Parkalgar Honda team boss Simon Buckmaster has called for a blanket testing ban in World Superbikes as soon as the season stars so that teams with bigger budgets can't buy themselves an advantage.

The former 500GP racer, who has been with the fledgling Supersport team since day one, reckons that although the class has lost its Friday morning practice session it has improved matters.

"The problem starts when the testing rule for Supersport and indeed Superstock is now completely free, this means with less event track time teams with more budget will be tempted to do more separate testing to give them an advantage," he said.

"I suggest a total test ban once the season has started with only an agreed amount of official tests allowed on tracks holding rounds. If any of us need to test something we would have to do so at a non-championship track. This would be the biggest cost reduction and would not change the results.

"In my opinion the new (practice) format is better. Some teams object but I think this is only because we are all apprehensive of change. Some of the teams wanted two qualifying sessions with arguments like ‘what if it’s wet?’ or ‘if my rider has a problem or crashes in the one and only qualifying session’?

"Well to that I say if it’s wet it is wet for all so no problems there and we all know there is only one session so we must as a team approach it in the correct way. How can it be a problem, MotoGP has only one session for qualifying and in effect so does WSB as only the last session decides the top 20 places on the grid. With two free sessions before qualifying I believe we have a better situation for setting the bike up for the race, which is what we are all there for."