Tom Sykes shone during last week’s private testing at Phillip Island and during yesterday’s day 1 ended up seventh and almost a second adrift, instead the Kawasaki rider heading the timesheets today taking over the top spot from Carlos Checa.

Posting 1.31.648 lap early in the morning session when the asphalt was slightly colder allowed Sykes to pip Checa, who has constantly dominated all the tests in Australia, even though it was by a mere 0.004s, which could make the Brit a real rival in this weekend’s opening round, especially if temperatures remain cooler.

Jakub Smrz was the third fastest rider overall with Effenbert Liberty Racing team’s Ducati ,ahead of Jonatha Rea who posted a best lap of 1.31.913 despite having binned his 2012 Honda during the morning session at the MG turn. Max Biaggi was fifth ahead of Marco Melandri. Davide Giugliano moved up the charts with his Althea Ducati to take seventh overall despite another crash today.

Crescent Fixi Suzuki Leon Camier also made a jump forward and his best time put him into the overall top ten followed by Sylvain Guintoli. Leon Haslam who fractured his tibia on Monday morning and missed the rest of the test and should undergo surgery on Thursday (and still hoping to ride) was the tenth fastest overall.

Only two riders managed to improve their lap times during this afternoon’s session and that was Chaz Davies (ParkinGO MTC Aprilia) who is recovering from illness and he was 18th while Mark Aitchison (Grillini Progea Superbike Team BMW) came in 22nd.

Overall test times:

01- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1’31.648 (156 laps)
02- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’31.652 (117)
03- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’31.800 (134)
04- Jonathan Rea – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1’31.913 (152)
05- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – 1’32.034 (145)
06- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – 1’32.232 (148)
07- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’32.319 (108)
08- Leon Camier – Crescent Fixi Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 1’32.320 (129)
09- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’32.347 (105)
10- Leon Haslam – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – 1’32.397 (25)
11- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1’32.540 (128)
12- Michel Fabrizio – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – 1’32.605 (125)
13- Niccolò Canepa – Red Devils Roma – Ducati 1198 – 1’32.746 (133)
14- Hiroshi Aoyama – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1’32.910 (139)
15- Maxime Berger – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’32.911 (124)
16- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – 1’32.948 (107)
17- Lorenzo Zanetti – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – 1’33.136 (119)
18- Chaz Davies – ParkinGO MTC Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – 1’33.358 (130)
19- David Salom – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1’33.385 (56)
20- Bryan Staring – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1’33.418 (127)
21- Joshua Brookes – Crescent Fixi Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 1’33.623 (112)
22- Mark Aitchison – Grillini Progea Superbike Team – BMW S1000RR – 1’34.169 (133)
23- Raffaele De Rosa – Pro Ride Motorsports – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1’34.341 (137)

Day 2 morning session lap times:

01- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1’31.648
02- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.004
03- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.152
04- Jonathan Rea – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 0.265
05- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.386
06- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.633
07- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.671
08- Leon Camier – Crescent Fixi Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 0.672
09- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.699
10- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.892
11- Michel Fabrizio – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 0.957
12- Niccolò Canepa – Red Devils Roma – Ducati 1198 – + 1.098
13- Hiroshi Aoyama – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.262
14- Maxime Berger – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.263
15- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 1.300
16- Lorenzo Zanetti – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 1.488
17- David Salom – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.737
18- Bryan Staring – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.770
19- Chaz Davies – ParkinGO MTC Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.913
20- Joshua Brookes – Crescent Fixi Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.975
21- Raffaele De Rosa – Pro Ride Motorsports – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 2.693
22- Mark Aitchison – Grillini Progea Superbike Team – BMW S1000RR – + 2.986

Day 2 afternoon session lap times:

01- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – 1’32.015
02- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Racing Team – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.356
03- Jonathan Rea – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 0.388
04- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.434
05- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.642
06- Jakub Smrz – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.706
07- Joan Lascorz – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 0.726
08- Marco Melandri – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.808
09- Leon Camier – Crescent Fixi Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 0.969
10- Davide Giugliano – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.024
11- Michel Fabrizio – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 1.079
12- Hiroshi Aoyama – Honda World Superbike Team – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.101
13- Ayrton Badovini – BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet – BMW S1000RR – + 1.219
14- Niccolò Canepa – Red Devils Roma – Ducati 1198 – + 1.302
15- Lorenzo Zanetti – PATA Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 1.334
16- Chaz Davies – ParkinGO MTC Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 1.343
17- Bryan Staring – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX-10R – + 1.596
18- Maxime Berger – Team Effenbert Liberty Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 1.679
19- Joshua Brookes – Crescent Fixi Suzuki – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 1.926
20- Mark Aitchison – Grillini Progea Superbike Team – BMW S1000RR – + 2.154
21- Raffaele De Rosa – Pro Ride Motorsports – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 2.487

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