MotoGP exile Randy De Puniet has set the fastest unofficial lap during the second day of testing at Jerez on the hybrid Aprilia CRT bike, lapping more than a second faster than Colin Edwards on his BMW-engined Suter.
De Puniet, who looks likely to race the Aprilia for Jorge Martinez's team next season and has the support of the factory's test team in Spain, went round in 1'41.5 compared to Edwards' 1'42.6 on a bike that is not quite to WSB-spec but not exactly a CRT machine either.
It has an RSV4 motor with gear-driven cams and midly-tweaked frame but is sporting carbon brakes and Bridgestone tyres - so illegal in both series. It is also more than ten kilos over the CRT weight limit. Pole for the 2011 Jerez MotoGP race was 1'38.757 but De Puniet's time would have been fourth quickest the last time 990s ran at the Andalucian track.
Ivan Silva is third quickest on the FTR BQR Kawasaki and lapped at 1'43.5 while Yonny Hernandez, also on a BQR Kawasaki, was a further half-second in arrears.
