Jorge Lorenzo dropped the proverbial hammer in this afternoon’s second free practice at Misano.
The Yamaha rider shaved off a massive 1.
2 seconds from this morning, finally finding that rear grip traction that he’s been lamenting lately to put in a blazing 1.
33.
929 and was the only rider to break the 1.
34 barrier, putting in a devastating series of laps in the low 1.
34s.
Only Casey Stoner was able to get close to Lorenzo, he was just 0.
076s adrift, but it took him his final laps to do it.
Dani Pedrosa took third followed by another Honda rider, Marco Simoncelli, who beat out Ben Spies for the spot by just 0.
025s.
Spies was the last rider to be within a second from Lorenzo.
Andrea Dovizioso was sixth followed by Rizla Suzuki’s Alvaro Bautista.
Just ten minutes into the session Bautista’s GSV-R decided it had enough and started billowing white smoke (he still in the safe zone with his engine allocation) and had to park it against the wall, but that didn’t stop him from posting the 7th best time on his spare bike.
Hector Barbera was eighth and the only Ducati rider to break into top ten, followed by Hiroshi Aoyama and Colin Edwards.
And Valentino Rossi? He ended up literally floundering in 16th for most the session and only in his final do or die lap and make it up to 11th, but is still the usual 1.
4-1.
5 seconds off pace from the top of the charts.
MotoGP Misano FP2 results:01- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1’33.
92902- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
07603- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
27604- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.
51505- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
54006- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 1.
06007- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.
09408- Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
18209- Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.
35310- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
37211- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11.
1 – + 1.
40212- Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
48913- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11.
1 – + 1.
49014- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
49415- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
69316- Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
89717- Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 2.
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