Alex Lowes is on the pace during World Superbiketesting at Jerez, setting a fastest lap less than a second slower than reigning world champion Tom Sykes and ahead of the Pata Honda duo.
Riding the Voltcom Suzuki, Lowes put in a best of 1'41.2 at the Spanish track compared to Sykes' best of 1'40.3 but the WSBK rookie matched the time of Aprilia new boy Marco Melandri and was a full second ahead of Leon Haslam.
Eugene Laverty, who made his debut on the GSX-R1000 on Monday, has apparently suffered some electronics problems and put in a 1'42.9. Christian Iddon has also been out testing an Evo-spec Kawasaki World Superbike, lapping at 1'43.0.
Jerez WSBK test times
1. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) 1'40.3
2. Loris Baz (Kawasaki) 1'40.9
3. Marco Melandri (Aprilia) 1'41.2
4. Alex Lowes (Suzuki) 1'41.2
5. Jonathan Rea (Honda) 1'41.8
6. Leon Haslam (Honda) 1'42.2
7. David Salom (Kawasaki) 1'42.6 EVO
8. Sylvain Barrier (BMW) 1'42.6 EVO
9. Eugene Laverty (Suzuki) 1'42.9
10. Claudio Corti (MV Agusta) 1'42.9
11. Alessandro Andreozzi (Kawasaki) 1'42.9 (EVO)
12. Christian Iddon (Kawasaki) 1'43.0 (EVO)
13. Luca Scassa (Kawasaki) 1'43.2 (EVO)
14. Jeremy Guarnoni (Kawasaki) 1'43.5 (EVO)