The Sepang MotoGP Shakedown test may be about preparing for the future, but it was a pair of retired grand prix🍎 racers that captured the attention on🐟 day two.

The first was KTM test rider Dani Pedrosa, who defended his place at the top of the timesheets despꦿite all of the factory's race ෴riders also fitting timing transponders (only rookie Brad Binder had done so on day one).

31-time MotoGP race winner Pedrosa upped his pace from a 2m 0.625s on Sunday to 1m 59.841s during his 50 laps, which was enough to keep🍸 KTM race star Pol Espargaro at bay by 0.131s.

Pedrosa's former rival and newly anno☂unced Yamaha test rideꦆr Jorge Lorenzo then caused a stir by arriving at the circuit late in the afternoon.

The triple MotoGP champion even changed into his leathers and watched a #99 Monster Yamaha being warmed up in pit lane… but it was just a final check and the Spaniard won🍨't head out on track, for his first Yamaha laps since 2016, until Tuesday's f♑inal day.

Having now missed two days of the♛ Shakedown, there is surely a very strong chance that Lorenzo will also ride at the Official Test from February 7-9.

Whil๊e Lorenzo won't start testing until tomorrow, Repsol Honda replacement Alex Marquez needed to pack-up after day two in order to join brother – and reigning MotoGP champion - Marc at tomorrow's team launch in Indonesia.

Alex cut over one-second from his Sunday time to claim third (+0.429s) behind Pedrosa and Espargaro despite a la🐟te fall at Turn 5, which brought out the red flags. The reigning Moto2 champion was declared 'ok'.

Tech3 KTM's Miguel Oliveira, making his return from shoulder surgery, was tied for fourth (+0.854s) with Ducati test rider Michele Pirro. Honda test rider Stefan Br✨adl was the only other rider to get within one-se🎀cond of Pedrosa.

Behind Bradl were Bindওer (+1.058s), Suzuki test rider Sylvain Guintoli (+1.284s), Aprilia test rider Bradley Smith (+1.399s) and Tech3 KTM's Iker Lecuona (+2.105♏s).

Althou♔gh Lorenzo didn't test, some Yamahas did appe𒊎ar on the timesheets.

However, as was the case a year ago, the bikes are anonymously designated 'Yamaha Test 1', 'Yamaha Test 2' and 'Yamaha Test 3' - presumably due to Katsuyuki Nakasuga, Kohta Nozane and from tomorrow Lorenzo, swapping bꦿetween the different machines.

Either way, th🎀e timesheets listed Yamaha's day two running as only 10 and 12 'shakedown' laps for bikes 1 and 3 respectively. Assuming that's all the factory has done so far at the Shakedown, it's in stark contrast to the extensive running by its rivals, but a similar situation occurred a year ago.

On that occasion, it was rumoured that Yamaha had placed strict milea♒ge limits on its latest protꦯotype engines...

Completing the day two timesheets was Lorenzo Savadori, who has a 2019 spec Aprilia to try this🀅 week, to help gain MotoGP experience pending the outcome of tomorrow's FIM hearing for Andrea Iannone.

Savadori 𝔍clipped 1.2s from his lap time to sit ꦍ3.765s from Pedrosa.