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Following this series three 2017 World Superbike weekend at Motorland Aragon in SBK teams remained at the Spanish circuit for a test day.
In official test head WorldSBK Monday was Kawasaki Racing Team's Tom Sykes, who finished just ahead Aragon race winner and teammate Jonathan Rea Both drivers suffered from illness and fatigue, but we were able to get serious tests aboard the new Ninja ZX-10RR superbikes shod with Pirelli racing rubber.
Sykes has put in 70 laps to finish the day with a best lap 1 49 386, simple finish 0020 a second ahead of Rea, who has 42 towers Both drivers spent the day working on the settings of the chassis and suspension.
I have not used a qualifying tire today and that's what makes me happy, the 2013 champion WorldSBK Sykes said that the standard race tires performed amazingly and the bike worked well, I still feel a bit second-hand, even though I had a slight improvement today on my stomach problems.
It is amazing how, even with such a small improvement, I feel the night and day better, physically, on the bike today, I do not intend to do a lot of laps but I was having fun and it was overall a good test as we made small changes to the bike, working hard with Showa, and I am pleased with the progress we're always learning, always improving today the track was excellent condition and the Ninja ZX-10RR always work really puts a bit of a smile at the end of a difficult weekend.
The man who has qualified on pole and won race two, Racing Ducati Chaz Davies, the third time Monday he and his teammate Marco Melandri worked on the Panigale R electronics, engine configuration and chassis.
After the test, Davies was 0168 of a second behind the Kawasaki riders, and more than half a second ahead of the next fastest driver, Pata official Yamaha WorldSBK Michael van der Mark As for team Melandri, the Italian suffered a concussion, and was forced to stop the trials He finished 11th.
Milwaukee Aprilia Eugene Laverty improved onboard his RSV4 RF finishing fifth, 0938 of a second behind Sykes rounded out the top 10 were WorldSBK Pata official Yamaha team Alex Lowes, Red Bull Honda World Superbike Stefan Bradl, Jordi Torries Althea BMW Racing, the teammate Nicky Hayden, Bradl and Barni Racing Team Ducati Xavi Fores of.
As for the only MV Agusta F4 series pilot, Leon Camier put in 73 laps, finishing 13th, 1679 seconds rhythm.
The teams will SBK 17-18 April in another test in Portimao, Portugal, before the fourth round at Assen in April 28-30.
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