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Official testing results from day two (session two) of the 2019 World Superbike pre-season test at Phillip Island, Australia. Session two 1. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 1m 30.326s 32 laps

Official testing results from day two (session one) of the 2019 World Superbike pre-season test at Phillip Island, Australia. Session one 1. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 1m 30.303s 24 laps

Phillip Island World Superbike Monday test times World Superbike debutant Alvaro Bautista has topped both test sessions on the opening day of the Phillip Island test ahead of the

Official testing results from day one (session two) of the 2019 World Superbike pre-season test at Phillip Island, Australia. Session two 1. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 1m 30.743s* 61 laps

Official testing results from day one (session one) of the 2019 World Superbike pre-season test at Phillip Island, Australia. Session 1 1. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 1m 30.743s 37 laps

Caution is needed when a new fairing appears during MotoGP testing, for two main reasons.

Andrea Dovizioso feels trying to accurately gauge Honda’s pace at the start of 2019 pre-season testing is impossible due to Marc Marquez and Cal Crutchlow returning from their respective operations while Jorge Lorenzo is out injured.

Valentino Rossi has described Ducati’s qualifying speed at the Sepang test as “incredible” while his fears over race pace are subdued despite hunting Yamaha gains.

Jack Miller didn’t hide his approval of Ducati’s single-lap pace advantage at the end of the Sepang MotoGP test but concedes worries still remain about its long run speed against its rivals.

UPDATE: We can now see that the switch does indeed lower the rear of the bike for the race start...

Rookie Francesco Bagnaia thinks he has only understood 65% of what it takes to become a MotoGP rider, but that was still good enough to finish second fastest - under the all-time lap record - during this week's official Sepang test.

Andrea Dovizioso has dismissed Ducati’s domination on the final day of the Sepang MotoGP test as a nice show but ultimately unrepresentative of the whole grid’s true pace as he continues to demand “something more”.

The third and final day of the official 2019 Sepang MotoGP test got off to a flying start with Petrucci, Bagnaia, Miller, Dovizioso and Vinales beating the previous fastest ever two-wheel lap of the Malaysian circuit.

UPDATE 2: Danilo Petrucci fell at turn 5 while trying the new Ducati fairing, which Pramac's Jack Miller also received.

Andrea Dovizioso has talked up the harmonious atmosphere in Ducati’s garage for 2019 after he and Danilo Petrucci helped one another during a ten-lap run in the second day of MotoGP testing at Sepang.

Vinales and Yamaha move to the top of the timesheets on day two of official 2019 MotoGP testing at Sepang, after a late push saw the Spaniard edge out countryman Rins (Suzuki) who in turn toppled long-time leader Dovizioso (Ducati).

Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali has sent out a resounding message to Aruba.it Racing Ducati to “become the king of SBK” with the launch of the new V4 R ahead of the 2019 World Superbike championship.

Chaz Davies believes the development progress Ducati has made with its MotoGP bikes in recent seasons means direct benefits will be felt getting the new V4 R up to speed in the World Superbike championship.

The Aruba.it Racing Ducati squad has officially presented the new V4 R which will contest the 2019 World Superbike championship.

World Superbike technical director Scott Smart lays out the pros and cons in the arguments to bring in a single-specification ECU, the health of the production series in the boom of MotoGP and the Jonathan Rea factor.

Sylvain Barrier will stay in the Bennetts British Superbike championship after securing a ride with new team Brixx Ducati.

Valentino Rossi’s ranch has inspired Dakar Rally winner Nasser Al-Attiyah to create his own ranch near Barcelona ( Marca )

Overnight back pain restrained Chaz Davies on the second day of the Jerez World Superbike test but confirmed the injury wasn’t connect to his day one off at the Spanish track.

Eugene Laverty is aiming to gauge the performance level of the new Ducati V4 R with his Team Go Eleven squad after a successful debut test day.