Submitted by Jacob Leech on
Dani Pedrosa has responded to the controversy that emerged out of the last round in Aragon in perfect fashion by leading MotoGP FP1 in Sepang. The Spaniard's time of 2:01.229 put him a decisive three tenths of a second clear of his partner in contention and team mate Marc Marquez. Jorge Lorenzo cut a frustrated figure during the session, despite finishing in third place and only three hundredths behind Marquez, the World Champion looked unhappy with the setup of his Yamaha and remonstrated regularly with his mechanics.
Alvaro Bautista set the fourth fastest lap time ahead of another frustrated Yamaha rider in Valentino Rossi. Cal Crutchlow ended in sixth, three tenths behind Rossi and underlined the struggles that the Yamaha riders appeared to be having during the weekend's first session. Stefan Bradl, Nicky Hayden, Bradley Smith and Andrea Dovizioso completed the top ten placings.
Results:
Pos. | Num. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Prev |
1 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 2'01.229 | ||
2 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | Honda | 2'01.596 | 0.367 | 0.367 |
3 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | Yamaha | 2'01.623 | 0.394 | 0.027 |
4 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Honda | 2'01.877 | 0.648 | 0.254 |
5 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 2'02.039 | 0.810 | 0.162 |
6 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Yamaha | 2'02.370 | 1.141 | 0.331 |
7 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 2'02.421 | 1.192 | 0.051 |
8 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | Ducati | 2'02.632 | 1.403 | 0.211 |
9 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | Yamaha | 2'02.725 | 1.496 | 0.093 |
10 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati | 2'03.039 | 1.810 | 0.314 |
11 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | FTR Kawasaki | 2'03.574 | 2.345 | 0.535 |
12 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | Ducati | 2'03.596 | 2.367 | 0.022 |
13 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | ART | 2'03.773 | 2.544 | 0.177 |
14 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | FTR | 2'04.273 | 3.044 | 0.500 |
15 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | FTR | 2'04.425 | 3.196 | 0.152 |
16 | 71 | Claudio CORTI | FTR Kawasaki | 2'04.703 | 3.474 | 0.278 |
17 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | Ducati | 2'04.785 | 3.556 | 0.082 |
18 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | ART | 2'04.902 | 3.673 | 0.117 |
19 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | ART | 2'05.319 | 4.090 | 0.417 |
20 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ioda-Suter | 2'05.638 | 4.409 | 0.319 |
21 | 23 | Luca SCASSA | ART | 2'06.355 | 5.126 | 0.717 |
22 | 67 | Bryan STARING | FTR Honda | 2'06.693 | 5.464 | 0.338 |
23 | 50 | Damian CUDLIN | PBM | 2'07.642 | 6.413 | 0.949 |
24 | 52 | Lukas PESEK | Ioda-Suter | 2'08.023 | 6.794 | 0.381 |
Comments
Weather?
What was the weather like?
Completely Dry.
It was completely dry. Light rain fell at the end of the first Moto2 session (as documented) and heavy rain fell during the lunch break.
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