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MOTOGP: Pedrosa, Lorenzo Step Up The Pace
Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo continued to post the fastest laps at Sepang but super rookie Marc Marquez was again hot on their heels.
Yamaha Factory Racing's Jorge Lorenzo (Photo: Dorna Communications)
On the second day of MotoGP testing in Sepang, which was narrowly cut short by rain, it was Repsol Honda Team’s Dani Pedrosa and Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo that led an ever-improving grid.
Whilst the two Spanish front runners were edging ever closer to Lorenzo’s record set last year, with Pedrosa posting a 2.00’549, just 0.019s ahead of his compatriot, it was the mid-section and back-end of the group that showed the greatest improvements, with the likes of Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s rookie Brit, Bradley Smith, improving by 1.5s over yesterday to come eighth and Ducati Team finding well over half a second more.
But the main contenders remained the same as yesterday, with Pedrosa and his rookie teammate Marc Márquez, who placed third, working on the RC213V’s electronics package and weight balance, whist both putting in impressive times. And it was the same story for Yamaha once more, as Italian Valentino Rossi continued his form from yesterday, improving his time as well, though not making ground on the top three. Lorenzo and Rossi continued to evaluate the 2013 M1, in a bid to decide which parts are an improvement over last year’s title-winning machine.
Behind Rossi in fifth, Tech 3’s British hopeful Cal Crutchlow once again proved he is continuing where he left off last year, finishing just over seven tenths off the top working on corner entry, whilst LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl had a less than ideal day evaluating his new machine, after doing fewer laps due to feeling unwell in the morning. He finished one position lower than yesterday, albeit still managing to keep Go & Fun Honda Gresini’s Álvaro Bautista at bay in seventh, as he continues on his quest for the best Showa suspension set-up and bike geometry.
Tech 3’s Bradley Smith ultimately came in just over 1.3s below Pedrosa, with Ducati’s American Nicky Hayden and Italian Andrea Dovizioso in tow, as the pair managed to significantly improve their pace from yesterday. Looming just behind were HRC test rider Kosuke Akiyoshi and Yamaha test rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga, who managed to finish ahead of Pramac Racing’s US rider Ben Spies, who not only put in more laps today after shoulder issues, but also upped his pace significantly. He did however state that he can’t push the bike to the limit, and as such is not touching the settings until he can ride the bike to his full capabilities. Splitting him from his also improved Italian rookie teammate Andrea Iannone, by over 1.3s, was Yamaha test rider Wataru Yoshikawa.
The Power Electronics Aspar pair of Spaniard Aleix Espargaró and Frenchman Randy de Puniet led the CRT field once more, as both riders evaluated a new chassis and swingarm, with Came IodaRacing Project’s Italian Danilo Petrucci, who worked more on the ECU, and HCR test rider Takumi Takahashi in tow. Avintia Blusens’ Japanese entry Hiroshi Aoyama looked had fewer ill effects from his broken left wrist as he improved to 20th, ahead of teammate Héctor Barberá, who was working on the electronics and trying to overcome chatter issues.
Cardion AB Racing’s Karel Abraham, sighting chatter issues with his ART, headed a much-improved Michael Laverty on the Paul Bird Motorsport ART bike, who managed to beat teammate Yonny Hernandez by two places, as the Colombian struggled with chatter as well. Splitting them was NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Claudio Corti, with teammate Colin Edwards and Go & Fun Honda Gresini’s Bryan Staring completing the line-up.
The test was dry until the final hour, after which rain stopped proceedings for the day. Track time will resume tomorrow morning at 10am local time.
Testing Results
1 Dani Pedrosa 2'00.549 SPA HONDA Repsol Honda Team
2 Jorge Lorenzo 2'00.568 SPA YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing
3 Marc Marquez 2'00.803 ESP HONDA Repsol Honda Team
4 Valentino Rossi 2'01.038 ITA YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing
5 Cal Crutchlow 2'01.311 GBR YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
6 Stefan Bradl 2'01.369 GER HONDA LCR Honda MotoGP
7 Alvaro Bautista 2'01.729 SPA HONDA & FTR Go & Fun Honda Gresini
8 Bradley Smith 2'01.931 GBR YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
9 Nicky Hayden 2'02.110 USA DUCATI Ducati Team
10 Andrea Dovizioso 2'02.379 ITA DUCATI Ducati Team
11 Kosuke Akiyoshi 2'02.526 JPN HONDA HRC Test Team
12 Katsayuki Nakasuga 2'02.701 JPN YAMAHA Yamaha Factory
13 Ben Spies 2'03.002 USA DUCATI Ignite Pramac Racing Team
14 Wataru Yoshikawa 2'03.156 JPN YAMAHA Yamaha Factory
15 Andrea Iannone 2'03.169 ITA DUCATI Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Team
16 Aleix Espargaro 2'03.251 ESP ART Power Electronics Aspar
17 Randy De Puniet 2'03.791 FRA ART Power Electronics Aspar
18 Danilo Petrucci 2'04.284 ITA IODA-SUTER Came IodaRacing Project
19 Takumi Takahashi 2'04.559 JPN HONDA HRC Test Team
20 Hiroshi Aoyama 2'04.786 JAP FTR Avintia Blusens
21 Hector Barbera 2'04.989 SPA FTR Avintia Blusens
22 Karel Abraham 2'05.028 CZE ART Cardion AB Motoracing
23 Michael Laverty 2'05.417 GBR PBM Paul Bird Motorsport
24 Yonny Hernandez 2'05.656 COL PBM Paul Bird Motorsport
25 Claudio Corti 2'05.721 ITA FTR-KAWASAKI NGM Mobile Forward Racing
26 Colin Edwards 2'06.205 USA FTR-KAWASAKI NGM Mobile Forward Racing
27 Bryan Staring 2'06.898 AUS HONDA & FTR Go & Fun Honda Gresini
28 Lukas Pesek 2'07.015 CZE IODA-SUTER Came IodaRacing Project
Whilst the two Spanish front runners were edging ever closer to Lorenzo’s record set last year, with Pedrosa posting a 2.00’549, just 0.019s ahead of his compatriot, it was the mid-section and back-end of the group that showed the greatest improvements, with the likes of Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s rookie Brit, Bradley Smith, improving by 1.5s over yesterday to come eighth and Ducati Team finding well over half a second more.
