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Maverick Viñales has edged Valentino Rossi at the top of the timesheets on Day 2 of the Sepang MotoGP pre-season test.
Rossi took until the last half-hour of the eight-hour session to better Dani Pedrosa’s Day 1 benchmark (1:59.427s), before being usurped by his Movistar Yamaha team-mate’s 1:59.355s in the final minutes.
Cal Crutchlow had been fastest prior to then and ended up third on the timesheets on his LCR Honda, one position ahead of Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team).
Again, Jack Miller was fifth-fastest as he continued to acquaint himself with his Pramac Ducati.
Last year’s championship combatants Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) and Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) were seventh- and eighth-fastest respectively, the former crashing late in the day.
Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) was 12th on the day but third-fastest if times from both days are combined.
Earlier rain once again made for a slow start to proceedings, but the real drama was a small fire from Andrea Iannone’s Suzuki, and also Pol Espargaro’s crash which saw the Red Bull KTM rider taken to hospital for precautionary checks.
Drama for Iannone and Suzuki as the Italian is forced to stop on track with the bike spitting out flames…. pic.twitter.com/uLWYyL06PN
— MotoGP™ ⏱ (@MotoGP) January 29, 2018
The other main talking point was the testing of aero fairings by the factory Honda riders Marquez and Pedrosa, satellite Honda rider Crutchlow, and the factory Yamaha riders Viñales and Rossi.
The test concludes tomorrow (Tuesday).
Pre-season testing: Sepang: Day 2
Pos | Num | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time | Gap 1st/prev |
1 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | ESP | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1:59.355 | |
2 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1:59.390 | 0.035/0.035 |
3 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | LCR Honda CASTROL | Honda | 1:59.443 | 0.088/0.053 |
4 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | ESP | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1:59.498 | 0.143/0.055 |
5 | 43 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1:59.509 | 0.154/0.011 |
6 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1:59.702 | 0.347/0.193 |
7 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | ESP | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1:59.730 | 0.375/0.028 |
8 | 04 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1:59.732 | 0.377/0.002 |
9 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1:59.747 | 0.392/0.015 |
10 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1:59.917 | 0.562/0.170 |
11 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | ESP | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1:59.925 | 0.570/0.008 |
12 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | ESP | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1:59.999 | 0.644/0.074 |
13 | 42 | Alex RINS | ESP | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 2:00.042 | 0.687/0.043 |
14 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | ESP | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 2:00.262 | 0.907/0.220 |
15 | 53 | Tito RABAT | ESP | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 2:00.506 | 1.151/0.244 |
16 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 2:00.520 | 1.165/0.014 |
17 | 21 | Franco MORBIDELLI | ITA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 2:00.662 | 1.307/0.142 |
18 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | FIN | KTM Test Team | KTM | 2:00.701 | 1.346/0.039 |
19 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | ESP | Angel Nieto Team | Ducati | 2:00.728 | 1.373/0.027 |
20 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Angel Nieto Team | Ducati | 2:00.914 | 1.559/0.186 |
21 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda | 2:00.952 | 1.597/0.038 |
22 | 50 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | FRA | Suzuki Test Team | Suzuki | 2:01.392 | 2.037/0.440 |
23 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 2:01.456 | 2.101/0.064 |
24 | 33 | Yamaha TEST 3 | JPN | Yamaha Test Team | Yamaha | 2:01.480 | 2.125/0.024 |
25 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 2:01.554 | 2.199/0.074 |
26 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 2:01.689 | 2.334/0.135 |
27 | 12 | Tom LUTHI | SWI | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 2:01.810 | 2.455/0.121 |
28 | 32 | Yamaha TEST 2 | JPN | Yamaha Test Team | Yamaha | 2:02.573 | 3.218/0.763 |