MotoGP - Sepang Test 1 times

[antonye]

Final Times from Day 1 of the MotoGP Test at Sepang

1. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 1.657s
2. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda 2m 2.003s
3. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 2.221s
4. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 2.234s
5. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team 2m 2.392s
6. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 2.751s
7. Hector Barbera ESP Pramac Racing 2m 2.773s
8. Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2m 2.829s
9. Alvaro Bautista ESP San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 2.869s
10. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team 2m 3.151s
11. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda 2m 3.668s
12. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 2m 3.781s
13. Franco Battaini ITA Ducati Test Rider 2m 4.986s
14. Kousuke Akiyoshi JPN Repsol Honda 2m 7.163s
15. Colin Edwards USA Forward Racing (Suter-BMW CRT) 2m 8.240s
16. Jordi Torres ESP Avintia Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 2m 10.671s
17. Ivan Silva ESP Avintia Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 2m 11.267s

Casey Stoner was not riding due to a back injury but is expected to ride in tomorrow's test. He was replaced by Akiyoshi for today.

[MJS]

Good performance from Cal Crutchlow :)

Looks a very thin field for 2012 when you take out the CRT bikes which appear to be hopelessly uncompetitive... :(

[antonye]

It's looking very positive for Rossi as he's heading in the right direction, just not the magic bullet we were all hoping for!

Pedrosa is usually pretty good at testing so I think this shows that Lorenzo is very much on top of his game right now and was not just riding on Rossi's coat-tails at Yamaha - if last year didn't confirm it enough!!

I'm pretty sure that as soon as Stoner gets on he'll blitz the lot though.

[MJS]

It's looking very positive for Rossi as he's heading in the right direction, just not the magic bullet we were all hoping for!

Pedrosa is usually pretty good at testing so I think this shows that Lorenzo is very much on top of his game right now and was not just riding on Rossi's coat-tails at Yamaha - if last year didn't confirm it enough!!

I'm pretty sure that as soon as Stoner gets on he'll blitz the lot though.

It's a long lap at Sepang and 5th fastest certainly looks more competitive than last year... just don't want to get my hopes up as there's been far too many false-dawns :(

I would imagine (hope?), with a new bike, there is much for Ducati to learn and much more to come? Probably more to come from Ducati than Honda/Yamaha for example?

[antonye]

Valentino Rossi delighted with new Ducati

"I am so happy especially because we fixed a lot of problems that in all of the 2011 season we were not able to improve" - Valentino Rossi.

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/176347/1/valentino_rossi_delighted_with_new_ducati.html