Sepang - Honda again showed his prowess in MotoGP testing at Sepang Circuit. Trio racers from Japan's manufacturing success even occupy the three top positions.

Test the second day at Sepang Circuit on Wednesday (23/02/2011), dipuncaki by Casey Stoner, as well as on the first day. Australian rider posted a fastest time of 2 minutes 0.171 seconds.

Following in second place on his Honda teammate, Dani Pedrosa, who recorded the fastest time of 2 minutes 0.229 seconds. In third place, there is Andrea Dovizioso with a time of 2 minutes 0.531 seconds.

Results were confirmed, even exceed, the dominance of Honda on the first day of testing. Yesterday, Stoner and Pedrosa occupy positions 1-2, but stranded Dovizioso in fifth.

Yamaha duo Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies, trailing in fourth and fifth. Spies record time of 2 minutes 0.824 seconds, while Lorenzo record time of 2 minutes 0.931 seconds.

Seven-times world champion, Valentino Rossi, did not take part in the test today. Italian Ducati rider newer Crash reported experiencing pain.

Second day of the test results:
1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda Team 2m 0.171s (43)
2. Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team ESP 2m 0.229s (41)
3. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 2m 0.531s (46)
4. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 0.824s (54)
5. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing ESP 2m 0.931s (45)
6. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 1.033s (52)
7. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 1.439s (64)
8. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha Monster 2m 1.738s (44)
9. Bike # T2 JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2m 1.792s (23)
10. Hector Barbera Team Aspar ESP 2m 1.909s (64)
11. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2m 2.035s (35)
12. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team 2m 2.208s (44)
13. Bike # T1 JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2m 2.596s (54)
14. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing Team 2m 2.604s (35)
15. Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing Team 2m 2.624s (40)
16. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 2m 2.676s (36)
17. Toni Elias Honda ESP LCR MotoGP 2m 2.941s (60)
18. Cal Crutchlow GBR Tech 3 Yamaha Monster 2m 2.984s (40)
19. Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Suzuki Test Rider 2m 4.582s (46)
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Mania MotoGP - MotoGP 2011 official test session begins today, February 1st, 2011 at the Sepang circuit, Malaysia. Seventeenth rider who entered the 2011 MotoGP line-up took part, plus three test rider (two from Yamaha, one of Honda).

10 2011 Repsol Honda Stoner Fastest On Day Sepang Test Session PertamaPada first session rider team San Carlo Honda Gresini, Hiroshi Aoyama emerged as the fastest with a time of 2:02.483 seconds. Followed by his team-mate Marco Simoncelli (+0005) and the Repsol Honda rider, Casey Stoner (+0406). Meanwhile, Jorge Lorenzo only occupies the 8th position with a record time of 2:03.644 or adrift 1161 from Aoyama.

Dani Pedrosa who has not been able to perform optimally because it is still in the stage of healing became the fastest to-5. While the rider of the most eagerly awaited action that is Valentino Rossi, only able to score the 11th-fastest time behind Hector Barbera, Ducati rider from team Aspar.

The situation changed drastically in the 2nd session. Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner scored the best time to meet another one another. Lorenzo had the lead and end the first day test session early. As the defending champion was not there on the track, the record could be exceeded by Stoner's time.

Test will continue tomorrow (2 February) and ends on Wednesday, February 3 next. Here are the results of the first test day at Sepang circuit, Malaysia (source: crash).

1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda Team 2m 1.574s (52 laps)
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 1.977s (44 laps)
3. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team 2m 2.024s (61 laps)
4. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 2.295s (52 laps)
5. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 2.332s (29 laps)
6. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2m 2.422s (65 laps)
7. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 2.483s (65 laps)
8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 2m 2.507s (57 laps)
9. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 2.514s (60 laps)
10. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing Team 2m 3.152s (63 laps)
11. Kosuke Akiyoshi JPN Honda Test Rider 2m 3.224s (49 laps)
12. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team 2m 3.365s (30 laps)
13. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team 2m 3.508s (65 laps)
14. Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing Team 2m 3.695s (63 laps)
15. Hector Barbera ESP Aspar Team 2m 3.767s (59 laps)
16. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 4.009s (62 laps)
17. Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda MotoGP 2m 4.238s (64 laps)
18. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 2m 4.470s (52 laps)
19. Bike #T1 JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2m 4.717s (58 laps)
20. Bike #T2 JPN Yamaha test Rider 2m 5.235s (48 laps)

Sepang - For the second time in a row, Honda topped the fastest time successful MotoGP testing at Sepang Circuit. The result left the Honda could be a serious contender this year.

Dani Pedrosa emerged as the fastest in testing the second day, Wednesday (02/02/2011). Besides Pedrosa, there are two other drivers who are in the top four, namely Casey Stoner, who was ranked second and Andrea Dovizioso (fourth).

