Spies Second In Kyalami

Gordon Ritchie | December 10, 2008
With Troy Bayliss now retired, his former Ducati Xerox teammate Michael Fabrizio stepped into the spotlight on the first day of testing at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa with Michel Fabrizio leading the way over Yamaha Motor Italia’s Ben Spies.

Fabrizio lapped at a best of 1:41.204 with Spies second at 1:41.599.

A full report will follow…

Day One – World Superbike

Michael Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 1:41.204

Ben Spies (Yamaha Motor Italia) 1:41.599

Max Neukirchner (Suzuki Alstare) 1:41.713

Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox) 1:41.730

Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki Alstare) 1:41.755

Shinya Nakano (Aprilia Racing) 1:41.846

Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) 1:42.446

Ryuichi Kiyonari (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) 1:42.774

Troy Corser (BMW) 1:42.975

Ruben Xaus (BMW) 1:43.273

Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) 1:43.418

Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) 1:44.496

Tom Sykes (Yamaha Motor Italia) 1:46.780

World Supersport

Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) 1:44.500

Andrew Pitt (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) 1:44.512

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