Ducati test rider Casey Stoner set the pace on the first day of MotoGP’s official pre-season running at Sepang. The two-time MotoGP champion rode at the Malaysian circuit last week in a private session, and joined the full field for the first of three days of testing on Monday. Stoner set a 1m59.681s on the 2017 Ducati just after 1pm local time, displacing the Italian manufacturer’s race rider Andrea Dovizioso at the top of the order. Dovizioso finished 0.115 seconds slower than Stoner, while new Ducati recruit Jorge Lorenzo was a quiet 17th, 1.669s adrift. Ducati’s primary test rider Michele Pirro will take over from Stoner on Tuesday before a decision is made on who will join...
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