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Rossi fastest at Sepang test

The Doctor finished the second day of testing at the Malaysian Sepang circuit on top of the timesheets, registering a 2m00.925s lap. Casey Stoner was hot on his heels in second and Rossi's team mate Jorge Lorenzo third. Dani Pedrosa took fourth with 2009 World Superbike champ Ben Spies finishing an impressive fifth.

The proposed change of the MotoGP formula to 1000cc may keep Mr Rossi in Grand Prix racing for another few years, according to Autosport. He was talking about racing rally cars or vans etc, but it seems the two wheel pull is a little too much...

Full results of the test below (results courtesy of Autosport):

Pos  Rider             Bike               Time       Gap
1.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha             2m00.925s
2.  Casey Stoner      Ducati             2m01.320s  + 0.395s
3.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha             2m01.680s  + 0.755s
4.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda              2m01.822s  + 0.897s
5.  Ben Spies         Yamaha             2m02.266s  + 1.341s
6.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda              2m02.272s  + 1.347s
7.  Colin Edwards     Yamaha             2m02.479s  + 1.554s
8.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati             2m02.493s  + 1.568s
9.  Aleix Espargaro   Pramac Ducati      2m02.647s  + 1.722s
10.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki             2m02.763s  + 1.838s
11.  Marco Melandri    Gresini Honda      2m02.810s  + 1.885s
12.  Hector Barbera    Aspar Ducati       2m03.032s  + 2.107s
13.  Randy de Puniet   LCR Honda          2m03.043s  + 2.118s
14.  Hiroshi Aoyama    Interwetten Honda  2m03.195s  + 2.270s
15.  Marco Simoncelli  Gresini Honda      2m03.245s  + 2.320s
16.  Alvaro Bautista   Suzuki             2m03.274s  + 2.349s
17.  Mika Kallio       Pramac Ducati      2m03.359s  + 2.434s