Pedrosa tops Friday timesheets after rain washes out FP2 at Sepang

Published Oct. 24, 2014 8:00 a.m. ET

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Dani Pedrosa's best time in MotoGP FP1 at the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix made him Friday's fastest rider, with Aleix Espargaro and Jorge Lorenzo also in the top three - after the FP2 run was delayed and affected by rain at Sepang.

In a wet afternoon outing Lorenzo led the way from Marc Marquez, with Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso and Espargaro also in FP2 the top five.

But the FP1 times set in the dry are what counts on the combined timesheets which contribute to the provisional Q2 automatic participation spots. Pedrosa set a 2:01.379 lap to give him the lead in FP1.

Espargaro trailed by just 0.014s in second place, whilst Lorenzo was just 0.037s down on Pedrosa in third and Marquez was fourth in the morning run.

Stefan Bradl, Valentino Rossi, Dovizioso, Cal Crutchlow, Yonny Hernandez and Pol Espargaro completed Friday's top 10.

For full Friday MotoGP results from Sepang click here.