Portimao Preseason Testing

Preseason testing underway in Portimao

Test Results Day 1:
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu - ROKiT BMW Motorrad - BMW M1000 RR - 1:40.650
2. Axel Bassani - Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team - Bimota KB998 - 1:40.679
3. Nicolo Bulega - Aruba.it Racing Ducati - Ducati Panigale V4 R - 1:40.748
4. Remy Gardner - GYTR GRT Yamaha - Yamaha R1 - 1:40.749
5. Jonathan Rea - Pata Prometeon Yamaha - Yamaha R1 - 1:41.100
6. Garrett Gerloff - Kawasaki WorldSBK Team - Kawasaki ZX-10RR - 1:41.164
7. Xavi Vierge - Team HRC - Honda CBR1000RR-R - 1:41.295
8. Danilo Petrucci - Barni Spark Racing - Ducati Panigale V4 R - 1:41.369
9. Sam Lowes - Marc VDS Racing Team - Ducati Panigale V4 R - 1:41.580
10. Michael van der Mark - ROKiT BMW Motorrad - BMW M1000 RR - 1:41.732
11. Alex Lowes - Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team - Bimota KB998 - 1:41.819
12. Alvaro Bautista - Aruba.it Racing Ducati - Ducati Panigale V4 R - 1:42.141
13. Andrea Locatelli - Pata Prometeon Yamaha - Yamaha R1 - 1:42.245
14. Scott Redding - MGM Bonovo - Ducati Panigale V4 R - 1:42.260
15. Ryan Vickers - Motocorsa Racing - Ducati Panigale V4 R - 1:42.584
16. Dominique Aegerter - GYTR GRT Yamaha - Yamaha R1 - 1:42.634
17. Yari Montella - Barni Spark Racing - Ducati Panigale V4 R - 1:42.964
18. Bahattin Sofuoglu - Motoxracing Yamaha - Yamaha R1 - 1:43.078
19. Tito Rabat - Motoxracing Yamaha - Yamaha R1 - 1:43.222
20. Markus Reiterberger - ROKiT BMW Motorrad - BMW M1000 RR - 1:43.286
21. Sylvain Guintoli - ROKiT BMW Motorrad - BMW M1000 RR - 1:43.713
22. Tarran Mackenzie - Petronas MIE Racing Team - Honda CBR1000RR-R - 1:43.961
23. Iker Lecuona - Team HRC - Honda CBR1000RR-R - 1:44.841
24. Tetsuta Nagashima - Team HRC - Honda CBR1000RR-R - 1:45.196
25. Xavi Fores - Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team - Bimota KB998 - 1:55.814


Test Results Day 2:
1. Alex Lowes - Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team - Bimota KB998 - 1:42.096
2. Toprak Razgatlioglu - ROKiT BMW Motorrad - BMW M1000 RR - 1:42.101
3. Alvaro Bautista - Aruba.it Racing Ducati - Ducati Panigale V4 R - 1:43.061
4. Andrea Locatelli - Pata Prometeon Yamaha - Yamaha R1 - 1:43.131
5. Remy Gardner - GYTR GRT Yamaha - Yamaha R1 - 1:43.373
6. Xavi Fores - Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team - Bimota KB998 - 1:46.090
7. Ryan Vickers - Motocorsa Racing - Ducati Panigale V4 R - 1:46.369
8. Tetsuta Nagashima - Team HRC - Honda CBR1000RR-R - 1:46.438
9. Tito Rabat - Motoxracing Yamaha - Yamaha R1 - 1:46.847
10. Iker Lecuona - Team HRC - Honda CBR1000RR-R - 1:47.368
11. Xavi Vierge - Team HRC - Honda CBR1000RR-R - 1:59.962
12. Markus Reiterberger - ROKiT BMW Motorrad - BMW M1000 RR - 2:01.836
13. Dominique Aegerter - GYTR GRT Yamaha - Yamaha R1 - 2:04.149
14. Yari Montella - Barni Spark Racing - Ducati Panigale V4 R - 2:04.264
15. Bahattin Sofuoglu - Motoxracing Yamaha - Yamaha R1 - 2:08.717

Interesting seeing Bimota up there

Hollywood said:

Interesting seeing Bimota up there

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Kawasaki have made good superbikes in the past

Sennas_Caress said:

Kawasaki have made good superbikes in the past

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I thought its just the kawasaki engine in the Bimota chassis?

Hollywood said:

Interesting seeing Bimota up there

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Yeah, they appear to have gotten the chassis and bodywork correct on the first attempt. Not easy to do. We'll see what happens as the season progresses.

This is a curious direction for WSBK to take. Bimota don't even make a factory superbike based upon the ZX-10R so it's unclear how the team is getting homologation for the bike.