After leading all three days in the first Sepang Test two weeks ago, Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa maintained his position at the top of the time sheets and Marc Marquez continued his good performance as the second Sepang Test got underway today.

Dani and teammate Marc both went out on track around 10.30am but heavy rain in the past few days had left the track quite dirty and slippery, which was reflected in the early lap times - almost two seconds slower than the first test.

Dani spent the morning working on suspension and with engine mapping, especially in corner entry. He recorded the fastest lap of the day on lap 17 of 43, with a time of 2'01.580. Marc, once again happy to find his confidence with the bike from the beginning, spent the morning trying some different settings but was limited due to the track conditions, he took his fastest lap of 2'01.942 on lap 17 of 23 placing him 3rd for the day. He had a small crash in turn nine, but at such a slow speed he was able to pick up the bike and ride back to the garage unaffected.

Unfortunately heavy rainfall arrived again at 14h30 local time which ended the track action on this first day. Testing resumes tomorrow at 09h00 local time.

Dani Pedrosa - 1st - 2'01.580

"Today we continued trying things out with the bike here in Sepang, focusing most of all on suspension. We also worked a little on the electronics. The track wasn’t 100% after the rainfall from the past few days, but we were able to ride well. In the afternoon it rained again, and we used this to perform some laps in the wet. Tomorrow we will continue with the work that we have scheduled”

Marc Marquez - 3rd - 2'01.942

"Today went pretty well. It's just a shame that the track was so slippery, because we weren't able to collect all the data that we wanted due to the times not being so fast. We were not able to ride a lot in the afternoon either, because as soon as we got on the pace it started to rain and we aborted the session. We hope that the surface is better tomorrow, with more grip and less rain. Our aim is to be able to put in laps, gain experience and test out a lot of things that we have pending"


Testing Results

1 - Dani Pedrosa - 2’01.580 - SPA - HONDA - Repsol Honda Team

2 - Jorge Lorenzo - 2’01.815 - SPA - YAMAHA - Yamaha Factory Racing

3 - Marc Marquez - 2’01.942 - ESP - HONDA - Repsol Honda Team

4 - Stefan Bradl - 2’01.959 - GER - HONDA - LCR Honda MotoGP

5 - Valentino Rossi - 2’02.028 - ITA - YAMAHA - Yamaha Factory Racing

6 - Cal Crutchlow - 2’02.272 - GBR - YAMAHA - Monster Yamaha Tech 3

7 - Alvaro Bautista - 2’02.362 - SPA - HONDA & FTR - Go & Fun Honda Gresini

8 - Andrea Dovizioso - 2’02.801 - ITA - DUCATI - Ducati Team

9 - Nicky Hayden - 2’03.143 - USA - DUCATI - Ducati Team

10 - Bradley Smith - 2’03.632 - GBR - YAMAHA - Monster Yamaha Tech 3

11 - Katsayuki Nakasuga - 2’03.734 - JPN - YAMAHA - Yamaha Factory

12 - Aleix Espargaro - 2’03.941 - ESP - ART - Power Electronics Aspar

13 - Ben Spies - 2’04.047 - USA - DUCATI - Ignite Pramac Racing Team

14 - Andrea Iannone - 2’04.050 - ITA - DUCATI - Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Team

15 - Wataru Yoshikawa - 2’04.590 - JPN - YAMAHA - Yamaha Factory

16 - Michele Pirro - 2’04.626 - ITA - DUCATI - Ducati Test Team

17 - Hiroshi Aoyama - 2’04.743 - JAP - FTR - Avintia Blusens

18 - Randy De Puniet - 2’05.288 - FRA - ART - Power Electronics Aspar

19 - Takumi Takahashi - 2’05.510 - JPN - HONDA - HRC Test Team

20 - Colin Edwards - 2’05.518 - USA - FTR-KAWASAKI - NGM Mobile Forward Racing

21 - Danilo Petrucci - 2’05.827 - ITA - IODA-SUTER - Came IodaRacing Project

22 - Karel Abraham - 2’05.838 - CZE - ART - Cardion AB Motoracing

23 - Yonny Hernandez - 2’05.908 - COL - PBM - Paul Bird Motorsport

24 - Hector Barbera - 2’06.062 - SPA - FTR - Avintia Blusens

25 - Claudio Corti - 2’06.306 - ITA - FTR-KAWASAKI - NGM Mobile Forward Racing

26 - Bryan Staring - 2’06.730 - AUS - HONDA & FTR - Go & Fun Honda Gresini

27 - Lukas Pesek - 2’07.991 - CZE - IODA-SUTER - Came IodaRacing Project

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