Jorge Lorenzo was fastest this afternoon during the second free practice at the Ricardo Tormo Valenciacircuit.
The World champion pipped Casey Stoner for the first spot just as the chequered flag ended the 45 minute practice, laying down a best lap of 1.
32″690 that was 0.
314s faster than the Ducatista.
Third went to the evergreen Colin Edwards who surprised with a very strong performance during the entire session as did Marco Simoncelli with his fourth spot.
The Gresini Honda rookie finished ahead of factory rider Andrea Dovizioso.
All three were separated between each other by a mere 0.
004s, but more than seven tenths of a second from Lorenzo.
Spies, none the worse after this morning’s crash took the sixth spot, followed by Randy de Puniet, Marco Melandri and these three satellite team riders were also separated by just 0.
040s.
Valentino Rossi was the worst Yamaha rider on track, struggling in 9th, confirming that Valencia is still his bogey track, he was almost a second slower than his team mate.
Nicky Hayden also back pedalled from this morning’s practice to close out the top ten.
MotoGP Valencia FP2 Results:01- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1’32.
69002- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.
31403- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
77604- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.
77805- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
78006- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
83807- Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 0.
84508- Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.
87809- Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
97110- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.
99411- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.
09212- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 1.
23713- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.
26414- Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 1.
46415- Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.
55816- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.
60617- Carlos Checa – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.
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