James Toseland and Ayrton Badovini took to the Portimao track for the first round of testing of the World Superbike Championships.
As mentioned everywhere else, weather played a big factor in the testing but neither rider tried to let that bother them and took to the track as often as possible.
Toseland managed an impressive 91 laps whilst Badovini completed 95.
Serafino Foti, team manager of BMW Motorrad Superbike Team Italy said: ”The weather conditions have affected the test considerably, slowing our work programme. We had to adapt to the weather and make the best use of the track time available. Next week, the containers with our bikes will leave for Phillip Island. We have much work to do before the race and we still have two tests of two days each. We will work to optimize our current technical package. We are, however, satisfied with the team who worked with great professionalism and put our riders at ease”.
