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| | | MotoGP Sepang 1st day : Randy De Puniet is the fastest! |  Written: 19/10/2007 : 09:57. Read 4699 times (3/day). | Randy De Puniet has mase the best lap time of the first day at Sepang. The Kawasaki rider was followed by Casey Stoner and Marco Melandri.
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The session begun on a wet track but the tropical weather of Malaysia quicly dried out the track. Every riders could improve during the afternoon so this time sheet is the one of the second free practice session.
Stoner was leader this morning, shortly ahead Pedrosa but he had to let his leadership to Randy De Puniet on the Kawasaki this afternoon.
The french rider did a great performance on a track he likes, but this performance is also the reflec of a good shape of the Kawasaki and riders who are with Bridgestone.
In fact only two riders with Michelin are in the Top 10.
Marco Melandri is third, ahead Pedrosa (first Michelin rider) on the HRC Honda, fifth Anthony West on the second Kawasaki, then Toni Elias on the second Gresini Honda.
Seventh of this session and its also a good surprise, Sylvain Guintoli manage to put his Yamaha Tech 3 Dunlop ahead the two Suzuki, Vermeulen leader ahead his team mate John Hopkins.
At last to end the Top ten, Nicky Hayden on the second HRC Honda, and last rider on Michelin in the Top Ten.
For Fiat Yamaha, the two sessions were not so good. And the second was a bit of a disaster, Colin Edwards was only 14th and Valentino Rossi lied in a very disappointing 16th position at more than 3 seconds of De Puniet...
No words can describe what they felt, just the images and signs, when they asked each other infos about what happened, Edwards answer by shruging his shoulders, and Rossi by shaking his head, then come the ultimate sign, as if someone cut his throat...
The Yamaha is obviously not enough good...
Tomorrow will be another day...
MotoGP Sepang best lap times of the first day :
1. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 2min 2.917 secs
2. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 2min 2.928 secs
3. Marco Melandri ITA Honda Gresini (B) 2min 3.661 secs
4. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 2min 3.767 secs
5. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 2min 3.825 secs
6. Toni Elias SPA Honda Gresini (B) 2min 4.031 secs
7. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 (D) 2min 4.094 secs
8. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 2min 4.455 secs
9. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 2min 4.494 secs
10. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 2min 4.752 secs
11. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR (M) 2min 4.770 secs
12. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin (B) 2min 4.774 secs
13. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 2min 4.940 secs
14. Colin Edwards USA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 2min 5.162 secs
15. Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 2min 5.234 secs
16. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 2min 5.421 secs
17. Chaz Davies GBR Pramac d'Antin (B) 2min 5.897 secs
18. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda (M) 2min 5.939 secs
19. Makoto Tamada JPN Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 (D) 2min 6.429 secs
20. Kurtis Roberts USA Team Roberts (M) 2min 7.033 secs
Article : Aurélien Filippi
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