Aruba Ducati’s Davide Giugliano went a second under the existing circuit best World Superbike laptime, held by Loris Baz, on the final day of testing at Jerez but he was held hard by the Kawasaki duo of Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea.

Giugliano, who used a Pirelli qualifier as did many of the other men, put in a 1’39.332 but then crashed and his track time was limited to just 40-odd laps while Sykes and Rea played catch-up.

It was the former champion was won the KRT battle, finishing a little under four tenths behind the Italian on a 1’39.614 while Rea was half a tenth further back. Chaz Davies, on the second Panigale, was fourth but suffered a crash at about the same time at Giugliano.

Leon Haslam recovered from yesterday’s disaster, where gremlins kept him in the garage almost solidly to set the fifth fastest time and end just under three-quarters of the second off the pace.

He was followed by fellow Briton and close friend Alex Lowes on the Crescent Suzuki and by the only Pata Honda rider on track today, Michael van der Mark; Guintoli was ruled out of the test due to yesterday’s early crash.

Series rookie Nico Terol (Althea Ducati) improved his performance today as he was only 1.4s slower than Giugliano’s super-quick lap time. Frenchman Randy De Puniet crashed out twice but managed to end up ninth, faster than Matteo Baiocco and Jordi Torres.

Jerez World Superbike test day two - conditions dry

1 Davide Giugliano Aruba Ducati 1’39.332
2 Tom Sykes Kawasaki +0.362
3 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki +0.413
4 Chaz Davies Aruba Ducati +0.730
5 Leon Haslam Red Devils Aprilia +0.737
6 Alex Lowes Crescent Suzuki +0.827
7 Michael van der Mark Pata Honda +1.258
8 Nico Terol Althea Ducati +1.433
9 Randy de Puniet Crescent +1.645
10 Matteo Baiocco Althea Ducati +2.080
11 Jordi Torres Red Devils Aprilia +2.651
12 Sylvain Barrier BMW Italia +2.672
13 David Salom Pedercini Kawasaki +2.852
14 Tati Mercado Barni Ducati +3.245
15 Nico Canepa Hero EBR +3.411
16 Larry Pegram Hero EBR +7.664