Honda dominated Friday’s practice session ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix, taking all five top positions.
With Casey Stoner having wrapped up the title last week, the team were in buoyant mood and Dani Pedrosa led the way for them on Friday, scorching to a best lap of two minutes 01.250 seconds.
He was a full eight tenths ahead of Stoner, with Andrea Dovizioso nearly one and a half seconds behind his pacesetting team-mate.
Another Honda rider, Marco Simoncelli, was fourth, with Hiroshi Aoyama fifth, one tenth behind Simoncelli’s two minutes 02.832 secs. ESPN STAR Sports
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Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) was the first Yamaha in the timings with a best effort of 2’02.991, improving by a margin of 8 tenths with a lap set halfway through the second practice. Rizla Suzuki’s Álvaro Bautista followed the Texan by 0.123s to land seventh for the day.
Pramac Racing’s Randy de Puniet was the first Ducati in the timings, the Frenchman’s best lap of 2’03.159 six tenths quicker than his FP1 lap and the final within two seconds of Pedrosa’s flier, followed by Ben Spies (Yamaha Factory Racing) in ninth.
Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing) completed the top ten of the day with a 2’03.318, one tenth quicker than Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) in 11th and three tenths ahead of the Valentino Rossi’s Ducati in 13th. motogp.com
Pos. Num. Rider Team Time 1 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 2'01.250 2 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 2'02.070 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSORepsol Honda Team 2'02.664 4 58 Marco SIMONCELLISan Carlo Honda Gresini 2'02.823 5 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2'02.951 6 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2'02.991 7 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2'03.123 8 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 2'03.159 9 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 2'03.312 10 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 2'03.318 11 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 2'03.445 12 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team 2'03.595 13 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 2'03.677 14 21 John HOPKINS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2'03.885 15 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2'03.901 16 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 2'04.071 17 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 2'04.603 18 89 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA Yamaha Factory Racing 2'05.996
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