Another Lap Record for Ducati at Kyalami
On the penultimate lap of a 25-lap morning race simulation, the Australian Bayliss set a time of 1:43.027, an excellent result for all the workdone by Ducati Corse over the past few days. The time was around three-tenths of a second quicker than the best laps set in both races last year. Shortly afterwards Bayliss bolted on a set of qualifying tires and dipped under the 1:42.0 mark with a time of 1:41.904, another record after the one he set yesterday.
Ben Bostrom was also on excellent form at Kyalami and improved his personal best with fourth quickest time overall today. Fellow Ducatirider Ruben Xaus had to interrupt his practice session half way through the morning because the Spanish rider was still feeling the effects ofhis crash here a few days ago and preferred not to take any further risks.
TEMPERATURE: AM air 20°/ground 24° - PM 30°/48°
WEATHER: mainly clear skies
“我满意的工作setting the bike up and we will sort the final details out in qualifying for the race in April. We're not far off from getting the bike perfect", said Ben Bostrom. "We did some good tire testing and Dunlop brought me some excellent rubber. I had no problems on the straight today. When you overshoot, you have to go into the run-off area and lay the bike down in the gravel because the barrier is pretty close. I can't wait to get back here for the race and put to good use all the data we acquired during these tests".
TODAY'S UNOFFICIAL TIMES:1. Hodgson (GSE Ducati) 1'41.4772. Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) 1'41.9043. Corser (Aprilia) 1'42.0674. Bostrom (Ducati Corse) 1'42.2905. Chili (Suzuki) 1'42.3476. Lavilla (Kawasak) 1'43.4047. Yanagawa (Kawasaki) 1'43.512KYALAMI WINTER TESTING OVERALL TIMES:1. Hodgson 1'41.4772. Bayliss 1'41.9043. Corser 1'42.0674. Bostrom 1'42.2905. Chili 1'42.3476. Edwards 1'42.3917. Xaus 1'43.2278. Okada 1'43.2449. Lavilla 1'43.40410. Chambon 1'43.689
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