First row (and the best place of the second) for team Honda at the end of the MotoGP session run in Sepang. Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa are the sole rider which made one lap under 2 minutes.  This is the description of the three days in Malaysia where track reached almost 60 degrees celsius. The laptime is the best of the three days. Yesterday the italian champion Valentino Rossi did not test because of a fever, a problem for other riders, too. 

Stoner (Honda) is the fastest rider in the first day of a new MotoGP test session in Sepang. The australian is the only rider under 2.10 with his best laptime, 2.00,987. At the second place his teammate Dani Pedrosa wihile Jorge Lorenzo is third. Two Yamaha - Edwards and Spies - for the fourth and sixth postion with Dovizioso (Honda) is fifth. Valentino Rossi (Ducati) is ninth, one second slower than Stoner.

There are plenty of cars today on the track of the Mugello Circuit for a busy day of motorsport activity. We can see several racing stables as Costa Ovest, with Seat Leon; Scuderia La.Na and their 430 Ferrari; GDL and Antonelli Sport with Porsche. It is possible to take a look for Nova Race, a racing stable based in Reggio Emilia, with Ginetta, a racing car manufactured in the UK for which Nova Race is the sole importer for Italy. The Ginetta, conformed for GT4 and almost for GTCUP, will have to partecipate to the european and italian Championships of these classes. 

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Your passion for the bikes is so great that you would like to be one of the marshals who take care of the riders at the Mugello Circuit? You've a special opportuniy in February, 27th, when a  special lesson will take place in the Media Center of the circuit. It's enough to be 18 years old. Send a fax to 055-480710, a mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. More info at the Moto Club Firenze (Andrea Rinaldi) 055-480553. The FMI marshals will renove thier licence: saturday 26th (9-13, 14-18) and sunday 27th(9-13).

Marco Simoncelli detta legge a Sepang. Dopo Casey Stoner e Dani Pedrosa, i piu' veloci nelle prime due giornate di test, e' un altro pilota Honda a fare segnare il miglior tempo nella sessione mattutina dell'ultimo giorno di test: il centauro italiano, infatti,  gira in 2'00"757, che e' anche il miglior tempo assoluto di questa tre giorni, 13 millesimi sotto quello fatto segnare ieri da Pedrosa. Alle spalle di Simoncelli troviamo Andrea Dovizioso, terza punta di diamante del team HRC che assieme al campione del mondo Jorge Lorenzo e' l'ultimo capace di correre sotto i 2'01": l'italiano accusa 188 millesimi di ritardo, lo spagnolo 206. Seppur decimo, migliora sensibilmente la propria prestazione anche Valentino Rossi. Il numero 46, seconda Ducati classificata dopo quella di Nicky Hayden (ottavo), chiude in 2'01"942. "Ero arrivato qua, ha detto Rossi, pensando di voler mettere la firma per fare almeno 20/30 giri al giorno. E invece la spalla ha continuato a migliorare. Ora riesco ad ottenere una buona posizione di guida in rettilineo, ma sono fisicamente distrutto nella parte sinistra del corpo. Avendo la spalla destra che comunque non sta bene, inconsapevolmente sforzo di piu' l'altra parte. Perdo ancora qualcosa, diciamo che senza la spalla in queste condizioni potrei recuperare sei decimi''. Dopo questo test abbiamo le idee piu' chiare e mi sento molto piu' a posto''. 

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Stoner (1st) and Lorenzo (2nd) are the only riders that made a Sepang's lap under 2.02. This is the result of the first official session day in Malesia for MotoGP. This is also the first day in an official test for Valentino Rossi and his Ducati. Ath the end of the day Vale is 12th and his teammate 13th. “Rarely have I been this happy with a twelfth place, because after the test at Misano, we were pretty pessimistic considering how bad I felt there. It went better here though, especially in the morning, and we were able to do 20, 25 laps at a decent speed. Although we still have a lot of work to do, but we did a lot today: we worked on the riding position, and we’re starting to understand, among the many details that we can adjust on this bike, what the best solutions are. The Ducati’s DNA doesn't need to be changed; we have to take advantage of the positive aspects and improve the others. Unfortunately, it became more difficult when I lost a lot of strength in the afternoon, but in the end I was able to do about fifteen more laps. Let’s say that at the moment, I have quite a bit of pain and not much strength, whereas the opposite would be preferable! The hardest parts are the straights and on hard braking into right corners, like Turn 1 and Turn 4; there alone I lose about a second, whereas the rest of the lap is okay, because compared to Valencia, I’m able to ride much better. It will be important to be able to rest well tonight in order to regain some mobility so that I can do 30 or 40 laps tomorrow. I’ll have a relaxing massage and put ice on it.”
“Obviously, said Nicky Hayden, being off the pace isn’t how you want to start the first official test, but it’s good to be back out there. We had a lot of little things to try, including a new throttle that I liked a lot. The new anti-wheelie was working well, but this isn’t really a track where you notice that a lot. We’ve still got a lot more parts to evaluate before we can draw many conclusions. They did a lot over the winter—not just on the bikes, but they’ve really stepped the game up with new tools and equipment in the garage. Everyone is clearly working hard as usual. It was nice to be back on the track, and to be around the team again.”