Pedrosa leads Sepang warm-up
Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa continued on from where he left off in qualifying in this morning's warm-up, topping the times by nearly half a second before this afternoon's Malaysian Grand Prix
Earlier in the session, like in qualifying, it looked as though Valentino Rossi would be the rider to top the times, but in the closing minutes Pedrosa went to the top with a time of 2:02.303 before a lap later going four-tenths faster.
Despite setting a time after the session concluded, Rossi's best effort wasn't good enough for second-fastest either, with Shinya Nakano continuing his strong performance this weekend, finishing the session less than a tenth faster than the Italian.
Just behind Rossi was Andrea Dovizioso on his Team Scot Honda, with Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati's Casey Stoner and Repsol Honda's Nicky Hayden in close attendance, all within a second of Pedrosa's time, and less than half a second behind Nakano and Rossi.
Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Dani Pedrosa Honda (B) 2:01.921 2. Shinya Nakano Honda (B) 2:02.416 + 0.495 3. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (B) 2:02.495 + 0.574 4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda (M) 2:02.526 + 0.605 5. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (M) 2:02.623 + 0.702 6. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 2:02.764 + 0.843 7. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 2:02.813 + 0.892 8. James Toseland Yamaha (M) 2:02.980 + 1.059 9. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 2:03.038 + 1.117 10. Randy de Puniet Honda (M) 2:03.040 + 1.119 11. John Hopkins Kawasaki (B) 2:03.186 + 1.265 12. Loris Capirossi Suzuki (B) 2:03.198 + 1.277 13. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 2:03.284 + 1.363 14. Alex de Angelis Honda (B) 2:03.328 + 1.407 15. Toni Elias Ducati (B) 2:04.144 + 2.223 16. Sylvain Guintoli Ducati (B) 2:04.284 + 2.363 17. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 2:04.515 + 2.594 18. Marco Melandri Ducati (B) 2:04.643 + 2.722 19. Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki (B) 2:04.853 + 2.932
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