With warm temperatures in Malaysia and any big deficit in top speed for the Hamamatsu factory long gone, Sepang should see Viñales – and fellow Phillip Island podium contender and teammate Aleix Espargaro – as frontrunners once again. The Ducati Team Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Folger (Dynavolt Intact GP), with Simone Corsi (Speed Up Racing), Axel Pons (AGR Team), Marcel Schrotter (AGR Team) and Xavi Vierge (Tech 3 Racing) completing the top 10. Zarco nudged into the top 10 on a few Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) took his second ever 0,0 Marc VDS), Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Yakhnich), who completed the top ten. World Champion Marc Marquez - despite his crash - crossed the line eleventh Behind him, Marc Márquez and Valentino Rossi fought a fierce battle over second for a couple of laps, with Márquez coming out on top. With a firm grip on second and Rossi was stuck behind the high-speed roadblock of Lorenzo. He had to get past 2m 08.872s [Lap 10/10] 291km/h (Top Speed) 5. Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 2m 09.698s +0.826s [17/17] 301km/h 6. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 2m 10.175s +1.303s [8/8] 296km/h 7. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati I felt I had good speed in the wet this morning and I don’t think missing two dry sessions will hurt us too much if it is dry tomorrow.” Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso for the remainder of the weekend. Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Pol Espargaro was .
My last 2 trips up there were doing a couple hundred mile days on a Ducati Monster S2R, handles great mean and fast-ish. Not top speed fast, but a lot of fun til 60 MPH. Makes sense, it's essentialy a standard with a cruiser style stepped seat With warm temperatures in Malaysia and any big deficit in top speed for the Hamamatsu factory long gone, Sepang should see Viñales – and fellow Phillip Island podium contender and teammate Aleix Espargaro – as frontrunners once again. The Ducati Team Rossi and Lorenzo complete the front row as Crutchlow salvages impressive P5 in a washed out Q2 Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team impressing to complete the top ten after graduating from Q1. Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) was P11 after a tyre Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso completed the top five. Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Maverick Viñales was sixth and the last man within a second of session and combined leader Cal Crutchlow, slotting in ahead of Monster a big turn of speed. .
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