Fabrizio right on the pace in Imola testing

A 1 minute 48.670 seconds lap from Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) saw him top the first session of official testing at Imola, almost one second away from his own winning pole time set in the 2009 season. Second in the early rankings was Leon Haslam, with a 1'49.048 on his Suzuki Alstare machine, then Yamaha Sterilgarda man Cal Crutchlow, just over 0.3 seconds from Haslam.

The championship's one-make tyre supplier, Pirelli, has brought a considerable quantity of new material to the tests, in view of the second part of the season and in particular the Imola round at the end of September. Today's high temperatures (air 34°/track 50°) will also give some valid indications in view of the opening round of the 2011 championship scheduled for Phillip Island. With this new material Fabrizio set the quickest time right at the end of the session.