Former 250GP World Champion and MotoGP contender Max Biaggi has finished another test session with the Aprilia ART bike, turning in 176 laps over three days at Mugello.

The Roman Emperor ended with a best time of 1’50.940, which compares favourably with Scott Redding’s qualifying time of 1’49.302 at the Italian circuit on the production Honda and is two-tenths quicker than Michael Laverty.

“The balance of these three days is definitely positive. From all points of view, adaptation to the bike, the tyres, brakes, not to mention the physical effort with so many laps, it becomes important especially if you have not been on the bike for a long time,” said Biaggi.

“We did a good job, we were able to evaluate the different solutions available and I think I've provided some good ideas to the team.”

Aprilia racing boss Romano Albesiano added: "Max’s pace was very good and we have gathered valuable data. There is little more to add than what has been said already this week. We decided to try Biaggi because we knew we would get important information from his experience, so from this point of view, the test went as planned.”