SBK CORONA EXTRA SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP® PIRELLI TEST PHILLIP ISLAND 13rd, 14th and 15th JANUARY SECOND DAY Phillip Island, Sunday 14th January 2007 BAYLISS DESTROYS CIRCUIT BEST LAP ON DAY TWO 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. CORSER AND TOSELAND SHARE THIRD BEST TIME 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. SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Several riders in the Supersport class went on the rampage against the stopwatches, with Kevin Curtain (Yamaha Supersport Racing) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) setting joint fastest time, 1’34.7. Broc Parkes (Yamaha Supersport Racing) was only one tenth of a second behind the leading duo, as each of the top riders decimated the previous track best. Gianluca Nannelli (SC Caracchi Ducati) equalled the best qualifying time in a race weekend with his 1’35.2, but after another fall from his new machine, Sebastien Charpentier (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) did not improve as much as he may have expected, and made a 1’36 flat, to go fifth fastest on the day. Fabien Foret (Gil Kawasaki) scored a 1’36.3, to edge out both his team-mate, Pere Riba, and Hoegee Suzuki rider Barry Veneman by only one tenth. Veneman’s team-mate, Vesa Kallio, went ninth, on 1’37.7. SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 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. SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1. Curtain (Aus-Yamaha) 1’34″7; 2. Sofuoglu (Tur-Honda) 1’34″7; 3. Parkes (Aus-Yamaha) 1’34″8; 4. Nannelli (Ita-Ducati) 1’35″2; 5. Charpentier (Fra-Honda) 1’36″0; 6. Foret (id- Kawasaki) 1’36″3; 7. Riba (Spa-id) 1’36″4; 8. Veneman (Ola-Suzuki) 1’36″4; 9. Kallio (Fin-id) 1’37″7.