From a press release issued by Foggy Petronas Racing:

Corser fastest in test despite head injury

Troy Corser finished a two-day test at the French circuit of Magny Cours as the unofficial fastest rider – despite missing the second day through injury.

The Australian crashed at turn two yesterday, but initially appeared not to have suffered any ill-effects. However, he awoke this morning suffering from mild double vision and a bad headache and was immediately advised to return home to Monaco for further checks.

But, on his first outing at the circuit, venue for the final round of the World Superbike season in two weeks, and in the presence of many of the top riders including Regis Laconi, Gregorio Lavilla and Chris Walker, Troy was the only rider to break the 1:42 barrier on race tyres with a time of 1:41.84.

Team manager Nigel Bosworth said: “Troy has shown that he is unbeatable at learning circuits. I don’t think the other riders could believe the time he set on the first day as they were in the late 42s. We had stop-watches on the other riders and were watching their boards and I’m confident that Troy was the only rider to get into the 1:41s on race tyres. Chris Walker was also in the 41s, but that was on a qualifier.”

Team-mate James Haydon, joined by test rider Jamie Morley, had progress hindered by morning rain on the second day before tyre selection was further tested on a drying track in the afternoon. Haydon posted his best time of 1:45.15 on the first day, with Morley lapping at 1:46.67 on the second day.

Nigel added: “We did not think Troy had been hurt but there was no point in risking anything, especially considering the weather. We also used the time to complete more throttle connection mapping work, as well as making good progress in the development of the oil and lubricant programme that we are undertaking alongside PETRONAS.”
More, from a press release issued by Scuderia Caracchi NCR Nortel Networks:

Positive test day for Regis Laconi at Magny Cours

(Magny Cours 2003, October 1st )

After yesterday work, all focused on promotional activities, today Regis Laconi and the Scuderia Caracchi NCR Nortel Networks could finally concentrate in a first racing test on Magny Cours track, the circuit that will held next October 19 the final round of 2003 Superbike World Championship.

The rain ruined all the morning time, but at midday the rain stopped, allowing to Regis and his 998RS Ducati Caracchi NCR Nortel Networks an useful setting job for next event. At Magny Cours from yesterday already were engaged also HM Plant Ducati and Suzuki Alstare teams, but also concentrating all the test in 3 hours, between 14 and 17 p.m., when the track was already dry, Laconi has been very satisfied about this first contact with the French track in his new shape.

“It has been actually a profitable day.” – said at the end Marco Mozzone, technical manager of Regis’ crew – “Regis focused above all on the selection of gearbox ratio and the general set up, recording however a good laptime in 1:41.8; today nobody informed of laptimes of the riders engaged, but looking at what we have seen from the pit wall nobody has been faster as Regis, and that in spite they have had also yesterday allowed for testing while we was engaged for promotional activities. The morning rain let to surface all the rubber, so in the afternoon the track was a bit slippery, and maybe next two weeks probably the fastest we’ll be quicker, but the work we have done today we’ll be very useful, that’s assured.”