Pedrosa: Still Need Many Tested

Finished the first day of testing at Sepang as the fastest rider, Dani Pedrosa indirect complacent because this is a new test just beginning and much remains to be done.

Repsol Honda rider finished the first day of testing at Sepang on Tuesday (02/05/2013), with a score as the fastest time of 2 minutes 01.157 seconds.

Pedrosa managed to outperform the Yamaha rider who last season beat in the race for the championship, Jorge Lorenzo, which finished the test today in second place by a margin of 0.008 seconds.

"It's basically the same motor as in Valencia. Difference from last year is the weight and today more to try to change the weight of the bike and it went well," said Pedrosa in Crash.

"We also do a test engine durability concerns. I'ma bit tired but the day is not too hot. Still there are many things to be tested such as shock, suspension, something with the brakes."

"Today, more to the test function. Tomorrow we will go into more suspension, speed, and other things. The track is pretty good and today is cloudy; here if the conditions are too hot then traction will be reduced," he said.

Outperform Lorenzo, Pedrosa Fastest in Test Day One

Competition title last season as straight up again on the first day of the official MotoGP test at Sepang, when Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo compete for the fastest time. On the test day, Pedrosa ahead of Lorenzo thin.

After CRT test at Sepang on 3-4 bullied bad weather last February, the threat of rain today, Tuesday (05/02/2013), making the rider did not waste time to do the testing. The test today is called Crash run under overcast skies, though not bothered rain.

After a series of tests, Pedrosa of Repsol Honda successfully closed the first day with a best time, 2 minutes 01.157 seconds, once drove 49 laps.

Lorenzo defending Yamaha was in second place by a margin of 0.008 seconds after 58 laps as the bike accelerates. Debutant rider Marc Marquez, who defends Repsol Honda, appear promising and notched the third best.

Valentino Rossi Yamaha again defended this season after undergoing two unsatisfactory seasons in the Ducati rider managed to become the fourth best time on the day, followed by Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda) in fifth position.

There are 28 motor tests today, contains 24 major rider in MotoGP 2013, coupled with a pair of Yamaha test rider, Katsuyuki Nakasuga and Wataru Yoshikawa, from Honda, Kosuke Akiyoshi and Takumi Takahashi.