The final two hours saw further improvements by the top two riders, Repsol Honda team-mates
Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa.
Yamaha riders Jorge Lorenzo,
Colin Edwards and Ben Spies all moved up the order late in the day to finish in the top six.
Valentino Rossi was the top Ducati rider in ninth (+1.012s).
Several riders fell today, including Hector Barbera,
Randy de Puniet and Cal Crutchlow (twice). None are thought to have been hurt.
Testing continues on Wednesday and concludes on Thursday evening.
The third and final 2011 pre-season test will be held at Qatar from March 13-14...
1.
Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda Team
2m 0.987s (53)
2.
Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team
2m 1.360s (46)
3.
Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing
2m 1.468s (50)
4.
Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
2m 1.654s (42)
5.
Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team
2m 1.747s (54)
6.
Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing
2m 1.808s (47)
7.
Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini
2m 1.939s (73)
8.
Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini
2m 1.996s (49)
9.
Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team
2m 1.999s (53)
10.
Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
2m 2.224s (48)
11.
Hector Barbera ESP Aspar Team
2m 2.645s (54)
12.
Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team
2m 2.680s (60)
13.
Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda MotoGP
2m 2.779s (63)
14.
Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing Team
2m 2.920s (44)
15.
Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3
2m 2.936s (36)
16.
Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing Team
2m 3.082s (58)
17.
Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing
2m 3.167s (46)
18.
Bike #T1 JPN Yamaha Test Rider
2m 3.676s (46)
19.
Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Suzuki Test Rider
2m 4.639s (57)
20.
Bike #T2 JPN Yamaha test Rider
2m 4.958s (29)
Fastest Sepang I test lap:Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini
2m 0.757s (Day 3)
2010 Malaysian Grand Prix (10th October):Pole position: Jorge Lorenzo ESP Fiat Yamaha
2m 1.537sFastest race lap by manufacturer:Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha
2m 2.117sAndrea Dovizioso ITA Honda
2m 2.427sAlvaro Bautista ESP Suzuki
2m 2.895sNicky Hayden USA Ducati
2m 3.062sFastest 2010 Sepang test lap:Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha
2m 0.271s (Day 2, Test II)