (1’32.1) during last week’s private test.

Two Italians followed Checa, Aprilia Racing’s Max Biaggi in second spot and BMWs Marco Melandri who lowered his lap times towards the end of the afternoon session and was a full second faster than last week.

Jonathan Rea showing off the new livery of his Honda claimed the fourth spot with BMW’s Leon Haslam who took fifth, despite having to sit out the afternoon session in a local hospital after a bigh highside left him with a broken bone in his right heel and a suspected fractured tibia in his right leg that will rule him out for the first round as he may require surgery.

Tom Sykes followed up in sixth, while EffenbertLiberty Ducati Sylvain Guintoli grabbed seventh. The surprise of the day was Niccolò Canepa in eighth debuting the Red Devil Roma Ducati for the first time at Phillip Island as the Italian team has only tested at Vallelunga whileJakub Smrz was ninth. Joan Lascorz closed out the day in tenth onboard his Kawasaki ZX-10R.

Crescent Fixi Suzuki, Leon Camier finished in eleventh ahead of Michel Fabrizio, Maxime Berger and Althea’s Davide Giugliano. WSBK newbie Hiroshi Aoyama was 15th.

Josh Brookes who is filling in for injured John Hopkins was 22nd, while Bryan Staring who is filling in for Leandro Mercando in Pedercini Kawasaki was 17th ahead of scaphoid injured David Salom, who tested only during the morning session.

Infront Official Superbike overall test results Day 1:

1 7 Checa C. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′31.947
2 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′32.132
3 33 Melandri M. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1′32.232
4 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′32.379
5 91 Haslam L. (GBR) BMW S1000 RR 1′32.397
6 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′32.465
7 50 Guintoli S. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 1′32.768
8 59 Canepa N. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′32.836
9 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′32.848
10 17 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′33.005
11 2 Camier L. (GBR) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′33.104
12 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1′33.141
13 121 Berger M. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 1′33.246
14 34 Giugliano D. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′33.366
15 4 Aoyama H. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1′33.479
16 87 Zanetti L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′33.566
17 67 Staring B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′33.704
18 44 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-10R 1′33.812
19 86 Badovini A. (ITA) BMW S1000 RR 1′34.234
20 19 Davies C. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′34.303
21 35 De Rosa R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′34.400
22 25 Brookes J. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R1000 1′34.667
23 18 Aitchison M. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′35.223

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