Pedrosa leads Sepang warm-up

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