Lorenzo under lap record pace in Sepang test

Jorge Lorenzo lapped under record pace on the final day of the Sepang pre-season MotoGP test.

The Ducati Team rider finished significantly faster than second-best Dani Pedrosa, with Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) third-quickest.

Lorenzo shook off an early fall to clock a 1:58.830s on his 21st of 48 laps, while Day 1 fast man Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) similarly made his mark early on with his best lap his ninth.

Like his team-mate Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso had a crash before setting his fastest lap to end the day in fourth position.

Jack Miller was fifth-fastest on his Pramac Ducati for the third day in a row, despite an early crash, while Alex Rins took his Suzuki up to sixth.

Defending world champion Marc Marquez was seventh-fastest as he rode without an aero fairing, unlike team-mate Pedrosa who tested with and without one.

The Movistar Yamahas had set the pace on Day 2, but Valentino Rossi was eighth-fastest on Day 3 and Maverick Viñales 18th.

Pol Espargaro did not appear on track after a sizeable crash on his Red Bull KTM on Day 2, but has been cleared of any fractures.

The next official test is at new MotoGP venue Buriram in Thailand on February 16-18.

Pre-season testing: Sepang: Day 3

Pos	Num	Rider	Nat	Team	Bike	Time	Gap 1st/prev
1	99	Jorge LORENZO	ESP	Ducati Team	Ducati	1:58.830
2	26	Dani PEDROSA	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1:59.009	0.179/0.179
3	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	1:59.052	0.222/0.043
4	04	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	1:59.169	0.339/0.117
5	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	1:59.346	0.516/0.177
6	42	Alex RINS	ESP	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1:59.348	0.518/0.002
7	93	Marc MARQUEZ	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1:59.382	0.552/0.034
8	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1:59.449	0.619/0.067
9	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	1:59.511	0.681/0.062
10	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	1:59.528	0.698/0.017
11	53	Tito RABAT	ESP	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	1:59.547	0.717/0.019
12	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1:59.615	0.785/0.068
13	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	ESP	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1:59.962	1.132/0.347
14	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	2:00.071	1.241/0.109
15	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	ESP	Angel Nieto Team	Ducati	2:00.205	1.375/0.134
16	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	KTM Test Team	KTM	2:00.464	1.634/0.259
17	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	2:00.526	1.696/0.062
18	25	Maverick VIÑALES	ESP	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	2:00.547	1.717/0.021
19	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Angel Nieto Team	Ducati	2:00.574	1.744/0.027
20	10	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	2:00.784	1.954/0.210
21	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	2:00.812	1.982/0.028
22	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	2:00.969	2.139/0.157
23	50	Sylvain GUINTOLI	FRA	Suzuki Test Team	Suzuki	2:01.120	2.290/0.151
24	12	Tom LUTHI	SWI	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	2:01.126	2.296/0.006
25	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	2:01.223	2.393/0.097
26	33	Yamaha TEST 3	JPN	Yamaha Test Team	Yamaha	2:01.385	2.555/0.162
27	32	Yamaha TEST 2	JPN	Yamaha Test Team	Yamaha	2:01.679	2.849/0.294