Pedrosa fastest Friday in Malaysia
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| Dani Pedrosa |
Dani Pedrosa's best time in MotoGP FP1 at the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix made him Friday’s fastest rider, with Aleix Espargaro and Jorge Lorenzo also in the top three – after the FP2 run was delayed and affected by rain at Sepang.
In a wet afternoon outing Lorenzo led the way from Marc Marquez, with Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso and Aleix Espargaro also in FP2 the top five.
But the FP1 times set in the dry are what counts on the combined timesheets which contribute to the provisional Q2 automatic participation spots. Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) set a 2’01.379 lap to give him the lead in FP1.
Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) trailed by just 0.014s in second place, whilst Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) was just 0.037s down on Pedrosa in third and Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) was fourth in the morning run.
Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP), Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), Dovizioso (Ducati Team), Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team), Yonny Hernandez (Energy T.I. Pramac Racing) and Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3) completed Friday’s top ten.
Friday fast Times
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
| 1 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 2'01.379 | 0.000 / 0.000 |
| 2 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 2'01.393 | 0.014 / 0.014 |
| 3 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 2'01.416 | 0.037 / 0.023 |
| 4 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 2'01.670 | 0.291 / 0.254 |
| 5 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 2'01.716 | 0.337 / 0.046 |
| 6 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 2'01.842 | 0.463 / 0.126 |
| 7 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 2'01.971 | 0.592 / 0.129 |
| 8 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Ducati Team | Ducati | 2'02.171 | 0.792 / 0.200 |
| 9 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 2'02.209 | 0.830 / 0.038 |
| 10 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 2'02.248 | 0.869 / 0.039 |
| 11 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 2'02.597 | 1.218 / 0.349 |
| 12 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 2'02.627 | 1.248 / 0.030 |
| 13 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | 2'02.722 | 1.343 / 0.095 |
| 14 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 2'02.847 | 1.468 / 0.125 |
| 15 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | 2'02.898 | 1.519 / 0.051 |
| 16 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | 2'02.935 | 1.556 / 0.037 |
| 17 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 2'03.220 | 1.841 / 0.285 |
| 18 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 2'03.787 | 2.408 / 0.567 |
| 19 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | RSM | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 2'04.454 | 3.075 / 0.667 |
| 20 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 2'04.553 | 3.174 / 0.099 |
| 21 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 2'04.658 | 3.279 / 0.105 |
| 22 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 2'05.007 | 3.628 / 0.349 |
| 23 | 23 | Broc PARKES | AUS | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 2'06.195 | 4.816 / 1.188 |