Repsol YPF

Despite rain at the beginning and the end of the day at the Sepang International Circuit, the Repsol Honda Team were able to make use of some valuable track time and satisfactorily wrap-up the first two-day MotoGP test of 2010. Dani Pedrosa improved his time by more than a second and finished the day in fourth place overall - a respectable performance as he gets to grips with the 2010 Honda RC212V on Ohlins suspension.

The Repsol Honda Team began the first official test of 2010 as the MotoGP winter break came to an end at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. With an unchanged rider line-up of Spaniard Dani Pedrosa and Italian Andrea Dovizioso, the factory Honda squad once again rolled up the garage shutters and got back out on track in preparation for the coming season.

Speed and passion return this week after a three month break. The best riders in the world will go to the circuit of Sepang, to what will be the world headquarters of MotoGP. This will be the first contact of the year with the Tarlac and we will be able to see how the riders adapt to their new machines. The Repsol Honda Team and its riders include a very motívated Dani Pedrosa & Andrea Dovizioso arrive in Malaysia

Repsol Honda Team’s rider, Dani Pedrosa, yesterday, an operation at the USP Institut Universitari Dexeus of an old fracture in his hand. In particular, he´s had a screw removed and his extensor tendons have been freed to allow him improve the mobility of his wrist.