After a new WorldSSP lap record was set on Monday, the WorldSBK lap record tumbled as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu topped the test.

Like Jerez andℱ Portimao, Alex Lowes was the leading Kawasaki rider as he set a time of 1:29.211s to finish fifth fastest.

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Speaking about the grip on offer, Lowes said: “The test was good. The new surface is really fast, so it feels like a different track to the one꧑ we used in the ♋past.

“We worked really♑ hard on trying to make the use🍃d tyres last and it is going to be interesting to see what the organisers do.

“For me, the tyres were OK, even after 18-19 laps. But for some people after six or seven laps, they are struggling. I was using the SC2 in the front, trying to make the bike♔ work♊ well over the longer distance.

“So, if we make a pitstop some of today’s work will not𓄧 be relevant. The bike felt nice to ride around the track, and there is so much grip that every corner you havꦫe your elbow on the floor.

“I guess it is about 1.5 seconds per lap faster than the past, so it is hard to ꧋get your head around it.

“The lap times are so, so close between around 15 riders, if we have a shorter race then the guys𝕴 with a lot of power and more top speed will not have to look after their tyres𒉰 as much.

“We will wait and see. The 🦹guys in the team did a really good job. We had no issues and I think we did 90 laps, which is a good day’s work. I am now looking forward to race weekend.”

Team-mate Axel Bassani also finished in the top ten as he managed to close the🌄 gap between hims𒁏elf and Lowes.

Jerez and Portimao pr💎oved tough for the new Kawasaki rider, who replaced six-time world champion Jonathan Rea after spending three seasons at Motocorsa Ducati.

But like Lowes, Bassani showed good sp﷽eed and was content with his perfꩵormance.

“The test I think was good,” began Bassani. “We tried a lot ༺of things anಌd every time we made a little step forward.

“꧑We started to be near the top five. It was not easy because now the level is incredible. Today, for two tenths or three tenths, I was tenth or 11th. Incredible, a crazy situation. But we did, I think, a really good job.

ꦑ“At the end of the day we started to push to set some fast laps. I made a mistake in the first sector of my best lap, so I think it was possible to be higher up the order without that mistake.

“Looking to the race wee🐽kend, I think our pace over race distance is not bad. All the riders seem to have a problem with the tyres after ten or 12 laps, so we will see what happens.

“At the moment, for me, i꧑t is better to divide the long races in two, but we wil💎l see what they decide.”