Pedrosa blitzes day two of Sepang test

Added on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 by Carole Nash Editor

Dani Pedrosa put in the stand-out performance on day two of testing in Sepang, lapping with a best of 2:00.770 – more than six tenths of a second faster than new teammate Casey Stoner.

The Spaniard posted the only sub-2:01 time on the second day of testing from just 39 laps, with one day remaining tomorrow.

Casey Stoner continued to demonstrate that he has had little trouble getting to grips with his new Honda, lapping the second fastest time of the day whilst Yamaha’s Ben Spies was third fastest on a day in which times were much closer.

All of the top nine managed to dip under the 2:02 mark, with impressive performances once again from the Gresini pair of Marco Simoncelli and Hiroshi Aoyama.

Valentino Rossi managed 42 laps during the day, an increase on Tuesday’s 30 laps, posting a the 13^th fastest time of the session.

British rider Cal Crutchlow crashed out of the session but walked away unharmed, finishing the day in 15^th place.

Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Laps	Time
1	Dani Pedrosa	SPA	Repsol Honda	39	2:00.770
2	Casey Stoner	AUS	Repsol Honda	44	2:01.434
3	Ben Spies	USA	Yamaha Racing	60	2:01.508
4	Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	Repsol Honda	48	2:01.512
5	Marco Simoncelli	ITA	San Carlo Gresini Honda	42	2:01.522
6	Hiroshi Aoyama	JAP	San Carlo Gresini Honda	58	2:01.534
7	Jorge Lorenzo	SPA	Yamaha Racing	35	2:01.563
8	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Rizla Suzuki	63	2:01.687
9	Colin Edwards	USA	Monster Tech 3 Yamaha	33	2:01.722
10	Hector Barbera	SPA	Aspar Ducati	45	2:02.093
11	Nicky Hayden	USA	Ducati	62	2:02.379
12	Randy de Puniet	FRA	Pramac Ducati	50	2:02.426
13	Valentino Rossi	ITA	Ducati	42	2:02.597
14	Kosuke Akiyoshi	JAP	Honda Test Rider	47	2:02.619
15	Cal Crutchlow	GBR	Monster Tech 3 Yamaha	38	2:03.032
16	Loris Capirossi	ITA	Pramac Ducati	56	2:03.047
17	Karel Abraham	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati	47	2:03.466
18	Yamaha Test Rider 2	JAP	Yamaha Racing	51	2:03.910
19	Toni Elias	SPA	LCR Honda	58	2:04.026
20	Yamaha Test Rider 1	JAP	Yamaha Racing	56	2:04.142