Britain’s Alex Lowes is now properly getting to grips with the factory YZF-R1 he will campaign in next year’s World Superbike Championship and put in his best-ever lap of Motorland Aragon yesterday in the second day of testing.

Lowes put in 88 laps across the two days, improving his familiarity and confidence with his R1 and setting increasingly positive and consistent lap times while working on corner-entry.

"This afternoon we finally really got going after waiting for the weather - we didn't have much time on track yesterday and today was a long morning waiting for the fog to clear. We did a race simulation and then some work on the bike, setting-wise, getting a better feeling on corner-entry,” said Lowes.

“We are getting better every time we go out, we still have a lot to learn but I feel really good, it was my best-ever lap around here and I'm starting to really understand the YZF-R1. I still feel like there is a lot more to come but it was fun and I am feeling like I was getting more out of the bike this afternoon. I'm looking forward to Jerez.”