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MotoGP Official Test - Sepang - Testing
Date : 06/02/2013	Weather : Sunny Showers	Air : 34°C	Track : 44°C	Humidity : 71%

Repsol Honda Team continue to progress in Malaysia

After the second day of the three day test in Sepang, the Repsol Honda Team remain on the top of the time sheets.

Dani Pedrosa, who completed 37 laps, recorded the fastest time of the day of 2'00.549 on lap 29. Dani, spent this second day working on weight distribution - to find the ideal placement of the additional 3kg as dictated by the new 2013 rules. In the afternoon he had planned to test the new rear tyre compound from Bridgestone, but after only 1 lap rain arrived and halted his testing for the day.

Repsol Honda Teammate, Marc Marquez, began the day as he left off yesterday, lapping in the low 2'01's. Marc began to work with the electronics for the first time and continued to learn the braking point limit on the MotoGP machines. He completed 34 laps taking his fastest lap of 2'00.803 on lap 20, placing him 3rd on the time sheets.

The team will be back on track tomorrow for the final day of this first test.

　Dani Pedrosa - 1st - 2'00.549

"Today I was able to try some more things on the bike and we made a few positive steps forward from yesterday. The feeling is good, I'm happy and that's what's important. We had planned to try a few more things in the afternoon, like the hard compound tyres, but it started to rain early and we were unable to go out. We hope that it is good weather tomorrow so that we can try them out, as in the coming season it will be important to ride fast on that compound. We also hope to continue moving forward with our quest for the best bike setup"

　Marc Marquez - 3rd - 2'00.803

"I am happy, because we improved our pace a lot and that is what our focus was for today. The final stints on track were more consistent, which helped us to obtain better data. Today I started to work a little with the electronics and we have a few ideas to put into practice tomorrow or in future tests. This is making me learn new things and I am little-by-little understanding the way the electronics behave on this bike"

Testing Results

1	Dani Pedrosa	2'00.549	SPA	HONDA	Repsol Honda Team
2	Jorge Lorenzo	2'00.568	SPA	YAMAHA	Yamaha Factory Racing
3	Marc Marquez	2'00.803	SPA	HONDA	Repsol Honda Team
4	Valentino Rossi	2'01.038	ITA	YAMAHA	Yamaha Factory Racing
5	Cal Crutchlow	2'01.311	GBR	YAMAHA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3
6	Stefan Bradl	2'01.369	GER	HONDA	LCR Honda MotoGP
7	Alvaro Bautista	2'01.729	SPA	HONDA	Go & Fun Honda Gresini
8	Bradley Smith	2'01.931	GBR	YAMAHA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3
9	Nicky Hayden	2'02.110	USA	DUCATI	Ducati Team
10	Andrea Dovizioso	2'02.379	ITA	DUCATI	Ducati Team
11	Kosuke Akiyoshi	2'02.526	JPN	HONDA	HRC Test Team
12	Katsayuki Nakasuga	2'02.701	JPN	YAMAHA	Yamaha Factory
13	Ben Spies	2'03.002	USA	YAMAHA	Ignite Pramac Racing Team
14	Wataru Yoshikawa	2'03.156	JPN	YAMAHA	Yamaha Factory
15	Andrea Iannone	2'03.169	ITA	DUCATI	Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Team
16	Aleix Espargaro	2'03.251	ESP	ART	Power Electronics Aspar
17	Randy De Puniet	2'03.791	FRA	ART	Aspar Team MotoGP
18	Danillo Petrucci	2'04.284	ITA	IODA-SUTER	Came IodaRacing Project
19	Takumi Takahashi	2'04.559	JPN	HONDA	HRC Test Team
20	Hiroshi Aoyama	2'04.786	JPN	FTR	Avintia Blusens
21	Hector Barbera	2'04.989	SPA	FTR	Avintia Blusens
22	Karel Abraham	2'05.028	CZE	ART	Cardion AB Motoracing
23	Michael Laverty	2'05.417	GBR	PBM	Paul Bird Motorsport
24	Yonny Hernandez	2'05.656	COL	PBM	Paul Bird Motorsport
25	Claudio Corti	2'05.721	ITA	FTR-KAWASAKI	NGM Mobile Forward Racing
26	Colin Edwards	2'06.205	USA	FTR-KAWASAKI	NGM Mobile Forward Racing
27	Bryan Staring	2'06.898	AUS	HONDA & FTR	Go & Fun Honda Gresini
28	Lukas Pesek	2'07.015	CZE	IODA-SUTER	Came IodaRacing Project

Circuit information

First race	1999
GPs held	13
Laps	20
Race distance	116.508km / 72.387 miles
Track length	5.548km / 3.447 miles
Track width	25m
Longest straight	0.920km / 0.572 miles
Corners	15 (10 right, 5 left)
Pole position	Left

Circuit records

Pole position	2m 00.334s (165.978km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2012)
Race lap	2m 02.108s (163.566km/h) Casey Stoner (Ducati, 2007)
Race time	41m 03.448s (162.153km/h) Valentino Rossi (Yamaha, 2010)
2012 Winner	Dani Pedrosa (Honda)

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