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Fernando Alonso recorded a welcome win for a beleaguered Ferrari squad, but the star of the Malaysian GP may have been his future team-mate...

An electrical storm and torrential rain has forced the race officials to throw an early red flag at Sepang in the Malaysian Grand Prix after just eight laps of racing.

Don't miss your chance to enter this weekend's final practice round of Crash.net's Fantasy League F1 competition, before the real action starts in China next month!

Lotus loses hospitality unit to fridge fire, but race function unaffected.

"I can't load the front enough to enter fast, so I don't carry enough speed through the corner, and that's why we're far from the front"- Valentino Rossi.

Lewis Hamilton retains top spot on combined timesheets as rain holds off in second practice at Sepang.

"During last season we investigated a lot of things about the RC212V and sometimes I thought we have to follow the Honda type of bike or engine"- Masahiko Nakajima, Yamaha.

"We are closer to the top, but now we also have the Monster Yamahas and satellite Hondas in front. We are very worried for this reason especially" - Valentino Rossi.

MotoGP lap times as of 2pm on Thursday, during the third and final day of the second official Sepang test.

MotoGP lap times as of 12pm on Thursday, during the third and final day of the second official Sepang test.

An on-board lap of Sepang with Repsol Honda's MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner, recorded during pre-season testing in February.

A Repsol Honda generated interview with reigning MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner

"Excited to announce that I'll be standing in for Toby Moody" - Steve Day.

"With motorcycles the big difference is the dynamic functions, especially the lean angle. If you have a lean angle on a car you have a problem!"

Estoril confirmed - final 2012 MotoGP World Championship as follows...

"I've got to give it to Casey, the guy is just raw talent and scary fast, but like everyone he can be beaten for sure" - Ben Spies.

"It's logical and obvious that we'll suffer in the first few races, but the idea and the goal must be to get better in every GP" - Aleix Espargaro.

"We have developed the Valencia bike for the satellite teams... Hector is very happy about his new bike and is the top satellite rider" - Filippo Preziosi.

"When the minutes arrived, [it turned out] that the MSMA decision was not unanimous. It was by majority" - Carmelo Ezpeleta.

Who says Dani Pedrosa doesn't slide?

Sepang MotoGP test times as of 6pm on Thursday, the end of the third and final day at the first test session of 2012.

"The finger is shorter and lighter - that's why I went fast today!" - Jorge Lorenzo.

Sepang MotoGP test times as of 1pm on Tuesday, during day one of the first test session of 2012.

A look back at the 2011 Sepang MotoGP test results