2012 Sepang 1 MotoGP Test Day 2 Times: Stoner Back On Track, And Fastest Again

Casey Stoner was back on the bike at Sepang and immediately topped the pile. The Repsol Honda rider got his first taste of the RC213V on Wednesday, after missing the first day of testing with a recurrence of an old back problem, and was soon up to speed, ending the day on top of the timesheets and around three quarters of a second faster than Jorge Lorenzo's best time from Tuesday. The Yamahas remain strong, however: Ben Spies had the 2nd fastest time - he was briefly logged as fastest, but it emerged that his lap of 1'58.150 had been set on a flying lap after a practice start from pit lane exit, cutting a good deal of the front straight - sixteen hundredths behind Stoner, with his factory Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo just sixteen thousandths behind him.

Dani Pedrosa was fourth fastest of the day, taking half a second off his time from yesterday, and ending up six tenths behind Repsol teammate Stoner, and just ahead of the third Yamaha, that of Cal Crutchlow. The Monster Tech 3 man continues to impress, ending the day two thirds of a second behind Stoner and under six hundredths behind Pedrosa. Hector Barbera was the fastest of the Ducati, just edging ahead of Valentino Rossi at the end, though his time was once again set by following Rossi around and getting a tow.

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