At the 4.445km circuit, located in the extreme south of the State of Victoria, Sofuoglu posted a best of 1’33.555 - good enough for third place overall.
His team-mate Faccani was riding at Phillip Island for the very first time. Although he found it a difficult circuit, and fell near the end of the final session, he was still an impressive fourth fastest overall with a best lap time of 1’33.930.
Ninja ZX-6R riders filled the places from third to sixth – a good sign for all Kawasaki riders with the first race of the year coming along very soon.
The championship begins in a few days time, with first practice on Friday 20th February and raceday will be on Sunday 22nd February.
This year Sofuoglu will be out to score his fourth WSS championship success in this category having been the champion in 2007, 2010 and most recently with Kawasaki in 2012.
Kenan Sofuoglu: “We started very well yesterday and today we were not thinking about working on lap times but working on set-up and electronics for race pace. The times then improved for everybody so I also needed to improve and understand, pushing harder. When I did I started to get some different problems that I did not expect. For the race there will be a new tyre option compared to the ones we used in the test, and hopefully with that we will have less rear chatter.”
Marco Faccani: “I am happy because Phillip Island is a new track for me and very difficult. We worked well inside the team and we ended up with a good configuration on the bike. It was a positive test here even though I had a big crash near the end, at the second turn. I am OK, not injured.”
Manuel Puccetti: Team Manger: “Third and fourth position was not so bad for the last pre-season test at Phillip Island. Kenan did many race simulations and made very, very good times. Marco also had a positive performance, only one big crash at the end, but for the first time here he was immediately fast. So far so good and we could have a positive race weekend, I think.”