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FP1
Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   322.5   2'01.379   
2   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   316.7   2'01.393   0.014 / 0.014
3   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   321.6   2'01.416   0.037 / 0.023
4   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   326.7   2'01.670   0.291 / 0.254
5   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   321.9   2'01.716   0.337 / 0.046
6   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   323.6   2'01.842   0.463 / 0.126
7   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   323.0   2'01.971   0.592 / 0.129
8   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Ducati Team   Ducati   321.9   2'02.171   0.792 / 0.200
9   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Energy T.I. Pramac Racing   Ducati   322.6   2'02.209   0.830 / 0.038
10   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   322.1   2'02.248   0.869 / 0.039
11   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   320.4   2'02.597   1.218 / 0.349
12   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   321.3   2'02.627   1.248 / 0.030
13   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   322.0   2'02.722   1.343 / 0.095
14   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   314.9   2'02.847   1.468 / 0.125
15   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   309.3   2'02.898   1.519 / 0.051
16   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Honda   310.5   2'02.935   1.556 / 0.037
17   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   320.6   2'03.220   1.841 / 0.285
18   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   312.1   2'03.787   2.408 / 0.567
19   15   Alex DE ANGELIS   RSM   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   309.6   2'04.454   3.075 / 0.667
20   70   Michael LAVERTY   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   308.8   2'04.553   3.174 / 0.099
21   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Octo IodaRacing Team   ART   307.0   2'04.658   3.279 / 0.105
22   63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Avintia   305.6   2'05.007   3.628 / 0.349
23   23   Broc PARKES   AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   304.6   2'06.195   4.816 / 1.188
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Fp2
Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   303.6   2'14.503   
2   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   300.5   2'14.745   0.242 / 0.242
3   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   297.2   2'15.582   1.079 / 0.837
4   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   292.6   2'16.231   1.728 / 0.649
5   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   302.7   2'16.374   1.871 / 0.143
6   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   294.2   2'16.693   2.190 / 0.319
7   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   289.2   2'16.706   2.203 / 0.013
8   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   280.2   2'16.793   2.290 / 0.087
9   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   295.2   2'16.868   2.365 / 0.075
10   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Ducati Team   Ducati   302.6   2'16.906   2.403 / 0.038
11   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Honda   301.5   2'17.259   2.756 / 0.353
12   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Energy T.I. Pramac Racing   Ducati   311.3   2'17.384   2.881 / 0.125
13   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   291.4   2'17.411   2.908 / 0.027
14   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   296.9   2'17.434   2.931 / 0.023
15   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   296.4   2'18.022   3.519 / 0.588
16   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   307.4   2'18.043   3.540 / 0.021
17   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   293.7   2'18.544   4.041 / 0.501
18   15   Alex DE ANGELIS   RSM   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   290.6   2'18.662   4.159 / 0.118
19   70   Michael LAVERTY   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   287.2   2'19.151   4.648 / 0.489
20   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Octo IodaRacing Team   ART   291.7   2'19.301   4.798 / 0.150
21   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   293.5   2'19.726   5.223 / 0.425
22   63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Avintia   291.7   2'20.725   6.222 / 0.999
23   23   Broc PARKES   AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   275.0   2'20.781   6.278 / 0.056

Wow! A 13 second difference with the rain!

Sepang, Saturday, October 25, 2014
Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   327.4   1'59.791   
2   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   329.1   1'59.973   0.182 / 0.182
3   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   324.8   2'00.203   0.412 / 0.230
4   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   327.6   2'00.472   0.681 / 0.269
5   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   327.3   2'00.703   0.912 / 0.231
6   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   322.0   2'00.740   0.949 / 0.037
7   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   315.1   2'00.801   1.010 / 0.061
8   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Ducati Team   Ducati   325.6   2'01.119   1.328 / 0.318
9   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   325.4   2'01.263   1.472 / 0.144
10   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   322.5   2'02.294   2.503 / 1.031
11   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   313.4   2'10.568   10.777 / 8.274
44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha         

Watching moto3 live via Motogp video pass - got to love it :-). Come on Fenati and Jack Milller.  12 laps to go.....

Marquez pulls another one out of his hat.

I swear he doesn't even need a front wheel as many times as he lost it and didn't go down.

Pedrosa crashed twice...and called it a day.

Should be an interesting battle between Rossi and George at Valencia for second in the championship.

That was a very entertaining scrap at the front.

I thought JLo had something left in reserve, apparently not.

MM needs that front wheel, can't balance the bike on thin air with the rear off the ground coming into a corner.  [beer]

Poor Cal, another mechanical of some sort.
Dovi too, he was going strong, then began knifing his way backward.
 :(

Need to look at laptimes to see more of the story...

He might be able to... :P

MM ran high 2:01's pretty consistently through the race.
Rossi kept that pace 'til about halfway, then struggled to get under 2:02.

Jlo ran ~2:01.7 'til lap 8, whereupon nearly a whole second fell out of his pocket.
I suspect he smoked his front tire.
There was mention that one of his tank grips came off, so couldn't brake like he wanted.
He was the only one that was identified as running the hard front.

Dovi ran a consistent but slightly fading pace, then at ~5 laps to go, lost 7 seconds per lap.
I thought I was seeing something wacky with his front tire, like a blister or a chunk gone.

Cal fell victim to a rogue wire falling into the spinning bits.

Track temp was 130 degF, air temp 97, humidity 50%.
So just a balmy day in Malaysia.  :P

Post race videos of riders getting bottled water showers was classic Sepang. Dovi also had some gremlins.

JLo said his lack of fitness was his problem in the post interview, he said while he had been on the three away races he hadn't kept up with his training

I thought JLo's honesty was refreshing. Not sure Rossi liked MM weather comment.  ;D

14 seems to be the magic number at the moment. Wonder if there will be enough bikes finishing to make up 15 points places in Valencia? If Suzi can finish the race may get a point.

Was Pedros 2nd crash all by himself? Commentators seemed to suggest he may have had help.

Dovi reportedly had a fuel pump issue, but that was a translation from an Italian website, so YMMV.

Pedrosa said he had no clue why he went down, solo crash both times.
Said they looked at data and he wasn't doing anything wrong.

Thankfully no cobras on track that I could see. A good race.

Poor Cal :(

Glad for Rossi. It's going to be crazy fight in Valencia.

Atleast it wasn't Bautista fault for Esp crash.