Phillip Island WSBK Test Tuesday Summary

Jonathan Rea leads the field after an incident-packed second day of testing for the World Superbike class at Phillip Island. Warmer weather and intense testing saw several riders take some serious tumbles, with a couple of riders suffering significant injury.

Fabio Menghi fell and fractured a hip in the morning, while Josh Hook crashed in the afternoon and dislocated his shoulder, and fracturing his greater tubercle (top of the bone in the upper arm). The crashes and subsequent clean-up meant that much of the afternoon session was lost, as marshals tried to clear the track.

The second day of testing did throw up the intriguing prospect of a nicely mixed field. Rea topped the morning session on the Kawasaki, while Sylvain Guintoli was quickest in the afternoon, on the Pata Yamaha. The top four overall times were set on four different bikes, less than a quarter of a second separating them.

Rea led the roost, ending ahead of Davide Giugliano on the Aruba.it Ducati, while Michael van der Mark put in another strong showing on the Ten Kate Honda to take third spot, two tenths behind Rea.

Sylvain Guintoli was fourth fastest on the Yamaha YZF-R1, a tenth quicker than Nicky Hayden on the second Ten Kate Honda. Tom Sykes, who had been fastest on Monday, grabbed sixth spot, though was three tenths slower than Hayden ahead of him, and nearly two thirds of a second slower than his teammate.

Chaz Davies put the second factory Ducati into seventh, ahead Alex Lowes on the second Pata Yamaha. Two Spaniards round out the top ten, Xavi Fores taking ninth, and Jordi Torres the fastest BMW in tenth.

World Superbike Combined Test Times from Phillip Island:

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev	Session
1	J. Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1.31.249	–	–	FP3
2	D. Giugliano	Ducati Panigale R	1.31.400	0.151	0.151	FP3
3	M. Van Der Mark	Honda CBR1000RR SP	1.31.458	0.209	0.058	FP3
4	S. Guintoli	Yamaha YZF-R1	1.31.473	0.224	0.015	FP3
5	N. Hayden	Honda CBR1000RR SP	1.31.585	0.336	0.112	FP3
6	T. Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1.31.885	0.636	0.300	FP3
7	C. Davies	Ducati Panigale R	1.31.938	0.689	0.053	FP3
8	A. Lowes	Yamaha YZF-R1	1.31.958	0.709	0.020	FP3
9	X. Fores	Ducati Panigale R	1.32.109	0.860	0.151	FP3
10	J. Torres	BMW S1000RR	1.32.202	0.953	0.093	FP3
11	M. Reiterberger	BMW S1000RR	1.32.272	1.023	0.070	FP3
12	R. Ramos	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1.32.478	1.229	0.206	FP3
13	L. Savadori	Aprilia RSV4 1000 RF	1.32.587	1.338	0.109	FP3
14	L. Camier	MV Agusta F4 RC	1.32.702	1.453	0.115	FP3
15	J. Brookes	BMW S1000RR	1.32.903	1.654	0.201	FP3
16	M. Jones	Ducati Panigale R	1.33.242	1.993	0.339	FP4
17	S. Barrier	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1.33.314	2.065	0.072	FP3
18	A. De Angelis	Aprilia RSV4 1000 RF	1.33.323	2.074	0.009	FP4
19	F. Menghi	Ducati Panigale R	1.33.622	2.373	0.299	FP3
20	J. Hook	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1.33.850	2.601	0.228	FP3
21	K. Abraham	BMW S1000RR	1.34.062	2.813	0.212	FP3
22	D. Schmitter	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1.34.664	3.415	0.602	FP4
23	S. Al Sulaiti	Kawasaki ZX-10R	1.34.942	3.693	0.278	FP3
24	P. Sebestyen	Yamaha YZF-R1	1.35.541	4.292	0.599	FP3
25	I. Toth	Yamaha YZF-R1	1.36.150	4.901	0.609	FP3