Dani Pedrosa has continued his strong start to the Malaysian MotoGP, going quickest during third practice on Saturday.
Repsol Honda dominated on Friday, and Pedrosa was fastest for the third session in a row with a time of 2:1.769 minutes at Sepang.
Marco Simoncelli, on his San Carlo Honda Gresini, ended up 0.265 seconds slower.
He finished ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and new world champion Casey Stoner, a day after the Repsol Honda pair - along with Pedrosa - had collected the top three spots in both sessions. sportal.co.in
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Ducati Team’s Nicky Hayden made big strides to improve after ranking 11th of the day on Friday lapping over a second quicker to land fifth with a time of 2’02.249 on Saturday morning. Álvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki) followed by 0.094s in sixth, with Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) landing seventh ahead of Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team), the Italian eight tenths behind the leading session time set by Pedrosa.
Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) was ninth followed by Pramac Racing’s Loris Capirossi who rounded out the top ten times.
Katsuyuki Nakasuga, who replaces Yamaha Factory Racing’s injured Jorge Lorenzo, made progress after crashing twice on Friday to post a time of 2’04.629 ending the session 17th.
A recovering Ben Spies (Yamaha Factory Racing) crashed in turn one with 13 minutes remaining, the Texan was back on his feet immediately though opted not to rejoin the session. motogp.com
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