Josh Brookes topped the timesheets on the second day of British Superbike Championship pre-season testing at Monteblanco as the underlined his title favourite status.
Riding the VisionTrack Paul Bird Motorsport Ducati, Brookes set his best lap time in the morning session with a 1m 37.424s proving seven tenths quicker than Jason O’Halloran’s Wednesday benchmark.
Danny Buchan was just a tenth off the former champion aboard the Massingberd-Mundy Kawasaki, with Hector Barbera getting to grips with the BMW S1000RR to go third for Rich Energy OMG Racing.
On a competitive day, O’Halloran was fourth quickest on the McAMS Yamaha but only two tenths from the top spot, ahead of Luke Mossey, Ryan Vickers and the Joe Francis, who continued to impress on the Lloyds & Jones PR Racing BMW.
Brookes’ team-mate Christian Iddon turned in the eighth best time from British Supersport Champion Jack Kennedy and Tommy Bridewell aboard the Oxford Ducati.
British Superbike Testing Results – Day 2/3
| BSB Pre-Season Testing - Monteblanco, Spain [Day 2/3] | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Josh Brookes | AUS | VisionTrack Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 37.424 |
| 2 | Danny Buchan | GBR | Massingberd-Mundy Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 37.538 |
| 3 | Hector Barbera | ESP | Rich Energy OMG Racing | BMW S1000RR | 1m 37.593 |
| 4 | Jason O'Halloran | AUS | McAMS Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m 37.623 |
| 5 | Luke Mossey | GBR | Rich Energy OMG Racing | BMW S1000RR | 1m 37.657 |
| 6 | Ryan Vickers | GBR | RAF Regular & Reserves | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 37.683 |
| 7 | Joe Francis | GBR | Lloyds & Jones PR Racing | BMW S1000RR | 1m 37.803 |
| 8 | Christian Iddon | GBR | VisionTrack Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 37.832 |
| 9 | Jack Kennedy | IRL | Santander Salt TAG Racing | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m 37.865 |
| 10 | Tommy Bridewell | GBR | Oxford Racing Products | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1m 37.092 |
| 11 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | McAMS Yamaha | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m 38.062 |
| 12 | Peter Hickman | GBR | Smiths Racing | BMW S1000RR | 1m 38.152 |
| 13 | Dan Linfoot | GBR | Santander Salt TAG Racing | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m 38.402 |
| 14 | Lee Jackson | GBR | Massingberd-Mundy Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 38.692 |
| 15 | Alex Olsen | GBR | Smiths Racing | BMW S1000RR | 1m 38.817 |
| 16 | Storm Stacey | GBR | GR Motorsport | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 38.903 |
| 17 | Dean Harrison | GBR | Silicone Engineering | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 39.286 |
| 18 | Josh Owens | GBR | CDH Racing | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 39.546 |
| 19 | Graeme Irwin | GBR | Team 64 Mototsport | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1m 40.382 |
| 20 | Matt Truelove | GBR | Truelove Brothers Racing | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m 40.899 |
