From the Cathedral of Racing to the Temple of Speed; the World Superbike circus has left Assen behind and rolled up at Monza, the high-speed track in the middle of a former royal park. While horsepower is a factor everywhere, at the scorching pace that Monza generates, it moves from being important to fairly decisive at the legendary Italian track.
So no surprise that the four cylinders are dominating at Monza, nor that the horsepower kings have come out on top. The BMW of Leon Haslam posted the fastest time of the day on Friday, with Max Biaggi's Aprilia a blink of an eye slower round the circuit. If anyone were foolish enough to doubt the top speed of the Aprilias, then Biaggi's new top speed record of 332.5 km/h - that's 206.6 miles per hour - should dispel them. So fast is the Aprilia that Ducati test rider Franco Battaini told GPOne.com recently that while he was testing the Ducati Desmosedici GP11 MotoGP machine at Mugello, Biaggi - also on track testing the Aprilia RSV4 - was staying with him effortlessly down Mugello's front straight.
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