Checa on a roll in third SBK test session

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Ducati riders continue to dominate in testing at Phillip Island this morning, with Carlos Checa (Ducati Althea Racing), Sylvain Guintoli and Jakub Smrz (Effenbert - Liberty Racing) all setting rapid times. The Spaniard was on superb form and ended up more than six-tenths of a second quicker than his French rival with an astonishing time of 1 minute 30.578 seconds, well under Regis Laconi's circuit best lap from 2009.

Jonathan Rea (Castrol Honda) was the only rider to get in between the twins in third place. Another Spanish rider, Joan Lascorz is showing impressive form here in testing , setting fifth quickest time on the factory Kawasaki machine, followed by Michel Fabrizio (Suzuki Alstare) and Marco Melandri (Yamaha).

Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) only went out on the track at around ten o'clock and settled for eleventh quickest time.

All four BMWs were in single file in the timesheets, but down in 14th to 17th places in this session. Leon Haslam is the best at the moment, but had two crashes this morning, luckily without any consequences.