The MotoGP Sepang tests have finally started, and while weather forecasts predicted rain, it fortunately for everyone around it hasn’t hit yet.
The latest news from Sepang with times taken at 3 pm (local time) see the recovering Dani Pedrosa on top of the time charts with a best lap of 2’02″306, closely followed by Ben Spies on the factory Yamaha, who suffered a crash earlier in the morning.
Third at the moment is a surprising Alvaro Bautista on his Rizla Suzuki, who is just 0.
110s from Pedrosa.
The Gresini duo, Marco Simoncelli and Hiroshi Aoyama are 4th and 5th respectively.
Defending MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo finds himself in 7th, while Casey Stoner is in 8th on his Repsol Honda.
Valentino Rossi who has all eyes pointed on him, is the first Ducati rider with only 18 laps on GP 11 and finds himself behind HRC test rider Kosuke Akiyoshi, and more than 1.
1s from Dani Pedrosa.
Sepang Test Times at 3pm:1 Pedrosa D.
Repsol Honda Team 2:02.
3062 Spies B.
Yamaha Factory Racing +0.
0263 Bautista A.
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP +0.
1164 Simoncelli M.
San Carlo Honda Gresini +0.
1405 Aoyama H.
San Carlo Honda Gresini +0.
1776 Dovizioso A.
Repsol Honda Team +0.
2217 Lorenzo J.
Yamaha Factory Racing +0.
2728 Stoner C.
Repsol Honda Team +0.
3829 Dovizioso A.
Repsol Honda Team +0.
47310 Edwards C.
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 +0.
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