Sepang: Day Three

It’s day three in the MotoGP house, and it was Marco Simoncelli’s turn to go into the diary room, sorry, top the timesheets. This makes it a Honda one-two-three in terms of fastest rider per day, with Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa taking the previous days’ honours.

Stoner had a small spill during Thursday’s session, while Alvaro Bautista ended up throwing up in his helmet. Valentino Rossi saw some improvements to end the day in tenth, just over a second of the day’s quickest time.

Sepang: Day Three

1     Marco Simoncelli     San Carlo Honda Gresini     02:00.8

2     Casey Stoner     Repsol Honda Team     02:00.8

3     Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha Factory Racing     02:00.8

4     Andrea Dovizioso     Repsol Honda Team     02:00.9

5     Ben Spies     Yamaha Factory Racing     02:01.0

6     Dani Pedrosa     Repsol Honda Team     02:01.2

7     Hiroshi Aoyama     San Carlo Honda Gresini     02:01.4

8     Nicky Hayden     Ducati Marlboro Team     02:01.5

9     Colin Edwards     Monster Yamaha Tech 3     02:01.7

10     Valentino Rossi     Ducati Marlboro Team     02:01.8

11     Hector Barbera     Mapfre Aspar Team     02:02.0

12     Loris Capirossi     Pramac Racing Team     02:02.1

13     Randy De Puniet     Pramac Racing Team     02:02.2

14     Karel Abraham     Cardion AB Motoracing     02:02.6

15     Cal Crutchlow     Monster Yamaha Tech 3     02:02.7

16     Toni Elias     LCR Honda MotoGP     02:02.9

17     T1     Yamaha Test Team     02:03.0

18     Kousuke Akiyoshi     HRC Test Team     02:03.5

19     T2     Yamaha Test Team     02:03.6

20     Noburu Aoki     Rizla Suzuki MotoGP     02:04.7