The final day of pre-season testing in Qatar finished more or less as everyone expected, with Honda on top again, only this time it was Casey Stoner who took the top spot pipping his team mate Dani Pedrosa by just 0.064s and both riders were clear from the rest of the field by more than a sixth of second and the only two to go under the 1.56 mark.

Honda has built RC212V homing missile this year and even Yamaha can’t seem to make up the gap at least at the floodlit Losail track. Ben Spies finished in third at 0.613s from Stoner, while his team mate and reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo was even further down the chart, in seventh and more than a second off pace.

Gresini Honda’s Marco Simoncelli barreled up the timesheets tonight to take fourth, while the third Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso was fifth. Randy de Puniet was the first Ducati rider in the top ten with his sixth place, while Yamaha Tech3’s Colin Edwards took eighth just in front of fellow American, Nicky Hayden on the Ducati, who was one of the numerous riders who crashed on the sand swept track.

Hiroshi Aoyama dropped from his yesterday’s impressive third to just tenth in this last test session, while Valentino Rossi won’t be joking about his latest crash this time. The Italian finished down in a lowly 13th spot bettering his lap time from day 1 by just one tenth of second and you can be sure that his shoulder will be an issue.

Having finished the two day test, the MotoGP riders will have two days off before returning to the circuit on Thursday for the the first official practice session ahead of Sunday’s opening race.

MotoGP Qatar Test - Day 2 Results:

01- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1’55.681
02- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.064
03- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.613
04- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.752
05- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.758
06- Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 0.764
07- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.026
08- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.035
09- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.045
10- Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.059
11- Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.117
12- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.250
13- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.307
14- Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.664
15- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 2.049
16- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 2.165
17- Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 2.855

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