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2007-01-14 WSBK Test: Bayliss smashes track record on day 2
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 On the second day of Pirelli tyre tests at Phillip Island Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) took a whole second off the previous best qualifying time, while running a 2007 spec rear and a prototype race front. His time of 1'31.0 was set in the cooler conditions of the morning, and no other rider got within a second of his time, despite a great improvement in general lap times through the ten rider SBK attendance. Next closest to Bayliss was his team-mate, Lorenzo Lanzi, who scored a 1'32.1.
James Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) shared the time of 1'32.2 with Toseland pleased at his general pace on race tyres but Corser somewhat concerned that in the warmer conditions of the afternoon sessions he could not maintain the pace he could in the mornings. A marked improvement on day two from Yukio Kagayama (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) pushed him to fifth place, on a 1'32.3.
Despite a fall in the afternoon session, at the slow right-hander of MG corner, Max Biaggi (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) was equal sixth fastest, matching Regis Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) on 1'32.6. Laconi also fell, at Hayshed, at some 240kmph. He was unhurt in his crash and continued to set a pace close to the leaders from then on. Fonsi Nieto (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) went eighth fastest with his 1'32.7, while Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) demonstrated that it was a close day of testing by setting a 1'32.8 for ninth place - only 0.7 seconds from Lanzi in second place. Roberto Rolfo (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) set a best of 1'33.9, 1.5 seconds faster than day one.
Superbike - Phillip Island test day 2 times:
1. Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1:31.0;
2. Lanzi (Ita-id) 1:32.1;
3. Toseland (GB-Honda) 1:32.2;
4. Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1:32.2;
5. Kagayama (Gia-Suzuki) 1:32.3;
6. Biaggi (Ita-Suzuki) 1:32.6;
7. Laconi (Fra-Kawasaki) 1:32.6;
8. Nieto (Spa-id) 1:32.7;
9. Haga (id-Yamaha) 1:32.8;
10. Rolfo (Ita-Honda) 1:33.9.
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