Jonathan Rea was once again the fastest rider on the final day of testing at Portimao posting the fastest time of 1’41.7s. Rea’s lap on race tires was almost a second faster than his best qualifying time from the weekend and 0.5s up from Ben Spies pole position.

Max Neukirchner was also back on track today and his best lap was 1’43.5s.

Jonathan Rea:

I just want to say how really, really proud I am of the whole team, who have worked so hard over the last weeks. They’ve gone through this test positively and methodically and got the bike working better. The great thing is that there is still so much potential and that just fills me with confidence for next season. The lap times were coming quite easily and we did all our work on used tyres. Everyone deserves a good rest now before we get back to work in December.

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