Winter test Phillip Island, Australia 8/10 January 2008

8th January 2008, Phillip Island (Australia) - On the most spectacular racetrack of the Championship, SBK and SSP riders have just ended the first of three days of Pirelli development test.

After Qatar where development riders tested many new solutions that are announcing a great season, here in Australia the first day has given some interesting news.
Both SBK and SSP riders used the first day for fine tuning the bike and to find the best setup. As always in the first day Pirelli technicians do not use the new material, but test the best solution selected from the current (2007) season different rubber.

This means that non-development teams taking part of the test have the same tyres, but starting from tomorrow things will change.

In the first day Ducati new bike confirmed to be more than an interesting project, with riders able to exploit the softest solution for many laps with no decay of the tyre. Best time of the day went to Troy Bayliss, able to stop the watch on 1'32.5.

SBK (Day1)

	Rider	Bike	Team	Best Lap
1	Bayliss	Ducati 1098R F08	Ducati Xerox	1'32.5
2	Haga	Yamaha YZF R1	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB	1'32.8
3	Kagayama	Suzuki GSXR1000K7	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	1'32.9
4	Nieto	Suzuki GSXR1000K7	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	1'33.2
5	Fabrizio	Ducati 1098R F08	Ducati Xerox	1'33.4
5	Corser	Yamaha YZF R1	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB	1'33.4
7	Biaggi	Ducati 1098R F08	Sterilgarda Go Eleven	1'33.5
7	Xaus	Ducati 1098R F08	Sterilgarda Go Eleven	1'33.5
8	Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse	1'34.0
9	Neukirchner	Suzuki GSXR1000K7	Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra	1'35.5
10	Tamada	Kawasaki ZX-10R	Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse	1'35.8

SS Supersport

	Rider	Bike	Team	Best Lap
1	Parkes	Yamaha YZF R1	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB	1'35.2
2	Pitt	Honda CBR1000RR	Hannspree Ten Kate Honda	1'35.7
3	Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	Hannspree Ten Kate Honda	1'35.8
4	Brookes	Honda CBR1000RR	Stiggy Motorsport	1'36.3
5	Mc Coy	Triumph 675	Triumph – SC	1'36.4
6	Foret	Yamaha YZF R1	Yamaha Motor Italia WSB	1'36.6
6	Walker	Kawasaki ZX6R	Kawasaki Gil Motorsport	1'36.6
7	Fujiwara	Triumph 675	Triumph – SC	1'36.9
8	Harms	Honda CBR1000RR	Stiggy Motorsport	1'36.7