Xerox Ducati's Noriyuki Haga crashed again on the second day of World Superbike testing at Phillip Island, lobbing it at the left-hand Southern Loop – exactly the same place as yesterday.

The Samurai of Slide reckons he isn't as happy with the front end of his 1198R as he would like to be and will be doing some more suspension work come free practice at Friday's first round.

"I feel I’m starting to know the bike better but we still have work to do in order to test all the configurations that the bike permits. I rode race distance which was a useful exercise and I was quite happy with the wear of the tyres, especially the front," said Haga.

"On Friday we want to test some different suspension settings as I am not yet totally comfortable with the front. I’m sorry that I crashed again in exactly the same way and place as yesterday but accidents happen and overall I’m happy with the work we’ve done here.”