Winter Test Jerez, Day 2: Jonathan Rea finishes with the best time again

The first Winter Test session on the Jerez de la Frontera circuit ended today: a lot of work on the track for the numerous teams involved, in fact 27 drivers were on track, who will now continue development in Portimao and again on the Andalusian circuit, before flying to Australia.

The best time was once again set by Jonathan Rea, despite a fall, in 1'39.809, 4 tenths ahead of Tom Sykes who pushed hard towards the end of the second day, grabbing third place overall.
Between the two Ninjas we find Lorenzo Savadori who surprised under the Spanish sun, not only with the laps covered - over 70 laps - but also with the time trial, stopped just +0.111 behind Rea.
Probably achieved with Pirelli qualifying tyres, his lap time of 1'39.920 is an indication of the pace that the RSV4 RF will be able to show in the new season.
Teammate Eugene Laverty continued working on the set-up of the new bike and finished fourteenth fastest, having been involved in an accident with Randy Krummenacher.

Marco Melandri finished in fourth place overall, after also taking the lead of the standings at the end of the morning, ahead of Chaz Davies, who continued to focus on updates to the Panigale R.

The new Fireblade took to the track for the second day, completing 67 laps with Nicky Hayde: despite not yet being at 100% due to his knee injury, the American improved his performance, finishing sixth in 1' 40.548.
Stefan Bradl placed himself in ninth position, 1'40.854, continuing his adaptation to the new bike and the new category.

In Yamaha Alex Lowes concentrated on the development of the YZF R1, completing 83 laps and improving his time reference by a full 4 tenths, while newcomer Michael van der Mark secured a place in the top ten with a 1'41.450.

The only BARNI Racing Team rider, Xavi Fores, made progress on his Panigale R, finishing today in eighth position, less than a second behind Rea.
The rookie of the top class, Randy Krummenacher (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) faced a challenging day and was forced to go to the medical center due to a fall suffered two hours before the end of the session, fortunately without consequences.

A complicated day also for the Althea BMW Racing team with Jordi Torres who was forced to stop work due to an injury to his right arm suffered following a high side at turn three, while for Reiterberger there remains a lot of work to do in view of 2017.

Four Supersport teams also tested ahead of the first round at Phillip Island: Zulfhami Khairudin (Orelac Racing VerdNatura) continued to maintain a competitive pace, setting the best time in 1'44.410.
Jules Cluzel (CIA Landlord Insurance Honda) made a big improvement by starting to change his riding style and finished in second position, ahead of teammate Robin Mulhauser.
Nacho Calero took fourth place in the general classification and preceded Kyle Ryde (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing), while the classification is completed by Hikari Okubo (CIA Landlord Insurance Honda), as Federico Caricasulo and Lucas Mathias recorded no times.

The European Superstock 1000 teams were also on track in Jerez: the Aruba.it Racing – Junior Team, which set the best time in 1'43.343 with Michael Rinaldi, followed by teammate Mike Jones, the Althea BMW Racing Team with Marco Faccani and the Althea MF84 with Julian Puffe.

Below are the times:

World SBK

Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team): 1.39.809
Lorenzo Savadori (Milwaukee Aprilia Team): 1.39.920
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team): 1.40.219
Marco Melandri (Aruba It.Racing-Ducati): 1.40.313
Chaz Davies (Aruba It.Racing-Ducati): 1.40.324
Nicky Hayden (Honda World Superbike Team): 1.40.548
Alex Lowes (Pata Yamaha Official Team): 1.40.600
Xavi Forés (Barni Racing): 1.40.738
Stefan Bradl (Honda World Superbike Team):1.40.854
Michael van der Mark (Pata Yamaha Team): 1.41.450
Randy Krummenacher (Puccetti Kawasaki Racing): 1.41.566
Markus Reiterberger (Althea BMW Racing):1.41.578
Jordi Torres (Althea BMW Racing): 1.41.619
Eugene Laverty (Milwaukee Aprilia Team): 1.41.886

World Supersport

Zulfhami Khairuddin (Orelac Racing VerdNatura): 1.44.410
Jules Cluzel (CIA Landlord Insurance Honda):1.45.199
Robin Mulhauser (CIA Landlord Insurance Honda): 1.44.410
Nacho Calero (Orelac Racing VerdNatura):1.45.507
Kyle Ryde (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing): 1.45.625
Hikari Okubo (CIA Landlord Insurance Honda):1.45.852
Federico Caricasulo (GRT Yamaha): Recorded at the moment
Lucas Mathias (GRT Yamaha): Recorded at all times

European STK000

Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing-Junior Team): 1.43.343
Mike Jones (Aruba.it Racing-Junior Team): 1.43.670
Marco Faccani (Althea BMW Racing Team): 1.43.769
Julian Puffe (Althea MF 84): 1.46.176