The slightly higher temperatures at the short and twisty Laguna Seca circuit saw lap times drop accordingly in the second free practice and Dani Pedrosa was again the fastest rider as he set his best lap time on his 11th and posting a 1.
21.
088 with his new 2013 machine.
This time Jorge Lorenzo wasn’t right behind him as he was 0.
344s adrift from the Repsol Honda rider, with the first six positions on the timesheets the same as this morning.
Casey Stoner took third and he was right on the standings leader’s tail, and he’ll probably have something to say to the much slower wildcard rider Steve Rapp that made him abort his last flying lap as he ran off track at turn 4, but he also previously took a ride through the gravel trap at the Andretti Hairpin.
Ben Spies was fourth while Yamaha Tech3 duo Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow were fifth and sixth respectively with the British rider more than one second off pace.
Crutchlow was also a victim of a hugh speed crash while he was on a flying lap and ended up with his M1 in several pieces and torn leathers on his right thigh.
Just three minutes later Valentino Rossi also binned his Ducati at turn 3 in the direction change (it was probably due to a cold right side of the tire) as he touched the brakes and lost the front of his machine which ended up against the air fence.
The session to be red flagged to subsitute the section of the ripped fence.
Rossi end up 9th and a massive 1.
6 seconds off pace.
Nicky Hayden who renewed with Ducati this morning was 7th followed by Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista who rounded out the top ten after suffering a crash about halfway through the practice.
Power Electronics Aleix Espargaro and Randy de Puniet were the fastest CRT riders (the Frenchman was just 0.
035s from his Spanish team mate) after de Puniet’s team fixed the electronics problem that hindered him this morning.
Toni Elias on the satellite Ducati was 15th while Karel Abraham on the other satellite Italian prototype was 16th.
MotoGP Laguna Seca FP2 Results:01- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 1’21.
088 02- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
334 03- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.
369 04- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
620 05- Andrea Dovizioso – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
933 06- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
170 07- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 1.
346 08- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 1.
480 09- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 1.
684 10- Alvaro Bautista – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 1.
765 11- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 2.
747 12- Randy De Puniet – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 2.
782 13- Colin Edwards – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter BMW – + 3.
644 14- Toni Elias – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 3.
651 15- Yonny Hernandez – Avintia Blusens – BQR MotoGP – + 3.
686 16- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 3.
761 17- Mattia Pasini – Speed Master Team – ART GP12 – + 3.
912 18- Michele Pirro – San Carlo Honda Gresini – FTR Honda MGP12 – + 3.
977 19- James Ellison – Paul Bird Motorsport – ART GP12 – + 4.
078 20- Ivan Silva – Avintia Blusens – BQR MotoGP – + 4.
317 21- Danilo Petrucci – CAME Iodaracing Project – Ioda TR003 – + 4.
334 22- Steve Rapp – Attack Performance – Attack Performance APR – + 6.
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