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06-02-2007, 13:18
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Four teams and seven riders took to the track today (Monday 5th February) in Malaysia, for MotoGP's second visit to Sepang of 2007.
The teams testing in Sepang were absent from last week's Australian excursion continued their 800cc development in the humid Malaysian conditions, in the first of three testing days.
Yamaha factory riders, Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi took the early initiative in Asia, by topping the timesheets. Edwards put in a lap of 2mins 02.175sec on the latest version of the M1, edging out team-mate and five-time MotoGP World Champion Rossi by under 5 hundredths of a second. The Italian, who committed his future to the factory for the next two seasons last week, rode the fewest laps of any rider on day one, completing just 40 circuits.
Randy de Puniet aboard his Kawasaki was the only other rider to break the 2mins 03secs barrier, albeit over half a second slower than the two official Yamaha representatives. The Frenchman grafted hard on the opening day, and put in over twice as many laps as Rossi on the Ninja ZX-RR800.
As he continues to adapt to the Yamaha M1 with Dunlop tyres, a product of his switch this season from Luca Montiron's Michelin-shod Honda team, Makoto Tamada was fourth fastest, ahead of the French duo of Olivier Jacque and his fellow Yamaha Tech 3 rider Sylvain Guintoli. The Japanese rider improved going quicker than at the opening test of the year in January.
Ilmor, making their first appearance outside of Europe, only had one rider, Andrew Pitt attend Sepang for this week's proceedings. His team-mate Jeremy McWilliams is still on the mend after surgery on his leg, and is expected to return to action for the Official Test in Qatar. Pitt put 49 laps worth of miles on the Ilmor GP bike's clock, adding to the small number he was able to undertake in Almeria last month.
attended by Yamaha Racing, Kawasaki Racing, Yamaha Tech and Ilmor.
The next MotoGP test will be at Qatar from February 13-15.
Sepang Times: Day 1
1. Colin Edwards USA Yamaha Racing 2min 02.175 secs
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Racing 2min 02.221 secs
3. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing 2min 02.966 secs
4. Makoto Tamada JAP Yamaha Tech 2min 03.219 secs
5. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Racing 2min 03.959 secs
6. Sylvian Guintoli FRA Yamaha Tech 2min 06.558 secs
7. Andrew Pitt AUS Ilmor GP 2min 08.640 secs
Four teams and seven riders took to the track today (Monday 5th February) in Malaysia, for MotoGP's second visit to Sepang of 2007.
The teams testing in Sepang were absent from last week's Australian excursion continued their 800cc development in the humid Malaysian conditions, in the first of three testing days.
Yamaha factory riders, Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi took the early initiative in Asia, by topping the timesheets. Edwards put in a lap of 2mins 02.175sec on the latest version of the M1, edging out team-mate and five-time MotoGP World Champion Rossi by under 5 hundredths of a second. The Italian, who committed his future to the factory for the next two seasons last week, rode the fewest laps of any rider on day one, completing just 40 circuits.
Randy de Puniet aboard his Kawasaki was the only other rider to break the 2mins 03secs barrier, albeit over half a second slower than the two official Yamaha representatives. The Frenchman grafted hard on the opening day, and put in over twice as many laps as Rossi on the Ninja ZX-RR800.
As he continues to adapt to the Yamaha M1 with Dunlop tyres, a product of his switch this season from Luca Montiron's Michelin-shod Honda team, Makoto Tamada was fourth fastest, ahead of the French duo of Olivier Jacque and his fellow Yamaha Tech 3 rider Sylvain Guintoli. The Japanese rider improved going quicker than at the opening test of the year in January.
Ilmor, making their first appearance outside of Europe, only had one rider, Andrew Pitt attend Sepang for this week's proceedings. His team-mate Jeremy McWilliams is still on the mend after surgery on his leg, and is expected to return to action for the Official Test in Qatar. Pitt put 49 laps worth of miles on the Ilmor GP bike's clock, adding to the small number he was able to undertake in Almeria last month.
attended by Yamaha Racing, Kawasaki Racing, Yamaha Tech and Ilmor.
The next MotoGP test will be at Qatar from February 13-15.
Sepang Times: Day 1
1. Colin Edwards USA Yamaha Racing 2min 02.175 secs
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Racing 2min 02.221 secs
3. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing 2min 02.966 secs
4. Makoto Tamada JAP Yamaha Tech 2min 03.219 secs
5. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Racing 2min 03.959 secs
6. Sylvian Guintoli FRA Yamaha Tech 2min 06.558 secs
7. Andrew Pitt AUS Ilmor GP 2min 08.640 secs