Jorge Lorenzo narrowly eclipsed Dani Pedrosa to top the timesheets in Friday's second practice session at Sepang, as points leader Valentino Rossi struggled to eighth. Lorenzo's best time came at the tail-end of a session dominated by Pedrosa, who became the first rider to dip beneath the 2m01s mark early on when he ousted Honda teammate Marc Marquez from the top spot with a 2m00.835s. It wasn't until the last five minutes of the 45-minute session that Pedrosa's benchmark would be threatened, as Yamaha rider Lorenzo recorded the fastest lap of the weekend yet, a 2m00.246s, to snatch the top spot. Pedrosa quickly responded, shaving half a second off his personal best to set a 2m00.369s, and...
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