Valentino Rossi continued his dominance of the second pre-season MotoGP testing session in Malaysia – and to underline his 2010 intentions The Doctor managed to break his 2009 pole time at the Malaysian Grand Prix circuit.

Casey Stoner was once again in second place, and Nicky Hayden managed to take a surprise 3rd place after significantly improving on his previous day’s performance.

Ben Spies was once again the fastest of the rookies and finished in 6th place, just behind his teammate Colin Edwards. Another rookie, Marco Simoncelli fared less well and was taken to hospital for a check-up after suffering a vicious highside that flung him back down to earth head first.

Simoncelli said:
“I hit my head and didn’t remember where I was or what had happened. Afterwards I gradually started to recover and now I can remember the crash, although not every detail of it.”

“I had a CT scan and X-rays on my head and neck and everything is fine. I feel bad because it’s a wasted day, but after a crash I am happy to be back on my feet.”

MotoGP Sepang Day 2 Test Times
1. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 2m00.271s 39
2. Casey Stoner Ducati 2m00.512s + 0.241s 33
3. Nicky Hayden Ducati 2m00.703s + 0.432s 42
4. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 2m00.988s + 0.717s 35
5. Ben Spies Tech 3 Yamaha 2m01.014s + 0.743s 44
6. Loris Capirossi Suzuki 2m01.320s + 1.049s 50
7. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 2m01.439s + 1.168s 46
8. Dani Pedrosa Honda 2m01.478s + 1.207s 57
9. Hiroshi Aoyama Interwetten Honda 2m01.692s + 1.421s 50
10. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 2m01.732s + 1.461s 25
11. Randy De Puniet LCR Honda 2m01.980s + 1.709s 58
12. Marco Melandri Gresini Honda 2m02.078s + 1.807s 60
13. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati 2m02.080s + 1.809s 52
14. Mika Kallio Pramac Ducati 2m02.082s + 1.811s 66
15. Aleix Espargaro Pramac Ducati 2m02.367s + 2.096s 49
16. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 2m03.689s + 3.418s 2

Valentino Rossi – Position: 1st Time: 2’00.271 Laps: 39
“I’m really happy to have beaten my pole record, it’s a good feeling to be this fast in testing. I did this with an old tyre but we also got the chance to try a very good new tyre from Bridgestone today, which I hope we will use from the first race. Our bike is in great shape; we need to do a bit more work on the electronics but in general everything is better, especially the rear grip and the engine. Yamaha have been very clever to develop this new bike whilst keeping the best parts of the old one, I’m very happy about it. It was good to get the chance to try the Japanese test bike, hopefully the feedback I gave them will help us in the future. Now we go to Qatar and then we will see our level because it is not one of mine or Yamaha’s best tracks! But we’re in great shape and this is very important at this stage of the season. I’m really looking forward to it.”

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