[URL]http://www.crash.net/uk/en/news_view.asp?cid=6&nid=103147[/URL][QUOTE] The final day of testing at Jerez saw Sete Gibernau reduce his previous best lap time to a 1min 40.500secs best, putting the Catalan on top – but new Camel Honda rider Troy Bayliss caused a stir by finishing just 0.2secs behind the 2004 championship runner-up.[/QUOTE] Implied but not stated that this was on race rather than qualifying tyres (they mention Gibernau does 78 laps but don't say how many Bayliss did) Checa managed a faster lap on qualifying tyres on the Ducati [QUOTE] the Telefonica Movistar Honda rider's best lap was beaten only by Ducati Marlboro's Carlos Checa, who set a 1min 40.065secs best on Thursday – with the aid of qualifying tyres.[/QUOTE] If Bayliss is running similar times to Gibernau over race distances it's gotta be a good sign, sounds like Checa is doing well on the Duc as well - I'll admit to being a bit surprised. JL