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Ducati’s Casey Stoner ended up top of the time sheets at the Sepang MotoGP test.

Stoner went 4/10ths faster than the previous day to narrowly beat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi who is suffering from an injury that occurred in his house! Loris Capirossi showed that he still has pace finishing in 3rd on the Suzuki whilst Edward’s 4th shows that the Yamaha is a good package.

Nicky Hayden showed continual improvement but was bested for 9th fastest by Mika Kallio on another Ducati.

1. Casey Stoner (Ducati) 2.01’043
2. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 2.01’137
3. Loris Capirossi (Suzuki) 2.01’262
4. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) 2.01’413
5. Toni Elias (Honda) 2.01’560
6. Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) 2.01’666
7. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 2.01’907
8. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 2.01’955
9. Mika Kallio (Ducati) 2.02’386
10. Nicky Hayden (Ducati) 2.02’497

The next outing for the MotoGP teams is March 1-3 at the Losail circuit in Qatar.

link: Soup :: Sepang MotoGP Test Wraps Up With Stoner Fastest :: 02-07-2009

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