Camier back on track in mixed conditions at Aragon; Kiyonari faces the Spanish track for the first time

On a day of rather cold temperatures and with very light rain falling at various points during the afternoon’s session, Leon Camier was back aboard his CBR1000RR after being declared fit to race by the Medical Centre yesterday afternoon. Conditions were not ideal for team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari either, facing the technical Spanish track for the first time. The Japanese rider was unable to improve on his morning’s lap time. The two riders hope for stable weather conditions tomorrow, so that they can improve on both their bike set-up and performance, which saw them round out day one in 16th and 17th place respectively.

Leon Camier  2 16th  1'52.364 “Of course, I’m not fully fit yet. It will take some time to get back to normal, despite not having needed an operation. That said, we are not where we want to be with the bike’s set-up either. We made a change for the second session, but it didn’t take us in the right direction. The positive thing is that we understand where we need to go with the bike in order to be faster but at the same time it’s not so easy to achieve the right setting. It takes time. Hopefully we will be able to make some steps tomorrow if the weather stays fine”.

Ryuichi Kiyonari  23 17th  1'53.800 “This morning I rode the Aragon track for the first time, and I must say I enjoyed it, even if it was a challenge at first. There are a lot of blind corners and to find the references and good lines took some time. I was feeling quite good towards the end of the session anyway. The afternoon session was disappointing as we were not able to make an improvement in terms of bike set-up. Weather conditions did not help of course but this was the same for everyone. Tomorrow we will start again with a positive mentality and do our best to improve”.

Free Practice Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 BautistaAlvaro 19 SPA ARUBA.IT Racing - Ducati Ducati 1'49.607 2 LowesAlex 22 GBR Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha 0.519 3 ReaJonathan 1 GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki 0.542 4 SykesTom 66 GBR BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW 0.619 5 LavertyEugene 50 IRE Team Goeleven Ducati 0.749 6 CorteseSandro 11 GER GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Yamaha 1.029 7 HaslamLeon 91 GBR Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Kawasaki 1.147 8 ReiterbergerMarkus 28 GER BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team BMW 1.192 9 RinaldiMichael Ruben 21 ITA BARNI Racing Team Ducati 1.378 10 DaviesChaz 7 GBR ARUBA.IT Racing - Ducati Ducati 1.415 11 MelandriMarco 33 ITA GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Yamaha 1.446 12 van der MarkMichael 60 NDL Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team Yamaha 1.496 13 RazgatliogluToprak 54 TUR Turkish Puccetti Racing Kawasaki 1.625 14 MercadoLeandro 36 ARG Orelac Racing VerdNatura Kawasaki 1.953 15 TorresJordi 81 SPA Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki 1.969 16 CamierLeon 2 GBR Moriwaki Althea Honda Team Honda 2.757 17 KiyonariRyuichi 23 JPN Moriwaki Althea Honda Team Honda 4.193 18 DelbiancoAlessandro 52 ITA Althea Mie Racing Team Honda