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MOTOGP » Sepang MotoGP test times - Friday
Friday lap times after the second and final day of testing at Sepang in Malaysia.

Testing concludes on Saturday...

1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 2min 1.483 sec
2. Loris Capirossi ITA Team Suzuki 2min 1.555 sec
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 2min 1.626 sec
4. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 2min 1.860 sec
5. Chris Vermeulen AUS Team Suzuki 2min 2.086 sec
6. Toni Elias SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2min 2.232 sec
7. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha 2min 2.241 sec
8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 2min 2.434 sec
9. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team 2min 3.034 sec
10. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 2min 3.056 sec
11. Sete Gibernau SPA Onde 2000 Ducati 2min 3.308 sec
12. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini 2min 3.518 sec
13. Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 2min 3.774 sec
14. Niccolo Canepa ITA Pramac Racing 2min 4.021 sec
15. 'Bike #T' JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2min 4.312 sec
16. Yuki Takahashi JPN Team Scot 2min 4.332 sec
17. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 2min 4.507 sec
18. 'Bike #O' JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2min 4.536 sec
19. James Toseland GBR Tech 3 Yamaha 2min 4.597 sec

Fastest Thursday time:
Loris Capirossi ITA Team Suzuki 2min 1.869sec

2008 Malaysian Grand Prix - 19/10/2008:
Pole position: Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda (B) 2min 1.548sec

Fastest race laps by manufacturer:
Yamaha: Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha (B) 2min 2.249sec
Honda: Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda (B) 2min 2.379sec
Ducati: Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro (B) 2min 2.759sec
Suzuki: Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki (B) 2min 2.927sec
Kawasaki: John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing (B) 2min 3.543sec

[smileyman]

Gibbers seems to be enjoying hisself.

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Originally Posted by smileyman

Gibbers seems to be enjoying hisself.

Not as much as Loris and Rossi

Rossi, Capirossi enjoy ‘battle’ at Sepang

For ten minutes on Friday afternoon at Sepang Valentino Rossi and Loris Capirossi recreated their 2006 victory battle at the Malaysian circuit, although this time it was purely for fun.

The two Italians found themselves on track together at 4pm and, after almost two days of riding against the stopwatch, couldn't resist dicing with each other (pictured).

The duel eventually came to an end when Rossi, riding with six stitches in his hand and another six in his foot, was forced to back off - leaving Loris to wave his hand in appreciation as he rode past.

Afterwards, Crash.net asked Rossi about the 'battle': “It was great fun! I am always very happy to fight with Loris because he is one of the old school - it is always exciting to try and fight with him.

“I think he enjoyed it a lot as well because he was faster than me. He overtook me in braking and it was like an old battle between us. Our 2006 battle here [won by Rossi] was a great race and today was very similar, except then Loris was on a Ducati.

“I am so happy that Loris is fast, because last year he had a bad injury and it looked like the Suzuki was not very fast, but this year with the new bike and with no injury he is competitive.

“And Loris is 36 years old now, so I have seven more years!” smiled Rossi, who finished the day third fastest, 0.143sec from fastest man Casey Stoner and 0.071sec behind the on-form Capirossi.

Capirossi confirmed that he had enjoyed the 'fight' just as much as Rossi.

"Yeah we played a little bit at the end, it was nice," smiled Loris, standing outside the Team Suzuki pit. "We enjoyed it a lot because he overtook me and I overtook him. Sometimes it is nice to ride like that and whenever I race with Valentino it is fun. For sure we hope to race like that again this season..."

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MOTOGP » Sepang MotoGP test times - Saturday
1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 2min 1.043 sec
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 2min 1.137 sec
3. Loris Capirossi ITA Team Suzuki 2min 1.262 sec
4. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha 2min 1.413 sec
5. Toni Elias SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2min 1.560 sec
6. Chris Vermeulen AUS Team Suzuki 2min 1.666 sec
7. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 2min 1.907 sec
8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 2min 1.955 sec
9. Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 2min 2.386 sec
10. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team 2min 2.497 sec
11. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini 2min 2.523 sec
12. Sete Gibernau SPA Onde 2000 Ducati 2min 2.727 sec
13. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 2min 3.418 sec
14. Yuki Takahashi JPN Team Scot 2min 3.474 sec
15. Niccolo Canepa ITA Pramac Racing 2min 3.901 sec
16. James Toseland GBR Tech 3 Yamaha 2min 3.953 sec
17. 'Bike #T' JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2min 4.328 sec
18. 'Bike #0' JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2min 4.614 sec

Fastest Friday time:
Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro 2min 1.483sec

Fastest Thursday time:
Loris Capirossi ITA Team Suzuki 2min 1.869sec

2008 Malaysian Grand Prix - 19/10/2008:
Pole position: Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda (B) 2min 1.548sec

Fastest race laps by manufacturer:
Yamaha: Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha (B) 2min 2.249sec
Honda: Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda (B) 2min 2.379sec
Ducati: Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro (B) 2min 2.759sec
Suzuki: Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki (B) 2min 2.927sec
Kawasaki: John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing (B) 2min 3.543sec

[Quick281]

Nice to see a little improvement among a couple people.

[fnfalman]

Seems like Nicky is consistently 1.5 seconds slower than Stacy Moaner. Consider that this is his first experience with the bike while it's Stacy's third season with the bike, that ain't bad.

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Originally Posted by fnfalman

Seems like Nicky is consistently 1.5 seconds slower than Stacy Moaner. Consider that this is his first experience with the bike while it's Stacy's third season with the bike, that ain't bad.

I was also looking at that. For what ever reason I am feeling inclined to monitor Hayden's progress on the new bike.

Don't really feel like I need to monitor Rossi or Stoner.