This afternoon’s free practice 2 at Le Mans once again saw a Honda 1-2-3, with a devasting Casey Stoner leading the field with a blistering 1.
33.
782 and the only rider to break the 1.
34 mark, shaving off another three tenths from this morning’s already race lap record.
Following Stoner on the Gresini Honda, was Marco Simoncelli and team mate Dani Pedrosa who were able to run several laps only in the high 1.
34s, and were 0.
404s and 0.
696 adrift from the pace setter who seems to be virtually unstoppable on the French track.
The surprise of the session was Ducati’s Nicky Hayden in fourth, grabbed in the final laps as the 45 minute session was ending, which let him pip Jorge Lorenzo for the position by just 0.
077s.
Taking the sixth spot was Andrea Dovizioso and the final rider within a second from Casey Stoner.
From seventh to tenth four riders were separated by a little more than 0.
030s which saw Colin Edwards, Hiroshi Aoyama, Valentino Rossi and Ben Spies, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th respectively.
MotoGP Le Mans – FP2 results: 01- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1’33.
78202- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.
40403- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
69604- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 0.
87005- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
87706- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
92307- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
15708- Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.
17709- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
18410- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
19411- Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
21612- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
37613- Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
60114- Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 2.
12015- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 2.
21016- Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 2.
52217- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 2.
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