Britain's Bradley Smith was satisfied with his day's work as the second Sepang test commenced on Monday, with the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider finishing eighth fastest overall. Smith slotted in behind CMW LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow on the leaderboard with a best lap of 2m 01.241s, which was 0.827s off the benchmark lap recorded by Movistar Yamaha's Valentino Rossi. The 23-year-old is feeling stronger physically after injuring his ankle during the winter break and his quickest lap was less than a tenth of a down on Jorge Lorenzo in fifth. “It's great to be back here at Sepang again after not such a long wait so that we can carry on getting prepared for Qatar. The track conditions were...
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