Track - Sepang Test II wrap up

It's always a trap to read too much into test times.  Set up changes, race simulations, tyre testing and weather conditions play a huge part in determining the final order.  The second MotoGP Sepang test was subject to all of these, but we can see a few trends emerging:

-The fight at the front will be once again Repsol Honda vs. Factory Yamaha
-Marquez is a freak and has gotten to grips with the machine very quickly, his comments that the other big three are in a different race are just for expectation management
-Pedrosa is not going to have it all his way, he could be easily upstaged as Marquez rapidly goes up the learning curve
-Rossi will fight for podiums and occasionally wins, but Lorenzo clearly has his measure at this stage as shown by his race simulation 
-Cal Crutchlow is a podium contender, however the amount of support he gets from the factory could impede his raw speed
-Ducati are still in the doldrums
-The gaps between prototypes and CRTs remain staggering if you remove the Ducati's who are battling with the fastest of the CRTs
        

Pedrosa looks to be very comfortable without Stoner to chase

Marquez is up to speed with the machine already, imagine what it'll look like after another 2 tests!

Lorenzo's race pace puts him squarely in the mix

Crutchlow will be glad he missed out on the Ducati ride

Rossi shows decent pace, but not enough to reel in Lorenzo

Overall Results from all Three Days of MotoGP’s Second Test at Sepang, Malaysia:

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Team	Time	Diff.	Prev.	Day
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	2:00.282	-	-	Day 2
2	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	2:00.562	0.280	0.280	Day 3
3	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	2:00.643	0.361	0.081	Day 3
4	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	2:00.907	0.625	0.264	Day 2
5	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	2:01.062	0.780	0.155	Day 3
6	19	Alvaro Bautista	Honda	2:01.078	0.796	0.016	Day 3
7	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	2:01.309	1.027	0.231	Day 3
8	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	2:01.650	1.368	0.341	Day 3
9	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	2:01.778	1.496	0.128	Day 2
10	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	2:02.023	1.741	0.245	Day 2
11	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	2:02.566	2.284	0.543	Day 3
12	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati Test	2:02.773	2.491	0.207	Day 3
13	14	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia ART	2:02.863	2.581	0.090	Day 3
14	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia ART	2:02.905	2.623	0.042	Day 2
15	T2	Katsayuki Nakasuga	Yamaha Test	2:02.946	2.664	0.041	Day 2
16	11	Ben Spies	Ducati	2:03.055	2.773	0.109	Day 3
17	8	Hector Barbera	FTR Kawasaki	2:03.155	2.873	0.100	Day 3
18	T1	Wataru Yoshikawa	Yamaha Test	2:03.257	2.975	0.102	Day 3
19	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	FTR Kawasaki	2:03.990	3.708	0.733	Day 2
20	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia ART	2:04.066	3.784	0.076	Day 3
21	5	Colin Edwards	FTR Kawasaki	2:04.102	3.820	0.036	Day 3
22	9	Danilo Petrucci	Suter BMW	2:04.279	3.997	0.177	Day 2
23	37	Takumi Takahashi	Honda Test	2:04.512	4.230	0.233	Day 2
24	70	Michael Laverty	PBM Aprilia	2:04.546	4.264	0.034	Day 3
25	68	Yonny Hernandez	Aprilia ART	2:04.671	4.389	0.125	Day 2
26	52	Lukas Pesek	Suter BMW	2:04.674	4.392	0.003	Day 3
27	71	Claudio Corti	FTR Kawasaki	2:04.709	4.427	0.035	Day 2
28	67	Bryan Staring	FTR Honda	2:05.313	5.031	0.604	Day 3