De Puniet Tops Sepang timesheet on day two of MotoGP testing
LCR Honda rider Randy de Puniet continued with his impressive form to clock the fastest laptime, going round the 5.542 kilometre Sepang International Circuit in an impressive 2 minutes 1.139 seconds
He was pushing hard throughout the day and crashed during the afternoon session while negotiating turn six, a fast right hander.
Multiple world champ Valentino Rossi had a better second day completing 60 laps and ending the day third on the timesheet with a time of 2 minutes 1:437 seconds on his Yamaha machine.
Rossi’s former teammate and now Yamaha Tech 3 rider, Colin Edwards went round the circuit 46 times and clocked 2 minutes 1.327 seconds.
2006 world champion Nicky Hayden was undertaking full responsibility in developing the 2008 Honda RC212V after Dani Pedrosa brke his arm in a fall yesterday.
Doing the work of two riders, Hayden was the busiest man on track, completing 66 laps.
He clocked a fastest time of 2 minutes 02.102 seconds to finish 10th fastest. World champion Casey Stoner clocked 2 minutes 1.638 seconds to finish fifth fastest.
The pre-season MotoGP tests continue tomorrow for the final day before the
teams and riders proceed to Phillip Island in Melbourne for further tests.
Sepang MotoGP Test – Day 2
Top 10 riders
1.Randy de Puniet (Honda LCR) – Honda 2:01.139s/63 laps
2.Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3) – Yamaha 2:01.327s/46 laps
3.Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team) – Yamaha 2:01.437s/60 laps
4. Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team) – Yamaha 2:01.583s/54 laps
5.Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro) – Ducati 2:01.638s/34 laps
6.John Hopkins (Kawasaki Racing) – Kawasaki 2:01.874s/50 laps
7.Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki MotoGP) – Suzuki 2:01.917s/59 laps
8.Andrea Dovizioso (JIR Team Scott) – Honda 2:02.006s/54 laps
9.Shinya Nakano (Honda Gresini) – Honda 2:02.095s/54 laps
10. Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda) – Honda 2:02.102s/66 laps
