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Alice Aprilia’s Colin Edwards II lapped at a 1:42.3 during recent testing with Michelin at the Jerez Circuit in Spain.

The two-time Superbike World Champion reported the news to fans in the forum of his website, www.ceracing.com, Thursday and wrote, “For those of you that know that is .5 faster then I’ve ever gone around there.” Edwards also stated that he was the only MotoGP rider present at the test but did not give much detail about the test.

Edwards’ reported lap time from the test was faster than Valentino Rossi’s fastest race lap (1:42.788) from the 2003 Grand Prix at Jerez, much faster than Edwards’ best race lap time (1:44.451) and even better than Edwards’ qualifying time (1:42.761). Edwards’ time was just off the overall circuit best record for Jerez, Loris Capirossi’s 1:41.983.

Edwards told his fans that he will be spending three days at home in Conroe, Texas before heading to Rio, Brazil for round 12 of 16 in the 2003 MotoGP World Championship. Edwards is currently 13th in the Championship with 48 points.