Xerox Ducati's Noriyuki Haga had to give best to title rival and World Superbike rookie Ben Spies on day the second and final day of testing at Monza.

The Samurai of Slide was two tenths of a second slower than the Factory Yamaha man, according to unofficial figures, but he reckons that testing is one thing and racing is another.

“Basically my performance was similar to that of yesterday, no better, no worse. We tried yet another suspension setting but didn’t really find any improvement over what we had tried until now," said Haga.

"However I am happy with my times, happy with my bike and happy with the tyres we have tried during these two days. So we hope that everything goes well for the race too but the problem is that the race is never the same as testing and many factors can change!

"Before we come back to Monza, we have Assen of course and I’m really looking forward to riding the 1198 there, it should be an interesting weekend.”

Unofficial times, day two:

Ben Spies (Yamaha) 1m45.3s
Noriyuki Haga (Ducati) 1m45.5s
Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) 1m45.6s
Max Neukirchner (Suzuki) 1m45.8s
Tom Sykes (Yamaha) 1m45.8s
Karl Muggeridge (Suzuki) 1m46.0s
Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki) 1m46.3s
Ruben Xaus (BMW) 1m46.8s
Troy Corser (BMW) 1m47.1s