~ Auto Buzz ~: MotoGP TEST TIMES: Day 2, Sepang Jorge Lorenzo leads the way on his Yamaha.

You never want to read too much into early season test times, but Yamaha ’s Jorge Lorenzo—who was criticized for being out of shape and overweight at the beginning of last season—proved he’s ready for 2015 by topping the timing charts as the only rider to beat the 2-minute barrier on Day 2 of the MotoGP test at the 3.444-mile Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. Also putting in a good performance was Andrea Dovizioso, who was second quick on an updated version of last year’s Ducati . Following the official times below, please see the quotes from the top five riders. American Nicky Hayden, incidentally, was 19th quick on the Aspar Honda . The three-day Sepang test concludes tomorrow.

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	LORENZO Jorge	99	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1'59.963
2	DOVIZIOSO Andrea	4	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	2'00.015
3	MARQUEZ Marc	93	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	2'00.146
4	PEDROSA Dani	26	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	2'00.260
5	IANNONE Andrea	29	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	2'00.391
6	ROSSI Valentino	46	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	2'00.676
7	ESPARGARO Pol	44	SPA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	2'00.959
8	CRUTCHLOW Cal	35	GBR	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	2'01.058
9	SMITH Bradley	38	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	2'01.098
10	ESPARGARO Aleix	41	SPA	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	2'01.344
11	BRADL Stefan	6	GER	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	2'01.484
12	BARBERA Hector	8	SPA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	2'01.615
13	AOYAMA Hiroshi	7	JPN	HRC Test Team	Honda	2'01.772
14	REDDING Scott	45	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Honda	2'01.844
15	VINALES Maverick	25	SPA	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	2'01.916
16	PETRUCCI Danilo	9	ITA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	2'01.932
17	BAUTISTA Alvaro	19	SPA	Factory Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	2'02.155
18	PIRRO Michele	51	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	2'02.199
19	HAYDEN Nicky	69	USA	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda	2'02.228
20	ABRAHAM Karel	17	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	Honda	2'02.574
21	BAZ Loris	76	FRA	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	2'02.842
22	NAKASUGA Katsuyuki	T1	JPN	Yamaha Test Team	Yamaha	2'02.914
23	MILLER Jack	43	AUS	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	2'03.083
24	LAVERTY Eugene	50	IRE	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda	2'03.129
25	DE ANGELIS Alex	15	RSM	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	2'03.399
26	DI MEGLIO Mike	63	FRA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	2'03.609
27	TAKAHASHI Takumi	72	JPN	HRC Test Team	Honda	2'03.781
28	MELANDRI Marco	33	ITA	Factory Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	2'04.487

Jorge Lorenzo: “1’59 is a good lap time. The other riders couldn’t do it because the track seems to be a bit more slippery and bumpy and that makes it more difficult to achieve good lap times. Our bike improved a lot over this last year and I feel ready both physically and mentally. All together, we’re in a good shape. In the first four hours in the morning I was quite comfortably riding 2’00’s. In the afternoon it seemed that the track condition was a bit worse and I couldn’t ride as many fast laps. The goal for tomorrow is to repeat the pace that I had today and maybe do even better.”

Andrea Dovizioso Sepang test action shot

Andrea Dovizioso: “I am very happy with the pace I did today because we were interested in doing a long run: We did 15 laps in these extremely hot conditions, and it was important to do some constant laps, which is normally a bit our limit. We lapped pretty well, and this shows that the guys back in the factory have been working well in recent months. I’m happy with this morning’s time but not 100 percent because I wanted to see a time of 1’59 on the dash! I was counting on it, it was an aim of mine here but I just missed out. Hopefully it won’t rain tonight so we can find the track still fast tomorrow.” Marc Marquez: "Today I focused on just one bike—the one I liked most from yesterday—and put in a lot of laps. In the morning we tested setups for the bike geometry and some different suspension settings. In the afternoon we worked a lot on the electronics, which is a slower process and requires more time and more laps. We have gathered a lot of information but tomorrow we still have to keep doing more testing, after analysing the data on the computer. I am pleased because we have continued to improve and we remained fast, even when the track was warmer."

Dani Pedrosa: “After testing the three available versions of the bike that Honda brought here yesterday, we chose which of them we would continue working with and today we used two identical versions. This allowed us to work more on the setup, trying to adapt the new bike’s suspension and electronics a little better. It has been positive, since we have been taking small steps in the right direction and from Valencia we have continued to make progress. I think we still have to improve some aspects, but we have another day in which to continue testing. Hopefully tomorrow we can put in more laps because we have been lucky these past two days; it has not rained at all and we have been able to make the most of the time available.” Andrea Iannone: “I am quite happy with the way the test went today and in the end we managed to improve a lot our performance from yesterday. In addition, I managed to find more feeling with the bike in turn-in, and now under braking I feel a lot safer and I can push harder. Some of the components of the GP14.3 have for sure helped us in this and it’s a very important aspect in view of the race. Tomorrow is the third and final day of testing and we can do some more modifications, because I want to improve even more.”