Dani Pedrosa’s best lap time of 2’00″770 done earlier this morning when track temperatures were slightly cooler was unbeatable, not even his team mate Casey Stoner who moved up the timesheet in the final hour, to take second couldn’t make up the gap.
Stoner’s lap time of 2.
01.
434, left him a big 0,664s from Pedrosa who was testing the 2011 engine.
Whatever Honda has come up with this final year of the 800’s, they’ve taken a big step in the right direction because all the RC212V’s have been up to par, with five Honda’s in the top six, while only poor Toni Elias is wandering around in 19th.
His excuse could be that he has to get back into the groove after spending a year in Moto 2 or he’s only one of two out of six Honda riders that isn’t official and hasn’t a full spec bike, but neither does Hiroshi Aoyama who finished in 6th today.
Ben Spies was third ahead of this team mate Jorge Lorenzo who was only seventh, and much more concentrated on testing different parts, than putting down show off lap times, but we bet that the World Champion will be much higher up the charts on the last day of testing tomorrow when everyone will go for the hot lap glory.
If Yamaha and above all Honda, look ready to start the championship, the same can’t be said for Ducati.
The fastest Ducatista today was Hector Barbera with his 10th place.
The Spaniard outpaced Nicky Hayden, Randy de Puniet and Valentino Rossi.
The Italian who was just 13th, is still struggling with his shoulder problems and unable to string more than three or four laps at time, having to pit in often to rest.
Another rider still recovering from his shoulder surgery is rookie Cal Crutchlow, who managed to finish in 15th ahead of veteran rider Loris Capirossi who is still coming to grips with his Pramac Ducati after spending three years on a Suzuki.
MotoGP Sepang Test times Day 2 Results:1 .
Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team 2.
00.
7702.
Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda Team 2.
01.
4343.
Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 2.
01.
5084.
Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 2.
01.
5125.
Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2.
01.
5226.
Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 2.
01.
5347.
Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 2.
01.
5638.
Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2.
01.
6879.
Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2.
01.
72210.
Hector Barbera ESP Aspar Team 2.
02.
09311.
Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team 2.
02.
37912.
Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing Team 2.
02.
42613.
Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team 2.
02.
59714.
Kosuke Akiyoshi JPN Honda Test Rider 2.
02.
61915.
Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2.
03.
03216.
Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing Team 2.
03.
04717.
Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 2.
03.
46619.
Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda MotoGP 2.
04.
026