But the main contenders remained the same as yesterday, with Pedrosa and his rookie teammate Marc Márquez, who placed third, working on the RC213V’s electronics package and weight balance, whist both putting in impressive times. And it was the same story for Yamaha once more, as Italian Valentino Rossi continued his form from yesterday, improving his time as well, though not making ground on the top three. Lorenzo and Rossi continued to evaluate the 2013 M1, in a bid to decide which parts are an improvement over last year’s title-winning machine.
Behind Rossi in fifth, Tech 3’s British hopeful Cal Crutchlow once again proved he is continuing where he left off last year, finishing just over seven tenths off the top working on corner entry, whilst LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl had a less than ideal day evaluating his new machine, after doing fewer laps due to feeling unwell in the morning. He finished one position lower than yesterday, albeit still managing to keep Go & Fun Honda Gresini’s Álvaro Bautista at bay in seventh, as he continues on his quest for the best Showa suspension set-up and bike geometry.
Tech 3’s Bradley Smith ultimately came in just over 1.3s below Pedrosa, with Ducati’s American Nicky Hayden and Italian Andrea Dovizioso in tow, as the pair managed to significantly improve their pace from yesterday. Looming just behind were HRC test rider Kosuke Akiyoshi and Yamaha test rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga, who managed to finish ahead of Pramac Racing’s US rider Ben Spies, who not only put in more laps today after shoulder issues, but also upped his pace significantly. He did however state that he can’t push the bike to the limit, and as such is not touching the settings until he can ride the bike to his full capabilities. Splitting him from his also improved Italian rookie teammate Andrea Iannone, by over 1.3s, was Yamaha test rider Wataru Yoshikawa.
The Power Electronics Aspar pair of Spaniard Aleix Espargaró and Frenchman Randy de Puniet led the CRT field once more, as both riders evaluated a new chassis and swingarm, with Came IodaRacing Project’s Italian Danilo Petrucci, who worked more on the ECU, and HCR test rider Takumi Takahashi in tow. Avintia Blusens’ Japanese entry Hiroshi Aoyama looked had fewer ill effects from his broken left wrist as he improved to 20th, ahead of teammate Héctor Barberá, who was working on the electronics and trying to overcome chatter issues.
Cardion AB Racing’s Karel Abraham, sighting chatter issues with his ART, headed a much-improved Michael Laverty on the Paul Bird Motorsport ART bike, who managed to beat teammate Yonny Hernandez by two places, as the Colombian struggled with chatter as well. Splitting them was NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Claudio Corti, with teammate Colin Edwards and Go & Fun Honda Gresini’s Bryan Staring completing the line-up.
The test was dry until the final hour, after which rain stopped proceedings for the day. Track time will resume tomorrow morning at 10am local time.
Testing Results
1 Dani Pedrosa 2'00.549 SPA HONDA Repsol Honda Team
2 Jorge Lorenzo 2'00.568 SPA YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing
3 Marc Marquez 2'00.803 ESP HONDA Repsol Honda Team
4 Valentino Rossi 2'01.038 ITA YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing
5 Cal Crutchlow 2'01.311 GBR YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
6 Stefan Bradl 2'01.369 GER HONDA LCR Honda MotoGP
7 Alvaro Bautista 2'01.729 SPA HONDA & FTR Go & Fun Honda Gresini
8 Bradley Smith 2'01.931 GBR YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
9 Nicky Hayden 2'02.110 USA DUCATI Ducati Team
10 Andrea Dovizioso 2'02.379 ITA DUCATI Ducati Team
11 Kosuke Akiyoshi 2'02.526 JPN HONDA HRC Test Team
12 Katsayuki Nakasuga 2'02.701 JPN YAMAHA Yamaha Factory
13 Ben Spies 2'03.002 USA DUCATI Ignite Pramac Racing Team
14 Wataru Yoshikawa 2'03.156 JPN YAMAHA Yamaha Factory
15 Andrea Iannone 2'03.169 ITA DUCATI Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Team
16 Aleix Espargaro 2'03.251 ESP ART Power Electronics Aspar
17 Randy De Puniet 2'03.791 FRA ART Power Electronics Aspar
18 Danilo Petrucci 2'04.284 ITA IODA-SUTER Came IodaRacing Project
19 Takumi Takahashi 2'04.559 JPN HONDA HRC Test Team
20 Hiroshi Aoyama 2'04.786 JAP FTR Avintia Blusens
21 Hector Barbera 2'04.989 SPA FTR Avintia Blusens
22 Karel Abraham 2'05.028 CZE ART Cardion AB Motoracing
23 Michael Laverty 2'05.417 GBR PBM Paul Bird Motorsport
24 Yonny Hernandez 2'05.656 COL PBM Paul Bird Motorsport
25 Claudio Corti 2'05.721 ITA FTR-KAWASAKI NGM Mobile Forward Racing
26 Colin Edwards 2'06.205 USA FTR-KAWASAKI NGM Mobile Forward Racing
27 Bryan Staring 2'06.898 AUS HONDA & FTR Go & Fun Honda Gresini
28 Lukas Pesek 2'07.015 CZE IODA-SUTER Came IodaRacing Project
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