Repsol Honda's Pedrosa Ends MotoGP Sepang Test 2 Day 1 in 6th Overall

 
 

Sepang 2 Testing

Wednesday, February 26th 2014

Malaysia - Testing Report

Pedrosa back on track in Sepang

It was a slow start on the first day of the second Malaysian test. The riders gradually took to the track, which was slippery from car racing over the weekend, and as the surface improved so did the times. Dani, who suffered from some jet-lag, sat out for the majority of the morning whilst the track was at it’s worst, but then had a busy schedule in the afternoon completing a total of 47 laps, recording his fastest time on lap 46 with 2’01.160.

Having made his final chassis choice for the season, Dani and his team will spend the remainder of the test working on engine mappings and general set up work.

2013 World Champion, Marc Marquez, will take no part in this test as he was forced to stay home due to an injury sustained in training last week in Spain.

Dani Pedrosa

6th - 2’01.160

"Today was not the best day for testing - the track was dirtier than ever and there was no grip. It was difficult to find a good feeling with the bike, which we only really got at the end of the day. I also had a few problems with jet-lag and I haven't been able to sleep much over the last few days, so I’m not feeling perfect physically. As I say, at the end of the day we managed to go a little better. We'll see if I can sleep better tonight and we will continue working hard tomorrow”

testing results

  Sepang 2 Testing

Pos.	Rider	Num.	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	Alvaro Bautista	19	ESP	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	HONDA	2'00.848
2	Aleix Espargaro	41	ESP	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	YAMAHA	2'00.900
3	Pol Espargaro	44	ESP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA	2'00.999
4	Andrea Dovizioso	4	ITA	Ducati Team	DUCATI	2'01.029
5	Jorge Lorenzo	99	ESP	Yamaha Factory Racing	YAMAHA	2'01.158
6	Dani Pedrosa	26	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA	2'01.160
7	Valentino Rossi	46	ITA	Yamaha Factory	YAMAHA	2'01.349
8	Stefan Bradl	6	GER	LCR Honda MotoGP	HONDA	2'01.491
9	Bradley Smith	38	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA	2'01.644
10	Nicky Hayden	69	USA	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA	2'02.227
11	Cal Crutchlow	35	GBR	Ducati Team	DUCATI	2'02.319
12	Andrea Iannone	29	ITA	Pramac Racing	DUCATI	2'02.334
13	Hiroshi Aoyama	7	JPN	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA	2'02.709
14	Colin Edwards	5	USA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	YAMAHA	2'02.743
15	Yonny Hernandez	68	COL	Pramac Racing	DUCATI	2'02.823
16	Hector Barbera	8	ESP	Avintia Racing MotoGP	FTR-KAWASAKI	2'02.975
17	Randy De Puniet	14	FRA	Suzuki Test Team	SUZUKI	2'03.341
18	Scott Redding	45	GBR	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	HONDA	2'03.553
19	Michele Pirro	51	ITA	Ducati Test Team	DUCATI	2'03.991
20	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	T1	JPN	Yamaha Factory Test Team	YAMAHA	2'04.165
21	Mike Di Meglio	63	FRA	Avintia Racing MotoGP	FTR-KAWASAKI	2'04.885
22	Karel Abraham	17	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	HONDA	2'05.638
23	Nobuatsu Aoki	9	JPN	Suzuki Test Team	SUZUKI	2'07.302

Circuit Information

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Length 5.548 m / 3.447 miles Width 25m Left corners 5 Right corners 10 Longest straight 920 m / 0.572 miles Constructed 1998 Modified     Sepang International Circuit Sdn. Bhd. Jalan Pekeliling 64000 KLIA Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia

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Pole Position	2m 00.334s (165.978km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2012)
Race lap	2m 02.108s (163.566km/h) Casey Stoner (Ducati, 2007)
Race time	40m 45.191s (163.3 km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2013)
2012 Winner	Dani Pedrosa (Honda)
2013 Winner	Dani Pedrosa (Honda)