2013 Sepang MotoGP FP1 Result: Determined Pedrosa On Top

Submitted by Jacob Leech on Fri, 2013-10-11 02:49

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