Reigning British Superbike Champion Shane Byrne has made his intentions entirely clear to the World Superbike paddock at Portimao over the last three days, being fastest in all the dry sessions, plus lapping quickest in the new Superpole format.

The Sterilgarda Ducati rider, who set the overall quickest time on a customer bike using race rubber, was faster than Troy Bayliss' outright lap record and only Yamaha's Ben Spies and Xerox Ducati new-boy Noriyuki Haga could live with him all weekend.
"I didn't expect to be fastest in the test to be honest but I'm not surprised," said Byrne. "The bike's working really well and the relationship and feedback with the team and my engineer is great. This Superpole formula is not new for me, we tried something similar in the last few BSB races. It's really exciting and spectacular and I'm sure it'll look good on TV as well."
In this afternoon's Superpole knockout simulation, first seen in British Superbikes last summer, Byrne was a tenth faster than Alstare Suzuki's Max Neukircher with fellow Brit Jonathan Rea in third on a 1'44.144.

Haga was fourth quickest with Stiggy Honda's Leon Haslam in fifth, just under half a second off Byrne's time. BMW's Troy Corser rounded out the top six.
Superbike day three, Superpole simulation
1. Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'43.874;
2. Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'43.965;
3. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'44.144;
4. Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'44.157;
5. Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'44.217;
6. Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'44.261;
7. Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'44.586;
8. Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 1'47.057;
9. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'49.387;
10. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'52.340;
11. Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 1'56.553;
12. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1'56.643;
13. Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'44.119;
14. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'45.182;
15. Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'45.624;
16. Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'45.931;
17. Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'46.181;
18. Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'46.260;
19. Polita A. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'46.849;
20. Roberts B. (AUS) Ducati 1098R 1'46.897
Superbike overall fastest times:

1 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'43.294
2 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'43.484
3 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'43.487
4 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'43.546
5 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'43.657
6 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'43.674
7 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'43.767
8 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'43.951
9 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'44.115
10 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'44.170
11 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'44.261
12 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'44.425
13 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 1'44.546
14 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'44.610
15 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'44.704
16 53 Polita A. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'45.108
17 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 1'45.179
18 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1'45.199
19 24 Roberts B. (AUS) Ducati 1098R 1'45.278
20 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'45.393
21 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'45.446
22 36 Lavilla G. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'45.672
23 33 Hill T. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'45.679
24 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'45.820
25 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'46.128
26 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.916
27 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'46.971 
Supersport day three, session two:

1 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 1'47.314
2 69 Nannelli G. (ITA) Triumph Daytona 675 1'47.965
3 26 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'47.983
4 51 Pirro M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'48.248
5 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R6 1'48.458
6 1 Pitt A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'48.467
7 50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 1'48.614
8 55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'48.874
9 99 Foret F. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'48.973
10 127 Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 1'49.372
11 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Honda CBR600RR 1'49.457
12 24 McCoy G. (AUS) Triumph Daytona 675 1'49.650
13 8 Aitchison M. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'49.657
14 21 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R 1'49.998
15 19 Szkopek P. (POL) Triumph Daytona 675 1'50.122
16 117 Praia M. (POR) Honda CBR600RR 1'50.232
17 83 Holland R. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'50.446
18 96 Smrz M. (CZE) Triumph Daytona 675 1'51.282
19 13 West A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 1'51.341
20 77 Veneman B. (NED) Suzuki GSX-R600 1'51.347
21 7 Vostárek P. (CZE) Honda CBR600RR 1'51.554
22 28 Vos A. (NED) Honda CBR600RR 1'52.123
23 32 Lai F. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'52.404
24 30 Günther J. (GER) Honda CBR600RR 1'52.845
25 9 Dell'Omo D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'53.537
26 88 Guerra Y. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R6 1'54.920
27 71 Morillas J. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R6 1'55.103
28 5 Pradita Doni T. (INA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'56.258