The top three Superstock 1000 championship challengers dominated the day’s action in a one-day test at the revised Imola circuit today. After almost seven hours of track time, the quickest was Suzuki Alstare Brux rider Claudio Corti, but he was knocked off the top slot with twenty minutes to go by Maxime Berger (Ten Kate Honda). The Italian then went out again to take the new track record in 1 minute 52.672 seconds. Third place went to the other title contender Xavier Simeon (Ducati Xerox), the Belgian not being in the best of physical condition. Fourth place went to Michele Magnoni (Bevilacqua Yamaha) ahead of another Italian, Davide Giugliano (Suzuki Celani), the ex-MV Agusta man finally getting to grips with a fully competitive machine. Ayrton Badovini was brought into the Aprilia Junior team to help speed up the development of the RSV4, and the former SBK rider did the job well, ending the tests in seventh place. The 600 category, whose riders shared the track with the Superstock 1000 competitors, was totally dominated by Yamaha Trasimeno. Best time of 1 minute 55.982 seconds went to Danilo Petrucci in 1’55″982, more than a second and a half quicker than team-mate Marco Bussolotti. Eddy La Marra (Honda Lorini) was third. Tomorrow and Thursday will see the Superbike and Supersport riders out on track for nine and six hours of testing respectively over the next two days. 1 71 Corti C. (ITA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1’53.462 2 19 Simeon X. (BEL) Ducati 1098R 1’53.750 3 21 Berger M. (FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 1’54.355 4 34 Giugliano D. (ITA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1’54.832 5 29 Beretta D. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1’55.058 6 53 Lammert D. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1’55.837 7 119 Magnoni M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R1 1’55.846 8 8 Antonelli A. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R1 1’56.017 9 12 Vivarelli N. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1’56.402 10 20 Barrier S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R1 1’56.702 11 65 Baz L. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R1 1’56.829 12 81 Badovini A. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’57.325 13 25 Black G. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1’57.736 14 41 Baroni L. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R1 1’57.995 15 9 Petrucci D. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1’58.100 16 5 Bussolotti M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1’58.634 17 23 Sandi F. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’58.966 18 47 La Marra E. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1’59.249 19 111 Guarnoni J. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R6 1’59.473 20 14 Biaggi F. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1’59.747 21 4 Rea G. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 1’59.817 22 11 Tutusaus P. (ESP) KTM RC8 R 2’00.424 23 89 Kerschbaumer S. (AUT) Yamaha YZF R6 2’00.689 24 191 Morelli N. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 2’01.076 25 2 Cecchini R. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 2’01.496 26 125 Farinelli R. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 2’01.541 27 36 Chmielewski A. (POL) Yamaha YZF R6 2’02.072 28 132 Manfrinati D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 2’03.826 29 117 Sacchetti D. (ITA) KTM RC8 R 2’07.924