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A damp track early on Wednesday morning delayed track action for over two hours on the final day of the Sepang test. At the end of the day it was Jorge Lorenzo who topped the Sepang test with an incredible 1’59.580 set on a hard rear and new Michelin front, the factory Yamaha rider dipping under the 2’00 barrier with two laps in the 1’59s. This was not only the fastest lap of the day but of the test as a whole, over half a second clear of anyone else.
Second on combined times was Petrucci, with his 2’00.095 set on the soft tire on Tuesday. Avintia Ducati’s Hector Barbera was another to benefit from an early soft tire run on Tuesday, ending the three-day event in third and just over 0.8s off Lorenzo’s time. As with Lorenzo, Rossi’s best time came on the hard tire on Wednesday as the Italian cemented the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team well inside the top five on combined times and ended 0.976s back on his teammate. Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez completed the combined top five, his 2’00.843 the fastest lap by a Honda rider.
Overall MotoGP Testing Results from Sepang, Malaysia
- Jorge LORENZO, Yamaha, 1:59.580, Day 3
- Danilo PETRUCCI, Ducati, 2:00.095, Day 2
- Hector BARBERA, Ducati, 2:00.387, Day 2
- Valentino ROSSI, Yamaha, 2:00.556, Day 3
- Marc MARQUEZ, Honda, 2:00.843, Day 2
- Cal CRUTCHLOW, Honda, 2:00.899, Day 2
- Scott REDDING, Ducati, 2:01.049, Day 2
- Andrea IANNONE, Ducati, 2:01.052, Day 2
- Casey STONER, Ducati, 2:01.070, Day 3
- Bradley SMITH, Yamaha, 2:01.107, Day 2
- Dani PEDROSA, Honda, 2:01.161, Day 3
- Maverick VIÑALES, Suzuki, 2:01.244, Day 3
- Aleix ESPARGARO, Suzuki, 2:01.623, Day 3
- Yonny HERNANDEZ, Ducati, 2:01.644, Day 2
- Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Ducati, 2:01.675, Day 3
- Pol ESPARGARO, Yamaha, 2:01.870, Day 3
- Tito RABAT, Honda, 2:02.328, Day 2
- Stefan BRADL, Aprilia, 2:02.372, Day 2
- Loris BAZ, Ducati, 2:02.541, Day 3
- Katsuyuki NAKASUGA, Yamaha, 2:02.691, Day 2
- Alvaro BAUTISTA, Aprilia, 2:02.876, Day 2
- Michele PIRRO, Ducati, 2:03.203, Day 1
- Eugene LAVERTY, Ducati, 2:03.519, Day 3
