Baz, Melandri, Haslam and Rea test SBK at Motorland Aragón

The Motorland Aragón circuit has hosted tests by several teams from the World Superbike and Supersport Championships in recent days, so there has been plenty of activity on the Aragonese track, with teams including Honda Pata running with riders from both championships, official Aprilia and KRT.

For the Honda Pata team, these have been two very interesting days at Motorland Aragón, above all for Jonathan Rea, who was able to ride intensively after suffering a femur fracture at the SBK round at the Nürburgring, setting a best lap of 1:57.4. But Rea was not the only one on track: his teammate Leon Haslam was also testing and fine-tuning his new machine for next season, the CBR 1000 RR, setting a time of 1:58.5.

Meanwhile, Aprilia Racing was only able to get Marco Melandri out on track, as Sylvain Guintoli is still recovering from the operation he underwent a few weeks ago to treat his shoulder pain. The Italian completed a total of 102 laps, with a best time of 1:58.0 on his new machine.

At KRT, the champion Tom Sykes was absent, as he had to return home in those days to be present for the birth of his first daughter, so congratulations to the proud parents on the arrival of their little one. For that reason, Loris Baz was the only rider from the team on track, adding more than 100 laps to his personal tally on the ZX-10 R over the two days. The Frenchman closed with a best time of 1:57.0 using qualifying tyres; with race tyres (SC1) he set a 1:57.7.

Before the winter ban on private testing comes into force, the teams will return to the track on 25 and 26 November at the Jerez circuit, continuing until the 27th in the case of the Aprilia Racing team.

Source | WorldSBK