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behind the winner, which is re-
ally not much at all."
One-off rider Michele Pirro on
the third Aruba.it Racing Ducati
was a respectable eighth on both
occasions. Only 10 seconds
off the win in what was a super-
close race two once everyone
had done their homework on the
strange new Misano asphalt.
The resurfaced venue offers
grip, and strange tire wear, with
the center section of some bikes
feeling it worst in some cases,
and other tires appearing to be
well worn on the sides but not
losing lap times because of it.
Unsurprisingly, Rea set a new
lap record on the new surface, a
1:34.720, in race two. That was
almost a second quicker than
the previous best from Sykes
in 2014, with maybe 20 more
horses to play with back then.
this. Unfortunately the bike has less
performance than three years ago not
because Aprilia forgot how to make a
good bike but just because the new
rules restrict you to go more close to
the standard bike. In this case there is
a little difference."
Roman Albesiano, boss of Aprilia
Racing was thrilled with Biaggi's early
pace, saying, "So far so good is the
right definition. For sure Max [Biaggi]
has made a lot of testing here so Max
has his bike perfectly tuned for the
track, Leon [Haslam] and [Jordi] Tor-
res still have to do this
kind of setup. We expect
the gap will reduce. But
Max is Max, so it is a
pleasure to watch him
riding like… he looks like he is going
slow. It is unbelievable. For sure his
bike is never unstable. It is really
fantastic."
Davies (7) just
missed the
podium in race
two, losing the
spot to fellow Brit
Leon Haslam (91).
The year of the World
Champion comeback
tour… Max Biaggi comes
out of retirement to have
another go at World
Superbike.
