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2007-01-15 WSBK Test: Ducati dominates final day - times and claims
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 Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) continued his run of extreme performance on his 999F07 machine to record the fastest time of the tests with a 1'30.7 lap, set in the morning of the final day. Such was his pace on track, and the pace at which he tested the new generation of Pirelli tyres, that Bayliss was finished his programme by lunchtime, leaving the track to his main 2007 championship rivals - none of whom could match his remarkable single lap best.
Once again his team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) came closest to the reigning champion, scoring a best lap of 1'31.2.
Troy Bayliss:
It's been a good three-day test. We tried some new settings and electronics and the latest Pirelli tyres and were able to set some fast lap times although over the race distance things were a bit different. Even though today's long-run didn't go as well as we had hoped, yesterday's simulation was good and we learnt a lot of things that will benefit us for the race here in March. I'm very happy with the way the bike is working and we went faster than the race pace of last year so everything is going really well.
Lorenzo Lanzi:
Everything went well in these three intense days of testing. We tried out a lot of things and the results are plain to see. We were always amongst the quickest, except for the first day when I didn't go for a fast time. With the race tyre we did a great job and we sorted out a lot of things to improve the set-up of the bike. Last year I was one and a half seconds off Troy's pace on race tyres on this track, this year the gap is only four tenths of a second so this for me is an excellent performance.
James Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) secured third spot for himself on the last day, and set a fast series of race simulations to boot. His best single lap was a 1'31.7. It was a draw for fourth fastest time of the test, with Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) and Regis Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) both on 1'32.2, although Corser had to count on his second day time.
Another dead heat on the stopwatch saw Yukio Kagayama (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) use his day two time of 1'32.3 to match Fonsi Nieto (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) and his final day push on the second Kawasaki. Max Biaggi (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) finished his test in an unexpectedly low position after setting a 1'32.4, but his fast race simulations were an important boost to his pre-season confidence.
The top ten was rounded out by Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia), who had to rely on his second day time of 1'32.8 to finish ninth overall and Roberto Rolfo (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) who closed up on the leaders somewhat with a 1'33.2.
Phillip Island WSBK test - 3rd day times
1. Bayliss (Aus-Ducati) 1:30.7;
2. Lanzi (Ita-Ducati) 1:31.2;
3. Toseland (GB-Honda) 1:31.7;
4. Corser (Aus-Yamaha) 1:32.2;
5. Laconi (Fra-Kawasaki) 1:32.2;
6. Kagayama (Gia-Suzuki) 1:32.3;
7. Nieto (Spa-Kawasaki) 1:32.3;
8. Biaggi (Ita-Suzuki) 1:32.4;
9. Haga (Gia-Yamaha) 1:32.8;
10. Rolfo (Ita-Honda) 1:33.2.
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