After the usual and intense Malaysian rain shower that halted Moto3 proceedings ten minutes before the end of the session, MotoGP’s second free practice started wet, but with the sun peeking through the grey clouds.
Some of riders did an outlap and then returned to their pit garages waiting for the track conditions to improve, others didn’t even turn a wheel, saving on engine mileage (but with next year’s new qualifying format this should no longer happen) while others stayed out in the mixed conditions as the dampness began to slowly evaporate, leaving only two corners still wet.
In this useless session where only 13 riders recorded officials laps, the fastest rider was Avintia Blusens Ivan Silva who hit the top of the timesheets in 2’10″602 followed by Gresini’s Michele Pirro, Randy de Puniet, Roberto Rolfo.
MotoGP Sepang FP2 results:01- Ivan Silva – Avintia Blusens – BQR FTR – 2’10.
602 02- Michele Pirro – San Carlo Honda Gresini – FTR Honda MGP12 – + 1.
441 03- Randy De Puniet – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 1.
444 04- Roberto Rolfo – Speed Master Team – ART GP12 – + 2.
614 05- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 5.
541 06- Alvaro Bautista – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 6.
534 07- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 6.
571 08- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 6.
827 09- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 7.
202 10- James Ellison – Paul Bird Motorsport – ART GP12 – + 7.
87611- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 8.
483 12- Hector Barbera – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 10.
511 13- Colin Edwards – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter BMW – + 16.
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