Rossi once again fastest in Sepang

Added on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 by Carole Nash Editor

Valentino Rossi was the fastest on day two of the second three-day pre-season test in Sepang, posting a time of 2:01.068 - more than a tenth of a second slower than his best time recorded in pre-season testing earlier this month.

The world champion was still however 0.151 seconds quicker than Casey Stoner in a session that was dominated by the pair, with the next quickest, Andrea Dovizioso, more than four tenths off Stoner’s time.

There were more positive signs for Suzuki’s Loris Capirossi who finished with the fourth fastest time of the day whilst rookie Ben Spies made up the top five, ahead of compatriot and Tech 3 teammate Colin Edwards.

Honda’s Dani Pedrosa will be slightly disappointed with his time, clocking the seventh fastest time, nearly a second slower than Rossi.

As with the Sepang test earlier this month, day two was the first chance for the MotoGP riders to hit the track, with the first day reserved for test riders. The test will end tomorrow ahead of the final test under the floodlights at Qatar in mid March.

Sepang Test: Day two times.

Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Valentino Rossi	ITA	Fiat Yamaha	2:01.168
2	Casey Stoner	AUS	Ducati Marlboro	-0.151
3	Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	Repsol Honda	-0.563
4	Loris Capirossi	ITA	Rizla Suzuki	-0.619
5	Ben Spies	USA	Monster Tech 3 Yamaha	-0.775
6	Colin Edwards	USA	Monster Tech 3 Yamaha	-0.829
7	Dani Pedrosa	SPA	Repsol Honda	-0.968
8	Mika Kallio	FIN	Pramac Ducati	-0.968
9	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Rizla Suzuki	-1.010
10	Marco Melandri	ITA	San Carlo Gresini Honda	-1.018
11	Nicky Hayden	USA	Ducati Marlboro	-1.153
12	Hiroshi Aoyama	JAP	Interwetten Honda	-1.351
13	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Pramac Ducati	-1.379
14	Hector Barbera	SPA	Aspar Ducati	-1.417
15	Randy de Puniet	FRA	LCR Honda	-1.467
16	Marco Simoncelli	ITA	San Carlo Gresini Honda	-2.186