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Sepang MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa on top again in final practice

Dani Pedrosa beat Jorge Lorenzo again in final practice for MotoGP's Malaysian Grand Prix

Honda rider Pedrosa had also been quickest in Friday's sole dry session, and came to Malaysia with momentum on his side after wins in the preceding races at Aragon and Motegi.

Lorenzo had led the first half of practice three with a lap of 2m01.344s on his Yamaha, before Pedrosa set a 2m01.186s 25 minutes from the end. He would set several more low-2m01s times before the session finished.

Casey Stoner was third on the second Honda, nearly 0.7s off the pace.

Tech 3 Yamaha duo Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow completed the top five.

Ben Spies recovered from a trip over the grass and gravel after a vicious twitch under braking for the final corner to take sixth.

Both Ducati riders fell, with near-identical incidents for Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi at Turn 1. The Italian's low-side happened near the start of practice, while Hayden waited until the final minutes before replicating it.

Hayden ended up eighth, Rossi 10th.

Avintia CRT rider Yonny Hernandez did not run in the session and is in doubt for the rest of the weekend amid continued pain from the collarbone he dislocated in a Japanese Grand Prix crash.

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike             Time       Gap
 1.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                 2m01.186s
 2.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                2m01.344s  + 0.158s
 3.  Casey Stoner      Honda                 2m01.693s  + 0.507s
 4.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha         2m01.696s  + 0.510s
 5.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha         2m01.995s  + 0.809s
 6.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                2m02.334s  + 1.148s
 7.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda         2m02.449s  + 1.263s
 8.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                2m02.679s  + 1.493s
 9.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda             2m02.821s  + 1.635s
10.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                2m03.083s  + 1.897s
11.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati         2m03.112s  + 1.926s
12.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia         2m04.109s  + 2.923s
13.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati        2m04.566s  + 3.380s
14.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia         2m04.962s  + 3.776s
15.  Colin Edwards     Forward Suter-BMW     2m05.407s  + 4.221s
16.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda     2m05.615s  + 4.429s
17.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda Suter-BMW        2m05.967s  + 4.781s
18.  James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia     2m06.098s  + 4.912s
19.  Roberto Rolfo     Speed Master Aprilia  2m06.257s  + 5.071s
20.  Ivan Silva        Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  2m06.622s  + 5.436s
21.  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki

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