Marco Simoncelli continued his form in the second free practice at Estoril despite a low side crash halfway during the 45 minute session at turn 3, but his fastest lap of 1’37″663 remained untouched, even though Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa were only separated from the Gresini rider by a mere 0.
061s and 0.
064s respectively.
Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner were tied for fourth, posting exactly the same lap time of 1.
38.
102 and were 0.
439s adrift from Simoncelli.
Colin Edwards took the sixth spot followed by Karel Abraham who used a very useful tow by Nicky Hayden to finish the session in seventh.
Ben Spies was eighth, Ducati’s Hayden took the ninth spot after this morning’s technical problems, while Hector Barbera closed out the top ten.
MotoGP Estoril FP2 results:1 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 308.
0 1′37.
6632 1 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 297.
4 1′37.
724 0.
061 / 0.
0613 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 301.
4 1′37.
727 0.
064 / 0.
0034 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 299.
3 1′38.
102 0.
439 / 0.
3755 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 300.
2 1′38.
102 0.
4396 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 297.
2 1′38.
203 0.
540 / 0.
1017 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 282.
2 1′38.
473 0.
810 / 0.
2708 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 301.
1 1′38.
563 0.
900 / 0.
0909 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 307.
4 1′38.
596 0.
933 / 0.
03310 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 297.
1 1′38.
611 0.
948 / 0.
01511 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 291.
3 1′38.
645 0.
982 / 0.
03412 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 295.
8 1′38.
658 0.
995 / 0.
01313 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 295.
9 1′38.
760 1.
097 / 0.
10214 24 Toni ELIAS SPA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 302.
9 1′38.
912 1.
249 / 0.
15215 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 297.
4 1′39.
021 1.
358 / 0.
10916 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 294.
0 1′39.
137 1.
474 / 0.
11617 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 289.
2 1′40.
173 2.
510 / 1.
036