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Day 1 at Sepang is finished.

Pos - Rider - Team - Time - Laps
1 - Jorge Lorenzo - Yamaha Factory Racing - 2:01.657 - 30
2 - Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda Team - 2:02.003 - 48
3 - Cal Crutchlow - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - 2:02.221 - 32
4 - Ben Spies - Yamaha Factory Racing - 2:02.234 - 28
5 - Valentino Rossi - Marlboro Ducati Team - 2:02.392 - 43
6 - Andrea Dovizioso - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - 2:02.751 - 20
7 - Hector Barbera - Pramac Racing Team - 2:02.773 - 41
8 - Katsuyuki Nakasuga - Yamaha Factory - 2:02.829 - 32
9 - Alvaro Bautista - San Carlo Honda Gresini - 2:02.869 - 45
10 - Nicky Hayden- Marlboro Ducati Team - 2:03.151 - 33
11 - Stefan Bradl - LCR Honda Team - 2:03.668 - 44
12 - Karel Abraham - Cardion AB Motoracing - 2:03.781 - 45
13 - Franco Battaini - Marlboro Ducati Team - 2:04.986 - 35
14 - Kousuke Akiyoshi - Repsol Honda Team - 2:07.163 - 4
15 - Colin Edwards - NGM Mobile Forward Racing - 2:08.240 - 21
16 - Jordi Torres - Avintia Racing Team - 2:10.671 - 42
17 - Ivan Silva - Avintia Racing Team - 2:11.267 - 12

A few things to mention. Stoner sat the day out with a back flair up. Dovizioso and Hayden are still on the mend. Rossi finished the day by patting the Duc on the tank. He also mentioned that for the first time he can load the front tire and also work on set-up and actually make progress. I have not read any comments from Hayden yet. The pundents are guessing that motor is still 90 degrees, but has been radically moved in the chassis. And finally, the CRT's are being severely hampered by lack of electronics.