WSB teams gather for Imola testing

Just 48 hours after Sunday's eighth round of the championship at Misano World Circuit, all the top World Superbike teams will be back in action again tomorrow just a short distance up the Adriatic Riviera motorway, at Imola's Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit for two days of mid-season testing.

The tests, organized by Infront Motor Sports, will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, and will see the presence of the seven factory or factory representing teams as well as a handful of top privateer squads.

Sunday's double race winner and points leader Max Biaggi heads the line-up for the Aprilia Alitalia team along with Leon Camier, with the regular runners from BMW Motorrad (Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus), Ducati Xerox (Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio), Hannspree Ten Kate Honda (Jonathan Rea and Max Neukirchner), Kawasaki Racing Team (Chris Vermeulen and Tom Sykes), Suzuki Alstare (Leon Haslam and Sylvain Guintoli) and Yamaha Sterilgarda (James Toseland and Cal Crutchlow) making up the big names. Carlos Checa and Shane Byrne will test their Althea Racing Ducatis, along with Lorenzo Lanzi (DFX Corse Ducati) and Broc Parkes (Echo CRS Honda).

Track time is scheduled to be a total of 15 hours, enough for the teams to sift through various tyre, chassis and electronic solutions, put in some valuable pre-Brno lappery, and get ready for this year's race at the Santerno track on September 24-26.