BAYLISS (DUCATI XEROX) SECOND IN FGSPORT OFFICIAL TWO-DAY
TEST AT VALLELUNGA
 Troy
Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) was second quickest with a time of
1m36.556s, just a fraction behind Ruben Xaus (Ducati Sterilgarda),
in two days of FGSport official testing action at a scorching
Vallelunga circuit on the outskirts of Rome.
This was the first time most of the WSBK teams had got to
grips with the 4.110 km Vallelunga track in view of the penultimate
round of the championship on September 30, although the Ducati
Xerox Team had already tested here back in February, when
conditions were much cooler.
After almost ten hours of testing, Bayliss was satisfied
with his time, set on the Sunday morning with a qualifying
tyre. But also on race set-up, the Australian was pretty happy
with the way the test had gone.
"We've just done a lot of laps basically and didn't
really learn much here this afternoon because the track was
hotter and not as fast and we didn't try any more soft tyres"
commented Troy. "But all in all the feeling's reasonably
good on the bike and now we've got a bit of a break until
the next race in Brno, which is probably the most difficult
race of the year for us. I did this morning's time on a qualifier
but we're not too bad on race tyres either, even though we
didn't do a full long-run. When we come back here it's going
to be a bit cooler so it's not really useful. The times are
quite a bit quicker than in the February test but we didn't
have any other bikes here then and the other guys are all
going pretty strong now".
Team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi, who set eleventh quickest time,
was unable to complete the second afternoon of testing at
Vallelunga as his right ankle was still swollen from the effects
of a trial-bike accident earlier in the week.
"Unfortunately these two days of testing were conditioned
by a minor injury that I picked up during the week, which
also prevented me from taking part in the final session"
declared Lorenzo. "However we managed to find some good
solutions for the race here in September. We also have a clear
idea of what tyres to use seeing as the conditions in the
race will probably be similar to those we have encountered
over the last couple of days. Despite the fact that I wasn't
completely fit, I lapped just a few tenths of a second slower
than Troy with race tyres. Unfortunately I was not able to
get the best out of the qualifying tyres, but this result
makes me optimistic for the race in September."
TIMES: 1. Xaus (Ducati) 1m36.382s; 2. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox)
1m36.556s; 3. Corser (Yamaha) 1m36.731s; 4. Toseland (Honda)
1m36.783s; 5. Biaggi (Suzuki) 1m37.440s; 6. Laconi (Kawasaki)
1m37.455s; 7. Haga (Yamaha) 1m37.506s; 8. Rolfo (Honda) 1m37.647s;
... 11. Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) 1m37.873s.
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