It repeats the successful conduct of slick Stoner topped the time record on the first day, Tuesday (1 / 2). On the first day, too, Pedrosa in third place.

"I think this is my first time driving very fast. But this is because I am very fresh in the morning and I am very fast in the first four laps," Pedrosa said as quoted by the official MotoGP site.

"I'm chasing time, but I see a good track conditions and I insisted. The closer we are to the limit, the more obvious changes in what we have to do to this bike to be on the right track," he added.

Unlike Pedrosa, Stoner just feeling a little dissatisfied with the chassis that he used. For information, Stoner and Dovizioso is to test the stability when braking with a modified RC212V chassis.

"Yesterday, we do not think they can record the best time. Today we estimate there will be a big difference with a soft tire. But the chassis that we choose not to maximize his tires,"complained Stoner.

"Tomorrow maybe we could focus more on comparing the chassis and see what steps to take. We still have a few other small jobs, but it can be done in the next test. Now I increasingly understand this bike and when I drive it, I feel like at home , "he finished.
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Sepang - Valentino Rossi has not shown his ability at the Sepang MotoGP test. The pain from a shoulder injury to make brand-new Ducati rider had failed to perform optimally.

Rossi ranked 13 in the second day test which took place on Wednesday (02/02/2011). These results are even worse a position than rank 12, which Rossi won the first test day.

There are strong reasons why Rossi has not been well above the maximum Ducati Desmosedici GP11. It was the shoulder injury that plagued the The Doctor along with a broken leg he suffered last year.

"I can ride again today alone is quite important, because the condition of my shoulder is not getting worse while receiving continuous tension," I Rossi in the MotoGP official website.

"All the good when the record time for 2 minutes 3 seconds, then when I try to cut one second, my strength disappeared and the pain increases," said seven-times world champion.

Rossi suffered an injury that appears to be very disturbing to the point that the Italian had predicted that a new injury to fully recover in May, which means the calendar has entered the fourth series in Portugal.

"It takes time, of course. The situation will improve, but we have to wait to May. After that we can work it out with the motor," said Rossi.

"For the moment, what we do is always filled with doubt. Later, when my physical condition is perfect, we want to print a more competitive time," promised the 31-year racer.

Uncharacteristic of the nine-time world champion's usual MotoGP performance, Valentino Rossi could only post 12th fastest at Day 1, and 13th fastest at Day 2 of testing at Sepang.

Rossi's time did improve .08 on Day 2, as he posted a 2:02.597 aboard the Ducati Team GP11, but the Italian says his shoulder is affecting his overall performance at the first official test of the 2011 MotoGP season.

Regardless, Rossi and the Ducati team are making progress, experimenting with different fairings on the Desmosedici to aid his recovering shoulder as the team prepares for the first race of the MtooGP season at Qataron March 17.

After completing 23 laps on Wednesday at Sepang for the second of three days testing, Rossi was 1.791 behind the leader, Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa.

Following is what VR46 was saying after Day 2 in Sepang:

Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team GP11) says: "I'm happy because I was able to ride again today. I did another 42 laps, which is reassuring. Even when I work my shoulder hard, I'm finding that it doesn't get worse, and I don't suffer too much, to the extent that I was able to start again this morning without having lost anything compared to yesterday.

"Actually, the shoulder is even getting better as I ride, and I'm able to make the movements that are required. Obviously, it's still a handicap, because eventually I begin to lose strength and the pain increases, but we were able to do some good, consistent work."

"Being able to ride again today is important because the shoulder isn't getting worse under the continued strain. Everything is fine while riding under 2'03, then when I try to take another second off the strength diminishes and the pain increases.

"It needs more time, without doubt. The situation will improve, but it will be a wait until May. Only then will we be able to work extensively on the bike, because everything we do now could be thrown into doubt when we record more competitive times, when my physical condition is perfect.

"Today we tried a lot of things, especially with the aerodynamics. We focused on comparing fairings and riding with and without wings, and I'm more inclined towards the latter option. The fact is that I'm not in the best physical condition and with the wings I find more resistance in corner entry, which is not good for my shoulder.

"One of the things we need to improve is going through the turns, because I can't turn the bike as I would like to. Tomorrow we're going to continue working with the same enthusiasm as we had today, and at the end of the Test we'll leave with a lot of information.

"We also did a Test with the tires, and that's something that the Ducati depends a lot on as its behaviour changes a lot depending on whether the tyres are hard or soft," he stated. "The results haven't been bad, but we haven't solved the problems with vibration in the front yet. When it starts to vibrate the bike is really difficult to handle.

"Everybody seems to be very much in shape, both the bikes and the riders. It's normal to go harder in Testing than during a GP weekend. When you have three days in which to ride you can ride fast all day because it makes the bike perform better, and above all because there's more rubber on the track.

"For this reason I think that tomorrow I can go even faster. Our objective is to improve our times, but mainly to improve my feeling with the bike and find how to ride with less difficulty."

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