Pedrosa, Dovizioso, Lorenzo set pace on 1st pre-season test day

Sepang (Malaysia) Jan 29 (IANS) Spain s Dani Pedrosa Jorge Lorenzo and Italy s Andrea Dovizioso set the pace on the first day of pre-season tests at Sepang International Circuit outside Kuala Lumpur Malaysia ahead of the 2018 MotoGP season.

Repsol Honda s Pedrosa finished his best lap in one minute and 59.427 seconds ahead of Ducati s Dovizioso who clocked a time of one minute and 59.427 seconds on Sunday reports Efe.

On the wet Sepang International Circuit Ducati s Lorenzo came in third with a time of one minute and 59.802 seconds.

The reigning world champion Spaniard Marc Marquez finished in seventh place with a time of two minutes and 0.290 seconds.

The racers first used rain tyres before turning to the new ones they are to use in the upcoming season.

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