Reynolds gets exhausted, Haydon stamps his mark.

Reigning British Superbike champions Rizla Suzuki enjoyed a rather blustery day at Donington Park as champ John Reynolds and new permanent team-mate James Haydon.

In what the team described as a successful test, both riders completed over 70 laps as they worked to hone the Suzuki for the rest of the season.

"I am very happy with the feel and performance of my Rizla Suzuki," said JR at the end of his test duties. "We have made minor alterations to the bike and found additional performance. I feel in control and have plenty of feedback from the bike, I know exactly what it is doing and that allows me to push to the limits.

"I am exhausted now, it has been a very tiring day as we had lots of parts to test and not a great deal of time on track. It is by testing and riding that you develop race fitness and today has helped me enormously after such a long lay-off because of injury. I'm back and ready to race."

Now signed with the team for the rest of the season James Haydon enjoyed the chance to get some mileage on the bike. "That was a very busy day, but also very productive," he said afterwards. "Despite racing for two rounds for Rizla Suzuki, I never really had an opportunity to stamp my mark on the bike or get it to suit me because we were so focused on the upcoming qualifying or race. Today we spent time getting the bike to fit me physically and to give me the sort of feedback and control that I need to push hard - the Rizla Suzuki now feels like my bike.

"Once I was comfortable on the bike I tested a few different tyres and rear shock settings and we took steps in the right direction. You can't get a more logical, progressive or professional team in the paddock than Rizla Suzuki and we are going quicker with every lap."