FIM MotoGP World Championship Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle GP Sepang, Malaysia October 22 Free Practice Three Results (all on Bridgestone tires): 1. Dani Pedrosa, Spain (Hon RC212V), 2:01.769 2. Marco Simoncelli, Italy (Hon RC212V), 2:02.034 3. Andrea Dovizioso, Italy (Hon RC212V), 2:02.081 4. Casey Stoner, Australia (Hon RC212V), 2:02.169 5. Nicky Hayden, USA (Duc GP11.1), 2:02.249 6. Alvaro Bautista, Spain (Suz GSV-R), 2:02.343 7. Colin Edwards, USA (Yam YZR-M1), 2:02.463 8. Valentino Rossi, Italy (Duc GP11.2), 2:02.614 9. Hiroshi Aoyama, Japan (Hon RC212V), 2:02.744 10. Loris Capirossi, Italy (Duc GP11), 2:02.825 11. Randy de Puniet, France (Duc GP11), 2:03.019 12. Cal Crutchlow, Great Britain (Yam YZR-M1), 2:03.414 13. Hector Barbera, Spain (Duc GP11), 2:03.554 14. Ben Spies, USA (Yam YZR-M1), 2:03.772, crash 15. Toni Elias, Spain (Hon RC212V), 2:03.823 16. Karel Abraham, Czech Republic (Duc GP11), 2:03.952 17. Katsuyuki Nakasuga, Japan (Yam YZR-M1), 2:04.629 Note: American John Hopkins has withdrawn from the event due to problems with surgical hardware coming loose in the broken ring finger on his right hand, which has not healed. More, from a press release issued by Rizla Suzuki: Hopkins forced to withdraw from Malaysian Grand Prix John Hopkins has had to withdraw from of this weekends Sepang GP due to further complications with the broken finger he damaged in Brno earlier this season. Hopkins was due to make a wild-card appearance for the Rizla Suzuki team this weekend, but the third finger on his right-hand that he broke in the Czech Republic also as a wild-card entry has re-broken at the knuckle. The finger is swollen and seized overnight, making it impossible to ride a MotoGP machine competitively or safely. Hopkins will stay for the remainder of the weekend to give his full support to team-mate lvaro Bautista and the Rizla Suzuki squad, before he returns to America for further surgery and convalescence to repair the damage to his hand and enable him to make a full recovery in time for next season. John Hopkins: “I knew my hand was sore after yesterday afternoon, because it was hurting when I was riding. It is definitely a lot more painful riding a MotoGP bike than it was the British Superbike, mainly due to the immense braking forces on the GSV-R. I woke up just before six this morning and I had quite a bit of pain so I tried to loosen it up and bend it, but that wasnt an option. The screws and the plates in the finger have come apart and theres just no movement in the knuckle at all, so I cannot bend the finger. If I get any further damage to the injury it could result in amputation and certainly dont want that! My Doctor is totally confident that he can fix it, but I just havent been able to rest it and give it the proper time needed to repair it over the last six weeks. I thought it would be fine to ride this weekend and had every hope of it working, but I didnt expect the amount of force that goes into riding a GP bike would cause such a problem. “I am so sorry for the team and Rizla Suzuki, because they have given me such a great opportunity again and now I cant ride past the Friday – its heartbreaking and I cant express my disappointment. Its such a shame and I couldnt be more upset, but the priority now is to get it fixed and get myself ready for the 2012 season.”