"Things were really good up to lunchtime and in fact I set my quick time in the morning" declared Troy. "Then in the afternoon I mainly concentrated on testing the front tyres, trying hard to feel the limit of the bike and I wasn't really looking for the lap times. We've got a lot more to test in the next couple of days and I'm sure I can improve. My wrist has had a couple more weeks to heal up and is now a lot better than it was at Valencia, and I'm feeling good on the bike so things are going well".

UNOFFICIAL TIMES: 1. Corser (Suzuki) 2m00.44s; 2. Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) 2m00.88s; 3. Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) 2m01.20s; 4. Toseland (Honda) 2m01.76s; 5. Haga (Yamaha) 2m01.92s; 6. Kagayama (Suzuki) 2m01.97s; 7. Muggeridge (Honda) 2m02.18s; 8. Pitt (Yamaha) 2m02.65s; etc.