MotoGP Sepang Tests - Rossiiiiiiiii!!

Valentino top the charts today at the Sepang MotoGP tests.

Valentino Rossi
Position: 1st Time: 2'01.411 Laps: 54

"Today was very important because this year we have just six days of testing in which to set the bike, so we can not waste any time. This first day was very positive, we tried the new bike for 2010, with a different chassis and a new engine, which can do more kilometres, and it is quite fast. Yamaha has worked very well over the winter. Now we need to spend time on setting some electronics and other things. This is only the start but it seems we're already in good shape."

Test Times

1. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team 2'01.411

2. Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro Team 2'01.902

3. Colin Edwards (USA) Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2'01.932

4. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2'02.102

5. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Fiat Yamaha Team 2'02.165

6. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Repsol Honda Team 2'02.630

7. Nicky Hayden (USA) Ducati Marlboro Team 2'02.792

8. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda Team 2'02.866

9. Mika Kallio (FIN) Pramac Green Team 2'02.987

10. Hector Barbera (SPA) Aspar Team 2'03.030

11. Aleix Espargaro (SPA) Pramac Green Team 2'03.133

12. Ben Spies (USA) Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2'03.142

13. Randy de Puniet (FRA) LCR Honda MotoGP 2'03.456

14. Alvaro Bautista (SPA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2'03.558

15. Marco Simoncelli (ITA) San Carlo Honda Gresini 2'03.609

16. Marco Melandri (ITA) San Carlo Honda Gresini 2'03.609

17. Hiroshi Aoyama (JAP) Interwetten-Honda MotoGP 2'03.651 

AGV Dainese riders Top 10 in 250cc race at Sepang

Another podium finish for Supersic Simoncelli with a well deserved 3rd, ahead of his Dainese teammate Thomas Luthi in 4th.


Lukas Pesek brought his Aprilia to a 8th place finish.

The FIM 250cc Points standing after Sepang:

1st - H. Aoyama - 252 pts
2nd - M. Simoncelli - 2321 pts
3rd - H. Barbera - 214 pts
6th - Thomas Luthi - 107 pts
7th - Raffaele De Rosa - 106 pts
14th - Lukas Pesek - 70 pts

More from Vale at Sepang

Bellissimo Valentino!!

The legend continues! Valentino wins the 2009 MotoGP title and adds a 9th World Championship to his bio.



A few important facts about VR46:

1) Has 103 wins to his name, 77 in the premier class.
2) 163 podiums in all Grand Prix classes.
3) With Saturday’s pole position at Sepang, Rossi equaled Mick Doohan’s pole position record of 58.
4) Has never missed a race start since making his debut in 1996. He has started 226 successive GP races across all classes since; 167 of which have been in the top class.
5) Valentino Rossi and Giacomo Agostini are the only two riders to have won titles on both two stroke and four stroke bikes, and the only rider to have won championship titles on four different types of motorcycles: 500cc two-stroke Honda, 990cc four-stroke Honda, 990cc four-stroke Yamaha and 800cc four-stroke Yamaha.

Of course AGV and Drudi had a special edition GP-Tech helmet for the occasion.