James Toseland

The first day of testing got underway today at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia with Loris Capirossi on the Suzuki setting the pace.

Ducati rider Casey Stoner was on his tail showing no ill-effects from the surgery he undertook during the winter break, despite the fact that he later admitted to his wrist not being nearly as good as he had expected and not feeling comfortable with it.

Reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi, was the third fastest on his Yamaha even with stitches in his left hand and foot after his recent accident at home, although he seemed to be rather more uncomfortable on his feet.  Rossi crashed out on his fifth lap of the circuit but quickly recovered and continued to improve on his times.

Second Suzuki rider Chris Vermeulen, came in fourth followed by Toni Elias on the Gresini Honda and Andrea Dovizioso on the new factory Honda.

In seventh place was Colin Edwards on the Tech 3 Yamaha ahead of Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda and Sete Gibernau on the Onde Ducati.

Jorge Lorenzo took tenth on his Yamaha followed by Nicky Hayden on the second works Ducati, a full two seconds off the pace of team mate Stoner.

James Toseland on the second Tech 3 Yamaha had a massive high side and was fortunate too escape with only bruising and a dead right arm.  The British rider lost grip on his first flying lap at the fast turn five completely destroying the brand new YZR-M1 at almost 125mph.

A very expensive accident for the team with not a single part of the Yamaha able to be salvaged and an estimated cost of £200,000, not a good start, but with all respect to Toseland he was back on track after receiving extensive treatment at the circuits medical centre to participate in the final hour of the session.

Here are the times for day One;

Pos  Rider              Bike    Time               Laps
 1.  Loris Capirossi    Suzuki  2:01.869           37
 2.  Casey Stoner       Ducati  2:02.038  + 0.169  34
 3.  Valentino Rossi    Yamaha  2:02.324  + 0.455  31
 4.  Chris Vermeulen    Suzuki  2:02.803  + 0.934  55
 5.  Toni Elias         Honda   2:02.886  + 1.017  52
 6.  Andrea Dovizioso   Honda   2:03.088  + 1.219  50
 7.  Colin Edwards      Yamaha  2:03.254  + 1.385  34
 8.  Dani Pedrosa       Honda   2:03.312  + 1.443  44
 9.  Sete Gibernau      Ducati  2:03.750  + 1.881  54
10.  Jorge Lorenzo      Yamaha  2:03.894  + 2.025  61
11.  Nicky Hayden       Ducati  2:04.002  + 2.133  60
12.  Alex De Angelis    Honda   2:04.396  + 2.527  53
13.  Mika Kallio        Ducati  2:04.405  + 2.536  60
14.  James Toseland     Yamaha  2:04.502  + 2.633  34
15.  Randy De Puniet    Honda   2:04.882  + 3.013  61
16.  Norihiko Fujiwara  Yamaha  2:05.024  + 3.155  47
17.  Yuki Takahashi     Honda   2:05.098  + 3.229  73
18.  Wataru Yoshikawa   Yamaha  2:05.140  + 3.271  44
19.  Niccolo Canepa     Ducati  2:05.270  + 3.401  45