Hayden quickest on final day at Sepang

The Repsol Honda rider lapped in 2:00.592 today - a full 1.3 seconds quicker than second-placed Colin Edwards on the Tech 3 Yamaha.

Third place went to Kawasaki's new signing John Hopkins, who was one of several riders to suffer falls during the day. His past and present teammates Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) and Anthony West also had minor accidents, as did LCR Honda's Randy de Puniet.

The latter had the most serious accident and sustained an injury to his right thumb, although it is not yet clear whether he has suffered any fractures.

JiR Team Scot Honda's Andrea Dovizioso was the fastest of the newcomers again, taking fourth place. The Italian was 0.5 seconds faster than Fiat Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo, who beat him to the 250cc title this year, and 1.4 seconds quicker than World Superbike champion James Toseland (Tech 3 Yamaha)

Today's testing times:

Pos  Rider             Bike           Time      Laps
 1.  Nicky Hayden      Honda     (M)  2:00.592  85
 2.  Colin Edwards     Yamaha    (M)  2:01.811  45
 3.  John Hopkins      Kawasaki  (B)  2:02.047  46
 4.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda     (M)  2:02.128  50
 5.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki    (B)  2:02.447  62
 6.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki    (B)  2:02.587  72
 7.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha    (M)  2:02.643  83
 8.  Anthony West      Kawasaki  (B)  2:02.659  74
 9.  Randy de Puniet   Honda     (M)  2:02.700  60
10.  James Toseland    Yamaha    (M)  2:03.550  53