Movistar Yamaha's Valentino Rossi gave a positive evaluation of the YZR-M1 after testing with the MotoGP spec ECU and Michelin tyres on day one of the Sepang test. Last year's championship runner-up recorded more laps than anyone else as he clocked up 55 laps of the Malaysian circuit, slotting into second place on the times with a fastest time of 2m 01.717s – 1.033s slower than team-mate and world champion Jorge Lorenzo. Rossi has three bikes at Sepang, including the 2015 version, which he used for a few laps to familiarise himself with the M1 again, plus two 2016 machines – one of which is closer to the 2015 bike while the other is more radically modified. The 36-year-old Italian was...
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