Valentino Rossi content with second place

MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi said he was content with his second place at the end of the first day of action in Sepang today.

The Fiat Yamaha rider set a best time of 2.02.693 to finish just 0.171s adrift of Tech 3 Yamaha rider Colin Edwards.

The Italian was marginally slower in this afternoon’s second session, with several minutes lost to a light drizzle that hit the Sepang circuit, venue for the penultimate round of the 2008 world championship.

Rossi said: “This was a good day for us because we were fastest this morning and then second this afternoon behind Colin. I like this track a lot; it’s difficult, technical and wide and it’s possible to have a lot of fun riding a MotoGP bike here.

“It’s a different feeling compared to the tests here pre-season, because the bike has changed a lot since then and we’ve also learnt a lot more about the tyres; it’s good to see how much we have improved everything since then.

“Our pace today is already good so I think we have a good potential this weekend, but it’s definitely possible to improve some more and make our setting better. We need to work on one or two small things. I have a strong motivation for a good result here!”