Testing a new electronic package and exhaust system on his Yamaha R1, Razgatlioglu set a time of 1m40.571s early on during Saturday’s running before rain showers prevented any meaningful improvement in laptimes.
This put the Turkish rider over three tenths clear of Bautista’s benchmark from Friday, the Ducati returnee having lapped the Spanish circuit in 1m40.824s after recovering from a crash at Turn 10.
Bautista was testing a new swingarm as well several fresh items on the front forks of his Panigale V4 R, as Ducati aims to join Yamaha and Kawasaki in this year’s title fight.
Honda ended the Barcelona test on an encouraging note with new signing Iker Lecuona setting the third-quickest time of all, finding more than a second over his personal best from the opening day to post a time of 1m40.033s.
This was fractionally quicker than six-time Jonathan Rea managed on his improved Kawasaki, the Ulsterman ending up fourth-fastest while trialing a number of new components including…
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