Yamaha Motor Europe gave Stefano Manzi the chance to test a World Superbike machine at the Misano Test.

World Supersport Championship leader Stefano Manzi was given the opportunity to test a Yamaha R1 Superbike with the Yamaha Motor Europe Motorsport Research and Development Test Team at Misano.

The Italian completed 103 laps aboard the R1 World Superbike test machine across the second day of the Misano Test. He was only able to participate on day two of the test as Yamaha WorldSBK Test Rider, Jason O'Halloran, was on the bike on Tuesday.

Manzi ended the day 18th on the timesheets and was faster than GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK rider, Dominique Aegerter, who ended the day in 19th.

"It was amazing, one of the best days of my life," Manzi said after his first World Superbike Test.

"I have a super team, and finally, I have all day long with a superbike for the first time. It was not easy, there are big differences between it and the supersport bike, but I was able to adapt quickly, and we made progress from FP3 to FP4.

"We didn’t make any stupid mistakes, and we grew throughout the day, which were our goals, so the team and I are quite happy. The gap between me and P1 was high, but compared to the other Yamahas, we didn’t do badly."

"I tried to learn as much as possible today," he added.

"It’s super nice compared to WorldSSP, how all the Yamaha riders here share data, it helps a lot to see the riders on track and see the lines they take.

"I would have loved to have had more time on the bike; I would have liked to have had 3 hours more when I saw the flag at the end. There are many areas I need to improve, but I think that my braking points were not bad, that is something from World Supersport that I do well."