Valentino Rossi once more impressed on the third and final day of testing at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia as he finished second to team-mate Jorge Lorenzo.

The Yamaha rider lapped consistently under lap record pace and also improved on his time from both January’s test and last year’s race.

His best time of 2′01.190 was set on a qualifying tyre on his 23rd of 48 laps, putting him second in the standings behind team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, who topped the time sheets today with an impressive time of 2′00.705.

“I’m really happy about today’s race simulation and about the overall balance of this test. Everything has gone well and the race-simulation was an improvement on last time,” said Rossi.

“We’ve still got a lot to do but so far everything is progressing well. Now we’re looking forward to Jerez and seeing where we are at a new track alongside all of our competitors.”

Yamaha team manager Davide Brivio also expressed his satisfaction at how the test went.

“This test has been very positive; all the hard work that the Yamaha engineers have put in over the winter is now showing,” he said.

“We’ve seen improvement in all the different areas in which we’ve worked in this week and so we hope that these results will help us to create a competitive package.”

Source:[Eurosport]