Aprilia's test continued today at Valencia, with the main attraction being Marco Simoncelli being given a run on Aprilia's RSV4 World Superbike machine. The Italian was immediately quick, and matched the time set yesterday by Shinya Nakano. But Nakano was even quicker, taking a second off the time he set yesterday, and matching the fastest lap set during the World Superbike round held here in April of this year.
In the 250 class, Alvaro Bautista was fastest again today, although Gabor Talmacsi equaled the Spaniard's time. Meanwhile, in the 125 class, it was Julian Simon who was quickest, over half a second ahead of his Aspar team mate Bradley Smith. Smith was also slower than Andrea Iannone.
The smaller classes will now pack up and go home for the winter break, as the test ban starts on December 1st. But before that, the MotoGP riders will take to the track in Jerez and Phillip Island.
| Superbike |
| 1 | Shinya Nakano | Aprilia | 1'35.3 |
| 2 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 1'36.3 |
| 3 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 1'37.3 |
| 250 cc |
| 1 | Alvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 1'38.1 |
| 2 | Gabor Talmacsi | Aprilia | 1'38.1 |
| 3 | Mike di Meglio | Aprilia | 1'38.6 |
| 125 cc |
| 1 | Julian Simon | Aprilia | 1'40.5 |
| 2 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 1'41.0 |
| 3 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 1'41.1 |
| 4 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 1'42.0 |
