Fiat Yamaha, Repsol Honda and Honda Gresini, plus the Yamaha and Kawasaki test teams are present in Malaysia - although, as planned, Hayden and Repsol Honda finished their Sepang test programme today (Wednesday).

For the second day in succession, Valentino Rossi set the fastest time of the day with the use of a Bridgestone qualifying tyre, although the Italian was slightly slower than his Tuesday best.

Of the other race riders, Hayden, Nakano and de Angelis also used a qualifying tyre to set their best lap time.

Rossi's best race tyre lap was a 2min 1.371secs, Hayden's a 2mins 2.309secs, Nakano's a 2mins 2.539secs and de Angelis' a 2mins 3.029secs.


1. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 2min 0.472 secs
2. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 2min 0.900 secs
3. Shinya Nakano JPN Honda Gresini (B) 2min 2.049 secs
4. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 2min 2.396 secs
5. Alex de Angelis RSM Honda Gresini (B) 2min 2.646 secs
6. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Test Rider (B) 2min 3.513 secs
7. Bike 'T' JPN Yamaha Test Rider (B) 2min 5.647 secs *
8. Tamaki Serizawa JPN Kawasaki Test Rider (B) 2min 6.027 secs
9. Bike 'P' JPN Yamaha Test Rider (B) 2min 6.244 secs *

* The best lap time for each bike (identified by the letter 'P' or 'T'), rather than each rider, was provided for the Yamaha test team, which consists of of Wataru Yoshikawa and Toshihiko Fujiwara.


Fastest day one time:
Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha (B) 2min 0.300secs (Qualifying tyre)


Fastest Sepang II test times:
24/01/2008: Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda (M) 2min 0.326secs (Qualifying tyre)
24/01/2008: Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro (B) 2min 0.964secs (Race tyre)

Fastest Sepang I test time:
17/11/2007: Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda (M) 2min 0.592secs (Qualifying tyre)


2007 Malaysian Grand Prix:
Pole position: Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda (M) 2min 1.877secs

Fastest lap by manufacturer:
Ducati: Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro (B) 2min 2.108secs
Yamaha: Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha (M) 2min 2.303secs
Honda: Marco Melandri ITA Honda Gresini (B) 2min 2.330secs
Kawasaki: Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing (B) 2min 2.503secs
Suzuki: Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki (B) 2min 3.023secs
KR212V: Kurtis Roberts USA Team Roberts (M) 2min 5.251secs