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Sepang MotoGP testing: Dani Pedrosa edges out Jorge Lorenzo again

Dani Pedrosa remained on top on day two of pre-season MotoGP testing at Sepang, but times stayed extremely close

In a repeat of Tuesday's lead order, Honda's Pedrosa very narrowly edged out Yamaha rival Jorge Lorenzo before rain convinced teams to pack up early.

This time the gap between Pedrosa's 2m00.549s and Lorenzo's best effort was just 0.019 seconds.

Pedrosa's new team-mate Marc Marquez kept himself in the mix again with third, 0.254s off the pace and 0.235s clear of Valentino Rossi on the second Yamaha in fourth.

Cal Crutchlow fended off Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista to take fifth.

Crutchlow's rookie Tech 3 team-mate Bradley Smith got up to speed on day two, jumping to eighth, 0.6s off his compatriot.

Smith beat the two factory Ducatis, although Nicky Hayden at least got the gap to the front down to 1.5s, a half-second improvement on Tuesday's worrying performance.

Aleix Espargaro led the CRT pack for Aspar. Further back in this group, rookie Michael Laverty was an encouraging seventh 'in class' as he got to grips with Paul Bird's Aprilia, while a neck injury limited Colin Edwards' running.

Pos  Rider               Team/Bike             Time       Gap
 1.  Dani Pedrosa        Honda                 2m00.549s
 2.  Jorge Lorenzo       Yamaha                2m00.568s  + 0.019s
 3.  Marc Marquez        Honda                 2m00.803s  + 0.254s
 4.  Valentino Rossi     Yamaha                2m01.038s  + 0.489s
 5.  Cal Crutchlow       Tech 3 Yamaha         2m01.311s  + 0.762s
 6.  Stefan Bradl        LCR Honda             2m01.369s  + 0.820s
 7.  Alvaro Bautista     Gresini Honda         2m01.729s  + 1.180s
 8.  Bradley Smith       Tech 3 Yamaha         2m01.931s  + 1.382s
 9.  Nicky Hayden        Ducati                2m02.110s  + 1.561s
10.  Andrea Dovizioso    Ducati                2m02.379s  + 1.830s
11.  Kosuke Akiyoshi     Honda                 2m02.526s  + 1.977s
12.  Katsuyuki Nakasuga  Yamaha                2m02.701s  + 2.152s
13.  Ben Spies           Pramac Ducati         2m03.002s  + 2.453s
14.  Wataru Yoshikawa    Yamaha                2m03.156s  + 2.607s
15.  Andrea Iannone      Pramac Ducati         2m03.169s  + 2.620s
16.  Aleix Espargaro     Aspar Aprilia         2m03.251s  + 2.702s
17.  Randy de Puniet     Aspar Aprilia         2m03.791s  + 3.242s
18.  Danilo Petrucci     Ioda Suter-BMW        2m04.284s  + 3.735s
19.  Takumi Takahashi    Honda                 2m04.559s  + 4.010s
20.  Hirosi Aoyama       Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  2m04.786s  + 4.237s
21.  Hector Barbera      Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  2m04.989s  + 4.440s
22.  Karel Abraham       Cardion Aprilia       2m05.028s  + 4.479s
23.  Michael Laverty     Paul Bird Aprilia     2m05.417s  + 4.868s
24.  Claudio Corti       Forward FTR-Kawasaki  2m05.721s  + 5.172s
25.  Yonny Hernandez     Paul Bird Aprilia     2m05.837s  + 5.288s
26.  Colin Edwards       Forward FTR-Kawasaki  2m06.205s  + 5.656s
27.  Bryan Staring       Gresini FTR-Honda     2m06.898s  + 6.349s
28.  Lukas Pesek         Ioda Suter-BMW        2m21.512s  + 20.963s

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