let me see if i can find something...

lorenzo's time is 2.02.042

edit: Stoner just gone 1st on his 28th lap. 2.01.294 puts him 0.438s clear of Pedrosa
edit2: Nicky Hayden's Ducati just came by media centre window on back of truck. No crash damage so it obviously broke down

still it doesn't mentions if he is faster than "2m1.842" - his best last time....

watching it live??....where??

Sepang II MotoGP test times - Tuesday 2pm

no man.. just getting updates from twitter

1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda Team 2m 1.294s (34)
2. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team 2m 1.732s (25)
3. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 1.996s (21)
4. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team 2m 1.999s (28)
5. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 2.042s (26)
6. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 2.059s (21)
7. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 2.248s (19)
8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 2m 2.270s (22)
9. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team 2m 2.680s (30)
10. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 2.692s (42)
11. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2m 2.747s (25)
12. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 3.314s (30)
13. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing Team 2m 3.363s (28)
14. Hector Barbera ESP Aspar Team 2m 3.605s (27)
15. Bike #T1 JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2m 3.676s (31)
16. Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing Team 2m 3.890s (33)
17. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 2m 4.101s (22)
18. Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda MotoGP 2m 4.352s (31)
19. Bike #T2 JPN Yamaha test Rider 2m 5.006s (18)
20. Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Suzuki Test Rider 2m 5.691s (26)

Ducatis' timings haven't improved much. It is just that the other bikes/riders aren't that fast
Sepang Test 1
1. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 0.757s (42 laps)
10. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team 2m 1.842s (33 laps)


Test 2
1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda Team 2m 1.294s (34)
4. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team 2m 1.999s (28)

Something different in track conditions I guess...

False hopes

Another nice observation in crash.net discussions related to above timings:
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Some more reading:

Sepang II MotoGP test times - Tuesday 4pm

1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda Team 2m 1.294s (33)
2. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team 2m 1.732s (36)
3. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 2m 1.889s (43)
4. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 1.996s (33)
5. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team 2m 1.999s (34)
6. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 2.042s (31)
7. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 2.059s (21)
8. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 2.147s (28)
9. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team 2m 2.680s (35)
10. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2m 2.685s (31)
11. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 2.692s (42)
12. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing Team 2m 3.192s (32)
13. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 3.314s (30)
14. Hector Barbera ESP Aspar Team 2m 3.605s (27)
15. Bike #T1 JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2m 3.676s (36)
16. Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing Team 2m 3.890s (34)
17. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 2m 4.101s (22)
18. Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda MotoGP 2m 4.331s (46)
19. Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Suzuki Test Rider 2m 4.639s (37)
20. Bike #T2 JPN Yamaha test Rider 2m 5.006s (24)

update1: Casey just put in a 2.01.029 to go 0.331s clear. Top 6 is CS, DP, AD, BS, MS and VR. Lorenzo is 7th but he's running most consistent pace
update2: Lorenzo up to 3rd from 7th. 2.01.712 is 0.725s behind Casey

Sepang II MotoGP test times - Tuesday 6pm

1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda Team 2m 0.987s (53)
2. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team 2m 1.360s (46)
3. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 1.468s (50)
4. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 1.654s (42)
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 2m 1.747s (54)
6. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 1.808s (47)
7. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 1.939s (73)
8. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 1.996s (49)
9. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team 2m 1.999s (53)
10. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2m 2.224s (48)
11. Hector Barbera ESP Aspar Team 2m 2.645s (54)
12. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team 2m 2.680s (60)
13. Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda MotoGP 2m 2.779s (63)
14. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing Team 2m 2.920s (44)
15. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 2.936s (36)
16. Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing Team 2m 3.082s (58)
17. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 2m 3.167s (46)
18. Bike #T1 JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2m 3.676s (46)
19. Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Suzuki Test Rider 2m 4.639s (57)
20. Bike #T2 JPN Yamaha test Rider 2m 4.958s (29)

^^Thanks again mate!....

Casey is gonna be pretty strong this year...if he doesn't crashes a lot..

@Sumit: completely agree mate...false hopes...still uncle rossi can improve over next 2 days......
and yes the track conditions will definitely play a role.....also as they go on practicing they would lay more and more rubber on the track....I expect all to be fastest on the 3rd day also considering that they all would have almost perfected their setup by then....

Tweet from Alex Briggs, one of the member of Rossi's crew.

"Most of the top guys went out late and pushed for a time.
We decided against it for today. Might have a crack at it tomorrow."

Twitter

^^on the same lines...the doc seems positive

?Hard? Rossi chooses ?Ducati setting? | Page 1 | MotoGP News | Feb 2011 | Crash.Net

ROSSI SICK: RETURNS TO HOTEL- MAY NOT TEST TODAY

Rossi returns to his hotel | MotoGP News | Feb 2011 | Crash.Net

this is BAD, losing testing time which is already scarce....Rossi is kinda going though a bad patch...

This is really bad news . Common Rossi, Return in the afternoon and give them all a scare by a late burst with a soft tyre

The usual suspects again...

Session 2 as of 11:00 - 23/02/11
Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Prev. Gap Lead. Gap Laps
1 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 2:00.229 - - 0
2 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team 2:00.342 +0.113 +0.113 0
3 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 2:00.531 +0.189 +0.302 0
4 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing 2:00.824 +0.293 +0.595 0
5 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing 2:00.931 +0.107 +0.702 0
6 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:01.160 +0.229 +0.931 0
7 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:01.738 +0.578 +1.509 0
8 T2 Yamaha Test Team 2:01.792 +0.054 +1.563 0
9 Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2:02.150 +0.358 +1.921 0
10 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 2:02.208 +0.058 +1.979 0
11 Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:02.403 +0.195 +2.174 0
12 Hector Barbera Mapfre Aspar Team 2:02.505 +0.102 +2.276 0
13 Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team 2:02.624 +0.119 +2.395 0
14 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing 2:02.676 +0.052 +2.447 0
15 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:02.984 +0.308 +2.755 0
16 Toni Elias LCR Honda MotoGP 2:03.186 +0.202 +2.957 0
17 Randy De Puniet Pramac Racing Team 2:03.283 +0.097 +3.054 0
18 T1 Yamaha Test Team 2:03.306 +0.023 +3.077 0
19 Noburu Aoki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2:05.474 +2.168 +5.245 0

I doubts

8 T2 Yamaha Test Team 2:01.792 +0.054 +1.563 0

could this be the 1000cc ?? There is no scrutineering during testing ! And this guy had done just 3 laps today..If not this test rider is bloody fast on the 800cc.. Even if one argues he like he must ve been on too little fuel.. This is pure race pace !

^^probable.....I remember Furusawa saying that the 2012 project is Track testing....but do they have any specific need of testing it in sepang??....they can test it in japan(home) easily...there is no restriction on testing next year's prototype....

the last thing i heard was Yamaha was gonna stay with the 800cc config for 2012

could be to see how it fairs with the current crop of bikes ! And mostly full time racers are always about 1-2 secs quicker than the test riders ! Or as i said that test rider could be quick! any ways to find out who he is ? I ve searched the net to my knowledge !