Edwards heads second practice
Tech 3 Yamaha's Colin Edwards topped the times in the second free practice session at Sepang for the Malaysian round of the MotoGP world championship
With just over a minute remaining in the session, Shinya Nakano's Honda topped the times, having done so for most of the session.
But a flurry of late laps by Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner and Edwards saw the top spot change three times as the session drew to a close. Edwards' time of 2:02.667 also just eclipsed Rossi's effort in the earlier session today.
Rossi ended up with the second fastest time, bumping Stoner down to third after the chequered flag, Stoner having been on top of the times when the flag fell, less than a tenth ahead of Nakano who improved in the closing minutes but still ended up fourth fastest.
A late lap for Dani Pedrosa got him up to fifth position, ahead of Loris Capirossi's Suzuki and Andrea Dovizioso's Team Scot Honda. Randy de Puniet, Nicky Hayden and Jorge Lorenzo rounded out the top ten, all less than a second behind Edwards.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 2:02.667 2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) 2:02.838 + 0.171 3. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 2:02.970 + 0.303 4. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) 2:03.050 + 0.383 5. Dani Pedrosa Honda (B) 2:03.232 + 0.565 6. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) 2:03.346 + 0.679 7. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) 2:03.430 + 0.763 8. Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 2:03.474 + 0.807 9. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 2:03.550 + 0.883 10. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) 2:03.598 + 0.931 11. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 2:03.723 + 1.056 12. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 2:03.925 + 1.258 13. Toni Elias Ducati (B) 2:04.183 + 1.516 14. James Toseland Yamaha (M) 2:04.190 + 1.523 15. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) 2:04.204 + 1.537 16. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 2:04.281 + 1.614 17. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) 2:04.391 + 1.724 18. John Hopkins Kawasaki (B) 2:04.568 + 1.901 19. Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki (B) 2:05.998 + 3.331
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