The Aussie posted a best time of 2:00.895 over a 23 lap run, 0.762secs faster than yesterday's fastest time set by Jorge Lorenzo. MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner took to the Sepang circuit for the first time today after a back problem forced him to sit out yesterday's session, and immediately inserted his dominance by setting the fastest time of the test. The BQR-FTR Kawasaki was much slower with Jordi Torries lapping at a best pace of 2.10.671 to finish 9.014s off the pace, while Ivan Silva clocked a 2.11.267. The big surprise of the day was the woefully slow pace of the three CRT machines taking part in the Malaysia test.Ĭolin Edwards completed 21-laps on the Suter/BMW but his best time of 2.08.240 was a massive 6.583s back of Lorenzo.
His best lap left him 0.735s behind Lorenzo’s pace but he was less than 0.4s away from Pedrosa in second. Rossi completed 43 laps on the new Desmosedici, which features major engine and chassis changes for 2012 to try and help the nine-times world champion bounce back from a nightmare 2011. Valentino Rossi’s much anticipated debut on the radical new Ducati GP12 was an encouraging one, the Italian setting a best time of 2.02.392 to finish fifth fastest. The Coventry rider clocked a best time of 2.02.221 in his 32-lap run today to finish 0.564s behind Lorenzo.īen Spies was fourth quickest having finished just a fraction behind Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Crutchlow. That beat fellow Spaniard and Repsol Honda rival Dani Pedrosa by 0.346s as the opening day of 2012 winter testing belonged to Yamaha, with British rider Cal Crutchlow finishing in an impressive third place on only his second outing on the new 1000cc YZR-M1. The 2010 MotoGP world champion didn’t look at all ring rusty as he logged a best time of 2.01.657 on only his third outing on Yamaha’s new factory YZR-M1 1000cc machine. The Spaniard was back on board a MotoGP bike for the first time since his 2011 campaign was ended prematurely when he lost 8mm off the tip of his wedding ring finger following a high speed fall in the warm-up session for the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island. Jorge Lorenzo might not have ridden a MotoGP bike since October 16, but he returned to action in impressive fashion today to top the opening day timesheets at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia.
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