2015 MotoGP Sepang 2 Day 1 4:15pm Times: Rossi Leads, GP15 Debuts In Sweltering Heat

Submitted by David Emmett on Mon, 2015-02-23 08:27

The second test at Sepang has gotten underway in sweltering conditions, the heat much greater than at the first test two weeks ago, making the track greasier and times slower. The heat has limited action, with times set during the morning, and riders taking a long break for lunch. Valentino Rossi is currently fastest, the Movistar Yamaha man leading the Repsol Honda of Dani Pedrosa by just over a tenth of a second. In third is Aleix Espargaro, the Suzuki man very quick out of the gate on the bike.

The plan for Ducati changed at the last minute, meaning that the Ducati riders took the GP15 out today, instead of waiting until Tuesday, as was the original plan. Andrea Dovizioso's fourth quickest time was set on the GP14.3, however, the bike Ducati brought to the Sepang 1 test, while Iannone has been doing runs on the GP15, his quickest time set on the new bike.

Times at 4:15pm:

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha M1	2:00.414
2	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda RC213V	2:00.543	0.129	0.129
3	44	Pol Espargaro	Yamaha M1	2:00.876	0.462	0.333
4	41	Aleix Espargaro	Suzuki GSX-RR	2:01.055	0.641	0.179
5	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha M1	2:01.162	0.748	0.107
6	93	Marc Márquez	Honda RC213V	2:01.190	0.776	0.028
7	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda RC213V	2:01.222	0.808	0.032
8	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha M1	2:01.241	0.827	0.019
9	25	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki GSX-RR	2:01.317	0.903	0.076
10	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati GP14.3/GP15	2:01.355	0.941	0.038
11	45	Scott Redding	Honda RC213V	2:01.592	1.178	0.237
12	19	Alvaro Bautista	Aprilia	2:01.740	1.326	0.148
13	8	Hector Barbera	Ducati GP14 Open	2:01.926	1.512	0.186
14	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda RC213V-RS	2:02.062	1.648	0.136
15	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati GP15/GP14.3	2:02.142	1.728	0.080
16	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati GP14	2:02.225	1.811	0.083
17	17	Karel Abraham	Honda RC213V-RS	2:02.394	1.980	0.169
18	6	Stefan Bradl	Forward Yamaha	2:02.410	1.996	0.016
19	68	Yonny Hernandez	Ducati GP14	2:02.606	2.192	0.196
20	50	Eugene Laverty	Honda RC213V-RS	2:02.730	2.316	0.124
21	63	Mike Di Meglio	Ducati GP14 Open	2:02.941	2.527	0.211
22	43	Jack Miller	Honda RC213V-RS	2:03.006	2.592	0.065
23	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati GP15	2:03.105	2.691	0.099
24	76	Loris Baz	Forward Yamaha	2:03.316	2.902	0.211
25	T1	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamaha M1 Test	2:03.337	2.923	0.021
26	15	Alex De Angelis	Aprilia ART	2:03.966	3.552	0.629
27	33	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	2:04.000	3.586	0.034