MotoGP Assen – Lorenzo and Stoner Duel continues in FP2 – Melandri Crashes

Yesterday’s duel between Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo continued in this morning’s MotoGP free practice at Assens’s TT Circuit Van Drenthe, however the Fiat Yamaha rider came out on top again, doing a series of record laps and the only rider to break under the 1.
35 mark with a best lap of 1.

34″769.
Casey Stoner’s gap from Lorenzo was 0.
319s, but the Ducati rider seemed confident on his race pace, while Nicky Hayden had mixed fortunes, his engine started blowing smoke and he also crashed at the Duikersloot, but fortunately is uninjured and finished in fifth.

As usual Dani Pedrosa moved up the charts in the second session to take third, closely followed by Ben Spies in fourth.
Randy de Puniet made a jump forward to finish sixth with his private Honda.
The Frenchman finished ahead of Andrea Dovizioso on his factory Honda.
Aleix Espargaro continues in good form taking the eighth spot heading into this afternoon’s qualifying session.
Marco Simoncelli took ninth, while Marco Melandri ran straight on at the modified Ruskenhoek turn suffering a massive highside when he rejoined the track.

The Italian has been ruled out of this weekend’s race and may be also ruled out of the upcoming Barcelona round, after being diagnosed with a dislocation of his left shoulder.
Melandri is the third rider, after Valentino Rossi and Hiroshi Aoyama to have suffered devasting crashes in morning practices which now leaves us with a grid of 14 full time riders and 1 test rider.
MotoGP Assen FP2 Results01- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1′34.
76902- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.
31903- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
68204- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
74905- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.
80706- Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 0.
82907- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
85708- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.
19609- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.
19610- Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.
40811- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
45512- Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.
52813- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.
61914- Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 2.
17515- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 2.
42116- Kousuke Akiyoshi – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 4.
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