Phillip Island Test Times

1 Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team 1:28.511s
2 Nicolo Bulega ITA Aruba.it - Ducati +0.074s
3 Andrea Locatelli ITA Pata Prometeon Yamaha +0.324s
4 Andrea Iannone ITA GoEleven Ducati +0.490s
5 Alex Lowes GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +0.700s
6 Michael Rinaldi ITA Team Motocorsa Ducati +0.702s
7 Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it - Ducati +0.767s
8 Scott Redding GBR Bonovo Action BMW +0.859s
9 Remy Gardner AUS GYTR GRT Yamaha Team +0.888s
10 Axel Bassani ITA Kawasaki Racing Team +0.895s
11 Sam Lowes GBR ELF Marc VDS Racing Team +0.921s
12 Danilo Petrucci ITA Barni Spark Racing Team +0.957s
13 Dominique Aegerter SUI GYTR GRT Yamaha Team +1.137s
14 Michael Van Der Mark NED ROKiT BMW Motorrad Team +1.205s
15 Jonathan Rea GBR Pata Prometeon Yamaha +1.455s
16 Xavi Vierge ESP Team HRC +1.466s
17 Philipp Oettl GER GMT94 Yamaha +1.475s
18 Garrett Gerloff USA Bonovo Action BMW +1.870s
19 Iker Lecuona ESP Team HRC +1.957s
20 Bradley Ray GBR Yamaha Motoxracing Team +2.048s
21 Tito Rabat ESP Kawasaki Puccetti +2.518s
22 Tarran Mackenzie GBR PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda +3.069s
23 Adam Norrodin MAS PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda +3.577s

This could be a really interesting season. Toprak is at the front, but Bulega might be stronger over the season. Psycho Joe could be a contender? Rea and Bautista lying in wait for the actual points scoring?

Gerloff not doing himself any favors during this test. He was strong elsewhere, but this track seems to have he and his team foiled. VdM not having a great showing, either.

Season starts in a couple of days. Should be fun!

Havey said:

The new surface is proving to be very high in grip, and lower in tyre consumption, lap records have been broken.
Looks like being a great race.

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Good point. The Phillip Island surface is so new and grippy, these times may not be indicative of what the riders do for the rest of the season. Some riders have been fast at all tests in all conditions. Other riders seem to gel better with lower grip scenarios.

Could be an interesting season. Happy that Bulega will be making an immediate impact.

It appears that Phillip Island will feature flag to flag races due to the repavement. Grip is high but Pirelli doesn't trust the tires or the teams. Unsure if that also affects the superpole race. I haven't looked that closely.

I guess these testing times are meaningless now. Everyone will pitstop during the race for fresh tires. Could be an interesting opener.