First FP1 blood goes to Checa
An impressive third was Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing) who is rapidly proving to be right on the pace together with his ZX-10R machine, in his first year of World Superbike. Behind the Spaniard can be found Leon Haslam who made a late charge up the field on his BMW. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) is in sixth, just behind Sylvain Guintoli on the Effenbert - Liberty Racing Ducati. Marco Melandri's first official session on the Yamaha YZF-R1 was a positive one with the Italian setting the eighth quickest time ahead of Michale Fabrizio (Suzuki Alstare) and team-mate Eugene Laverty.