From a press release issued by Foggy Petronas Racing:

Foggy PETRONAS Racing riders make good progress in Spain

Troy Corser made great strides forward to set the fifth fastest time on day two of the World Superbike championship official winter test at Valencia.

Although he was forced to cut short his afternoon session by more than an hour for essential work on his engines while lying third, the Australian former world champion was able to better yesterday’s time by more than a second to record a lap of 1:36.761 on the new Pirelli tyres.

Team-mate Chris Walker also finished the day on an upbeat note and was also able to make a significant improvement on yesterday’s time, with a 10th best lap of the day in 1:37.371.

Troy said: “I have been doing the same times on a couple of tyre choices, so I know we are going in the right direction now that we have altered the suspension for these tyres. The change to the internal rear shock produced more control but, in doing so, we lost a little grip. But generally the grip from the Pirellis is pretty much the same as a Dunlop. I was trying a harder compound in the afternoon and, as grip was not too bad, it would have been nice to have done more laps on it. The encouraging thing is that we are not too far off the pace.”

Chris said: “We are chipping away and getting there, gradually. We have used a few of our own tweaks and a few of Troy’s tweaks and, although we are still experiencing some chatter which is preventing us from achieving full potential, it is improving. I’m now looking forward to the final day and I want to finish in the 1:36s, which I would be pretty chuffed with at this stage. The boys in the team have worked so hard and I am glad we are now making progress.”

Official WSBK championship test, Valencia, Spain – Two

1. Regis Laconi (Ducati Fila) 1:36.016
2. Steve Martin (DFX Ducati) 1:36.280
3. James Toseland (Ducati Fila) 1:36.636
4. Noriyuki Haga (Renegade Ducati) 1:36.676
5. Troy Corser (Foggy PETRONAS Racing) 1:36.761
6. Leon Haslam (Renegade Ducati) 1:36.883
7. Chris Vermeulen (Ten Kate Honda) 1:37.200
8. Mauro Sanchini (Kawasaki Bertocchi) 1:37.281
9. Pierfrancesco Chili (PSG-1 Ducati) 1:37.363
10. Chris Walker (Foggy PETRONAS Racing) 1:37.371