Pedrosa on top as Honda dominates Day 2

Dani Pedrosa ended Day 2 of 3 at MotoGP’s Sepang test on top of the time sheets, as the Repsol Honda team continued its impressive form.

Pedrosa’s fastest time of 2:00.770 was set on just his fourth flying lap, with team-mate Casey Stoner’s late flyer only good enough to bring the Australian within 0.7s of the Spaniard.

The team’s third rider, Andrea Dovisioso, spent the day evaluating a new front fork, and set the fourth fastest time, marginally behind Ben Spies on the factory Yamaha.

The American completed 60 laps of the circuit, 21 more than Pedrosa, testing a new engine and electronic configuration for the M1.

Reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo was just 0.05s slower than his team-mate Spies – but ended the day seventh fastest in a highly competitive top 10.

The Majorcan continued to test the latest Yamaha M1 chassis.

“Today we continued to work on the bike, we found some positive things and some not so good,” said Lorenzo.

“I think we have found more traction but maybe a little vibration we need to resolve.

“We’ve improved a lot of little things, and I have to continue to work on improving my riding as well and to give the team the best explanations I can on the developments to help them move forward.”

With Marco Simoncelli and Hiroshi Aoyama filling fifth and sixth on the Gresini Hondas, the fastest Ducati rider was Hector Barbera, down in 10^th position.

Having been 12^th fastest on the opening day, the Italian manufacturer’s star signing Valentino Rossi again struggled with his shoulder injury on Day 2.

The nine-time World Champion spent the day assessing aerodynamics, and reported that Ducati’s unique front-wing system was not to his liking.

See below for a full list of fastest times from Day 2

1	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	2:00.770
2	Casey Stoner	Honda	2:01.434
3	Ben Spies	Yamaha	2:01.508
4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	2:01.512
5	Marco Simoncelli	Honda	2:01.522
6	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	2:01.534
7	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	2:01.563
8	Alvaro Bautista	Suzuki	2:01.687
9	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	2:01.722
10	Hector Barbera	Ducati	2:02.093
11	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	2:02.379
12	Randy de Puniet	Ducati	2:02.426
13	Valentino Rossi	Ducati	2:02.597
14	Kousuke Akiyoshi	Honda	2:02.619
15	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	2:03.032
16	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	2:03.047
17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	2:03.466
18	Toni Elias	Honda	2:04.026