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Valentino Rossi moved to the head of the pack on the second day of MotoGP testing in Malaysia as the Italian swapped places with team-mate Colin Edwards on the Sepang timesheets.
Having played second fiddle to the American on the opening day, Rossi posted the fastest time of the week so far onboard the Yamaha M1 with a best lap of 2min 02.099secs as he continues to get to grips with the new 800cc machine. It put the five-time champion just 0.019secs clear of Edwards, who improved his time from Monday but was unable to retain his place on top of the times.
Behind the two Yamaha factory riders, there was no change among the remaining five riders in action as they remained in the same places they had held on the opening day. Randy de Puniet's third fastest time – nearly half a second behind Rossi – came despite a light crash on the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR80. The Frenchman completed more laps than any other rider over the course of the day as he completed a race simulation on the Kawasaki Racing machine.
Makoto Tamada continued to work with the Yamaha Tech 3 version of the M1, and was the quickest rider from the satellite team in fourth place - the Japanese star under a second slower than Rossi's official bike.
Olivier Jacque joined team-mate de Puniet in putting in a large number of laps, as he prepares to make his return to the premier category following a year away while Sylvain Guintoli rounded out the top six ahead of his maiden MotoGP campaign.
Newcomers Illmor continued to run a single bike for Andrew Pitt, Jeremy McWilliams still recovering from his broken leg, and the Australian improved his best time – although he was still well of the pace of the leaders
Sepang Day 2 Times:-
1. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Racing Team 2min 02.099secs
2. Colin Edwards USA Yamaha Racing Team 2min 02.118secs
3. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 2min 02.554secs
4. Makoto Tamada JAP Tech 3 Yamaha 2min 02.745secs
5. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 2min 02.761secs
6. Sylvian Guintoli FRA Tech 3 Yamaha 2min 05.002secs
7. Andrew Pitt AUS Ilmor GP 2min 07.923secs
Valentino Rossi moved to the head of the pack on the second day of MotoGP testing in Malaysia as the Italian swapped places with team-mate Colin Edwards on the Sepang timesheets.
Having played second fiddle to the American on the opening day, Rossi posted the fastest time of the week so far onboard the Yamaha M1 with a best lap of 2min 02.099secs as he continues to get to grips with the new 800cc machine. It put the five-time champion just 0.019secs clear of Edwards, who improved his time from Monday but was unable to retain his place on top of the times.
Behind the two Yamaha factory riders, there was no change among the remaining five riders in action as they remained in the same places they had held on the opening day. Randy de Puniet's third fastest time – nearly half a second behind Rossi – came despite a light crash on the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR80. The Frenchman completed more laps than any other rider over the course of the day as he completed a race simulation on the Kawasaki Racing machine.
Makoto Tamada continued to work with the Yamaha Tech 3 version of the M1, and was the quickest rider from the satellite team in fourth place - the Japanese star under a second slower than Rossi's official bike.
Olivier Jacque joined team-mate de Puniet in putting in a large number of laps, as he prepares to make his return to the premier category following a year away while Sylvain Guintoli rounded out the top six ahead of his maiden MotoGP campaign.
Newcomers Illmor continued to run a single bike for Andrew Pitt, Jeremy McWilliams still recovering from his broken leg, and the Australian improved his best time – although he was still well of the pace of the leaders
Sepang Day 2 Times:-
1. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Racing Team 2min 02.099secs
2. Colin Edwards USA Yamaha Racing Team 2min 02.118secs
3. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 2min 02.554secs
4. Makoto Tamada JAP Tech 3 Yamaha 2min 02.745secs
5. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 2min 02.761secs
6. Sylvian Guintoli FRA Tech 3 Yamaha 2min 05.002secs
7. Andrew Pitt AUS Ilmor GP 2min 07.923secs