Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo set the fastest lap time as official 2016 MotoGP testing got underway at Sepang, in Malaysia. The Movistar Yamaha rider set a best time of 2m 0.684s on his 32nd lap of the day, which kept him one-second clear of the field by the time rain arrived with 20-minutes of track time remaining. Team-mate and 2015 title rival Valentino Rossi jumped into second place during the final hour, edging out Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa by 0.063s. Aspar's Eugene Laverty suffered a right hand fracture after a suspected stuck throttle at Turn 4 this afternoon. The exact cause of the accident is still to be confirmed, but the injury is likely to put Laverty out of the...
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