I was at the paddock of Sepang International Circuit today (5/2/2013) and i can feel very positive about Valentino Rossi chances in this 2013 season. He was faster than all rider before mid-day but Marq Marquez just pipped him just before noon. All I can see from Valentino Rossi's garage the happiness of all people inside it and as a fan I really impress with the performance of Factory Yamaha M1 bike. I can see Valentino Rossi smiles again. It shows that this is the bike that will help him to climb to top spot again. I hope Rossi will be the one to beat this season. Mean while Valentino Rossi's rivals such as his team mate Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and the new comer and talented Spanish rider Marq Marquez also perform very well today. After the session finished at 6pm local time these three riders were in the top 3. Rossi was just 0.427 second on the 4th spot from Dani Pedrosa , Jorge second and Marquez third. If I compare the first test Valentino Rossi with ducati in 2012 he was 1.085 second from top spot and placed 11. I believe that today is very positive and Rossi also stated that after 10 laps it was enough to convince him that the M1 is his bike. We know from the past if his bike perform well definitely Rossi will perform well. This will make motogp more exciting and attracts more crowd to come. Until the next post I hope this will be the season Valentino Rossi rejuvenate himself. Good luck VR46 and all the riders.
The result of day 1 of Motogp Test 1
2 LORENZO, Jorge Yamaha Factory Racing 2:01.165 0.008 0.008 57 / 58 1:15.264
3 MARQUEZ, Marc Repsol Honda Team 2:01.201 0.036 0.044 60 / 62 2:49.561
4 ROSSI, Valentino Yamaha Factory Racing 2:01.584 0.383 0.427 30 / 56 1:17.950
5 BRADL, Stefan LCR Honda MotoGP 2:01.789 0.205 0.632 43 / 59 1:15.188
6 CRUTCHLOW, Cal Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:01.881 0.092 0.724 46 / 64 2:31.099
7 BAUTISTA, Alvaro Go & Fun Honda Gresini 2:01.981 0.100 0.824 52 / 59 1:10.581
8 NAKASUGA, Katsayuki Yamaha Factory 2:02.968 0.987 1.811 50 / 58 1:11.728
9 AKIYOSHI, Kosuke HRC Test Team 2:02.972 0.004 1.815 46 / 69 1:21.686
10 HAYDEN, Nicky Ducati Team 2:03.336 0.364 2.179 22 / 62 2:27.475
11 YOSHIKAWA, Wataru Yamaha Factory 2:03.456 0.120 2.299 14 / 46 1:11.666
12 SMITH, Bradley Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:03.460 0.004 2.303 53 / 56 1:10.044
13 DOVIZIOSO, Andrea Ducati Team 2:03.535 0.075 2.378 35 / 48 2:15.588
14 ESPARGARO, Aleix Power Electronics Aspar 2:03.782 0.247 2.625 54 / 58 1:08.855
15 DE PUNIET, Randy Power Electronics Aspar 2:04.283 0.501 3.126 42 / 56 1:13.859
16 IANNONE, Andrea Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Team 2:04.500 0.217 3.343 53 / 57 1:17.551
17 SPIES, Ben Ignite Pramac Racing Team 2:05.086 0.586 3.929 19 / 21 1:24.065
18 TAKAHASHI, Takumi HRC Test Team 2:05.154 0.068 3.997 68 / 70 1:16.207
19 BARBERA, Hector Avintia Blusens 2:05.469 0.315 4.312 37 / 41 2:10.880
20 HERNANDEZ, Yonny Paul Bird Motorsport 2:05.656 0.187 4.499 39 / 50 1:14.180
21 ABRAHAM, Karel Cardion AB Motoracing 2:05.694 0.038 4.537 30 / 54 1:15.855
22 PETRUCCI, Danilo Came IodaRacing Project 2:05.753 0.059 4.596 27 / 29 1:24.072
23 AOYAMA, Hiroshi Avintia Blusens 2:05.919 0.166 4.762 47 / 48 1:18.850
24 CORTI, Claudio NGM Mobile Forward Racing 2:06.426 0.507 5.269 29 / 38 1:33.227
25 LAVERTY, Michael Paul Bird Motorsport 2:06.507 0.081 5.350 42 / 43 2:41.841
26 PESEK, Lukas Came IodaRacing Project 2:07.015 0.508 5.858 40 / 46 1:23.864
27 STARING, Bryan Go & Fun Honda Gresini 2:07.044 0.029 5.887 33 / 41 32:51.073
28 EDWARDS, Colin NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team 2:08.206 1.162 7.049 24 / 25 1:23.998
