Jet lag biggest problem at PSG-1.

PSG-1 Kawasaki team-mates Fonsi Nieto and Regis Laocni made a promising start to the three-day Phillip Island test, setting the third equal and sixth fastest lap times - despite a severe case of jet lag.

"Not too bad for the first day after some time off from riding. I worked a lot on my spare bike today, as in the previous tests at Doha I hardly rode it at all, and even in 2006 I did not use the spare bike that much," said Fonsi, who tied with Honda's James Toseland and Yamaha's Noriyuki Haga in lapping 0.6secs behind fastest man Troy Bayliss. "With the jet lag we are all suffering and two bikes to try and set-up it was not easy today, and we lost the way a little bit. I swapped back to my number one bike later on and we made things better."

Laconi, just 0.1secs slower, also struggled to stay awake after the near 24hr long flight from Europe to Australia.

"It was strange this morning because it was difficult to wake up enough to ride at the speed we needed to," confessed the Frenchman. "Not only is the jet-lap affecting me but this track is particularly fast and you really have to be on top form to set good laps. The bike feels pretty good and we started off with the settings we worked on in Doha, which I was very happy with. We are still not quite there in terms of the bike feeling just how I want it but today was a good start and the lap time is pretty good."

Testing at Phillip Island concludes on Monday.