Valentino Rossi is on 5th place on Sepang test

2013rossiyamahasepang

Yamaha Factory Racing were back in Malaysia today for the first day of the second official test of the 2013 season at the Sepang International Circuit. The riders were able to test throughout the morning but were then forced to call off the remainder of the day’s testing due to rain. Reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo was again quick to get up to pace, managing to complete a total of 25 laps before retiring for the day in second position, 0.235 seconds from first. The Mallorcan spent the day focusing on bike set up in the search for better acceleration from his M1.

Italian rider Valentino Rossi suffered a technical issue with the 2013 YZR-M1 early in the session however was able to continue testing with the 2012 machine to gather valuable data. Rossi completed the day’s riding in fifth position, less than half a second from first.

lorenzo

Jorge Lorenzo – Laps 25, Time – 2’01.815

“Not so much new stuff today, we just tried to improve our current settings. We made some modifications but nothing special. For the next two days, more of the same! We need to improve the acceleration a little bit but for the moment no new bits to try. The track was more slippery than the first test due to the rain which has left the tarmac in a worse condition.”

Valentino Rossi – Laps 25, Time – 2’02.028

“The first day is not so bad, but we were unlucky because we had a small problem with the bike which had the new chassis so we had to stop and use the old bike. We made some tests with that using just one tyre and my pace and my lap times were not so bad. After we waited for the afternoon for the real work but the rain came so we decided to stop continue tomorrow. If it rains again tomorrow we will do some laps in the wet conditions.”

Test Times

1. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 2m 1.580s (Lap 17/43)
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1) 2m 1.815s (14/25)
3. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 2m 1.942s (17/23)
4. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda (RC213V) 2m 1.959s (24/38)
5. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1) 2m 2.028s (19/25)
6. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 2m 2.272s (5/28)
7. Alvaro Bautista ESP Honda Gresini (RC213V) 2m 2.362s (27/32)
8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP13) 2m 2.801s (16/22)
9. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP13) 2m 3.143s (37/46)
10. Bradley Smith GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 2m 3.632s (24/24)
11. Katsayuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) 2m 3.734s (23/24)
12. Aleix Espargaro ESP Aspar (ART CRT) 2m 3.941s (27/28)
13. Ben Spies USA Pramac Racing (GP13) 2m 4.047s (24/25)
14. Andrea Iannone ITA Pramac Racing (GP13) 2m 4.050s (29/32)
15. Wataru Yoshikawa JPN Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) 2m 4.590s (11/23)
16. Michele Pirro ITA Ducati Test Rider (GP13) 2m 4.626s (24/38)
17. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 2m 4.743s (29/30)
18. Randy De Puniet FRA Aspar (ART CRT) 2m 5.288s (9/22)
19. Takumi Takahashi JPN Honda Test Rider (RC213V) 2m 5.510s (21/34)
20. Colin Edwards USA Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 2m 5.518s (17/21)
21. Danilo Petrucci ITA IodaRacing (Suter-BMW CRT)* 2m 5.827s (19/35)
22. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB (ART CRT) 2m 5.838s (15/26)
23. Yonny Hernandez COL Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT) 2m 5.908s (18/29)
24. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 2m 6.062s (27/30)
25. Claudio Corti ITA Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 2m 6.306s (21/26)
26. Bryan Staring AUS Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT) 2m 6.730s (24/34)
27. Lukas Pesek CZE IodaRacing (Suter-BMW CRT)* 2m 7.991s (20/25)
* Control ECU.

Related Posts

Leave a Reply Cancel reply