Repsol Honda's Pedrosa Leads MotoGP Sepang Test 2 Day 2 Times

Sepang 2 Testing 

Thursday, February 27th 2014

Malaysia - Testing Report

Pedrosa fastest on day two

Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa has finished the second day in Sepang at the top of the time sheets.

Dani, who was still suffering from some jet-lag, had a quiet morning and only completed 15 laps. In the afternoon he began to work properly, focusing on setup of the front of his RC213V and also with mappings, completing 57 laps with a fastest time of 2’00.039 on lap 55. Tomorrow, the final day in Sepang, he will switch to work on rear setup before the team heads to Australia for the final Winter three-day test.

The Repsol Honda Team confirmed yesterday that Dani’s teammate, Marc Marquez, will not be fit enough to test before the first race of 2014, after breaking his fibula in a training accident. The Qatar GP weekend will begin on Thursday 20th March.

Dani Pedrosa

1st - 2'00.039

“Things went well this afternoon, even though this morning we were still having some issues and I wasn't able to ride comfortably. I had to stop early in order to make some big changes to the bike, and when we restarted after lunch I felt more comfortable and put in better laps. We focused on the front end and were able to find a good setup. Tomorrow we will focus on making progress with the rear, because we have to get the new tyre working better and increase grip. If all goes well, then perhaps tomorrow we will be able to do a race simulation”

testing results

  Sepang 2 Testing

Pos. Rider Num. Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Dani Pedrosa 26 ESP Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2'00.039 2 Aleix Espargaro 41 ESP NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 2'00.320 3 Alvaro Bautista 19 ESP Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 2'00.500 4 Valentino Rossi 46 ITA Yamaha Factory YAMAHA 2'00.605 5 Andrea Dovizioso 4 ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 2'00.787 6 Stefan Bradl 6 GER LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 2'00.902 7 Cal Crutchlow 35 GBR Ducati Team DUCATI 2'00.952 8 Pol Espargaro 44 ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 2'01.027 9 Jorge Lorenzo 99 ESP Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 2'01.049 10 Bradley Smith 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 2'01.098 11 Andrea Iannone 29 ITA Pramac Racing DUCATI 2'01.173 12 Yonny Hernandez 68 COL Pramac Racing DUCATI 2'01.658 13 Colin Edwards 5 USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 2'01.996 14 Nicky Hayden 69 USA Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 2'02.088 15 Randy De Puniet 14 FRA Suzuki Test Team SUZUKI 2'02.139 16 Hector Barbera 8 ESP Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 2'02.149 17 Scott Redding 45 GBR Go & Fun Honda Gresini HONDA 2'02.652 18 Hiroshi Aoyama 7 JPN Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 2'02.786 19 Michele Pirro 51 ITA Ducati Test Team DUCATI 2'02.799 20 Katsuyuki Nakasuga T1 JPN Yamaha Factory Test Team YAMAHA 2'02.802 21 Mike Di Meglio 63 FRA Avintia Racing MotoGP FTR-KAWASAKI 2'03.946 22 Karel Abraham 17 CZE Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA 2'05.198 23 Nobuatsu Aoki 9 JPN Suzuki Test Team SUZUKI 2'07.462

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)