Cal Crutchlow was the fastest overall rider at World Superbike’s two-day testing session at Imola this week. Showing marked improvements over the course of the testing sessions, Crutchlow has his best times during Wednesday’s sessions, as did many of the riders.
Leading the pack on Tuesday was Leon Haslam. Haslam crashed twice on Wednesday though, with his last crash involving Shane Byrne. Bryne ended up cutting his hand during the incident, and it is expected that he broke his second metacarpal bone.
Noriyuki Haga looked to have regained his form, and finished fifth from the testing, while his teammate Michel Fabrizio showed impressive times, finishing second. Absent from the leader board tussle was Max Biaggi, who finished in just 9th place after the two days of testing. Full results after the jump.
World Superbike Test Times from Imola, Itay:
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Time | Laps |
| 1 | 35 | CRUTCHLOW Cal (GBR) | Yamaha Sterilgarda Team | 1’47.478 | 125 |
| 2 | 84 | FABRIZIO Michel (ITA) | Ducati Xerox Team | 1’47.854 | 126 |
| 3 | 91 | HASLAM Leon (GBR) | Team Suzuki Alstare | 1’47.966 | 145 |
| 4 | 65 | REA Jonathan (GBR) | HANNspree Ten Kate Honda | 1’47.990 | 153 |
| 5 | 41 | HAGA Noriyuki (JPN) | Ducati Xerox Team | 1’48.096 | 123 |
| 6 | 7 | CHECA Carlos (ESP) | Althea Racing | 1’48.147 | 118 |
| 7 | 111 | XAUS Ruben (ESP) | BMW Motorrad Motorsport | 1’48.329 | 71 |
| 8 | 67 | BYRNE Shane (GBR) | Althea Racing | 1’48.666 | 97 |
| 9 | 3 | BIAGGI Max (ITA) | Aprilia Alitalia Racing | 1’48.690 | 114 |
| 10 | 66 | SYKES Tom (GBR) | Kawasaki Racing Team | 1’48.943 | 160 |
| 11 | 52 | TOSELAND James (GBR) | Yamaha Sterilgarda Team | 1’49.031 | 127 |
| 12 | 11 | CORSER Troy (AUS) | BMW Motorrad Motorsport | 1’49.079 | 91 |
| 13 | 2 | CAMIER Leon (GBR) | Aprilia Alitalia Racing | 1’49.186 | 123 |
| 14 | 50 | GUINTOLI Sylvain (FRA) | Team Suzuki Alstare | 1’49.214 | 148 |
| 15 | 76 | NEUKIRCHNER Max (GER) | HANNspree Ten Kate Honda | 1’49.423 | 141 |
| 16 | 23 | PARKES Broc (AUS) | ECHO CRS Honda | 1’50.054 | 108 |
| 17 | 77 | VERMEULEN Chris (AUS) | Kawasaki Racing Team | 1’50.074 | 162 |
| 18 | 54 | SOFUOGLU Kenan (TUR) | HANNspree Ten Kate Honda | 1’51.572 | 123 |
| 19 | 26 | LASCORZ Joan (ESP) | Kawasaki Motocard.com | 1’51.781 | 177 |
| 20 | 51 | PIRRO Michele (ITA) | HANNspree Ten Kate Honda | 1’52.244 | 113 |
| 21 | 86 | BADOVINI Ayrton (ITA) | BMW Motorrad Italia STK | 1’52.375 | 35 |
| 22 | 20 | BARRIER Sylvain (FRA) | Garnier Junior Racing | 1’52.876 | 59 |
| 23 | 21 | BERGER Maxime (FRA) | Ten Kate Race Junior | 1’53.146 | 46 |
| 24 | 87 | ZANETTI Lorenzo (ITA) | SS Lazio Motorsport | 1’53.616 | 53 |
| 25 | 29 | BERETTA Daniele (ITA) | BMW Motorrad Italia STK | 1’53.622 | 81 |
| 26 | 6 | BAZ Loris (FRA) | MRS Racing | 1’54.835 | 58 |
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