Stoner tops Sepang times on day one

Added on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 by Carole Nash Editor

Casey Stoner posted the fastest time on the first day of official MotoGP testing in Sepang, leading world champion Jorge Lorenzo by more than four tenths of a second.

The Australian rider guided his new Honda RC212V to a lap time of 2:01.574 from 52 laps, well ahead of Lorenzo who was the only other rider to dip under the 2:02 mark.

Stoner’s Honda teammate, Dani Pedrosa, was third fastest with a time of 2:02.024 whilst the surprise performance of the day came from Marco Simoncelli, who was fourth fastest on his Gresini Honda. Yamaha’s Ben Spies completed the top five with a time of 2:02.332.

British rider Cal Crutchlow, still recovering from shoulder surgery, was 16^th fastest from 62 completed laps in Malaysia.

Ducati’s Valentino Rossi completed just 30 laps as he recovers from a shoulder problem but posted the 12^th fastest time, ahead of teammate Nicky Hayden.

Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Laps	Time
1	Casey Stoner	AUS	Repsol Honda	52	2:01.574
2	Jorge Lorenzo	SPA	Yamaha Racing	44	2:01.977
3	Dani Pedrosa	SPA	Repsol Honda	61	2:02.024
4	Marco Simoncelli	ITA	San Carlo Gresini Honda	52	2:02.295
5	Ben Spies	USA	Yamaha Racing	29	2:02.332
6	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Rizla Suzuki	65	2:02.422
7	Hiroshi Aoyama	JAP	San Carlo Gresini Honda	65	2:02.483
8	Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	Repsol Honda	57	2:02.507
9	Colin Edwards	USA	Monster Tech 3 Yamaha	60	2:02.514
10	Randy de Puniet	FRA	Pramac Ducati	63	2:03.152
11	Kosuke Akiyoshi	JAP	Honda Test Rider	49	2:03.224
12	Valentino Rossi	ITA	Ducati	30	2:03.365
13	Nicky Hayden	USA	Ducati	65	2:03.508
14	Loris Capirossi	ITA	Pramac Ducati	63	2:03.695
15	Hector Barbera	SPA	Aspar Ducati	59	2:03.767
16	Cal Crutchlow	GBR	Monster Tech 3 Yamaha	62	2:04.009
17	Toni Elias	SPA	LCR Honda	64	2:04.238
18	Karel Abraham	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati	52	2:04.470
19	Yamaha Test Rider 1	JAP	Yamaha Racing	58	2:04.717
20	Yamaha Test Rider 2	JAP	Yamaha Racing	48	2:05.235