MotoGP – Second Free Practise Session at Jerez de la Frontera on Friday 1st April 2011

Well after FP1 being all about the Honda’s…guess what FP2 was once again all about Danni and Casey.  It took Danni only 13 laps to hit the top spot with a time of 1.40.101, with Casey only 0.188 behind his fellow team mate with a time of 1.40.289.

All times were slightly slower than this morning due to there being a bit more wind out on the track than there had been in the morning session.  There was also speculation on twitter that this was causing a few riders to miss their markers going into turn 1.

Less than one second split the top 8 riders with Nicky Hayden being in 8^th place only 0.957 behind Danni.  Valentino managed a credible 5^th place marginally behind the San Carlo Honda of Marco Simoncelli with a time of 1.40.956.

Jorge Lorenzo was able to split the 3 Honda’s of Danni, Casey and Marco and the take 3^rd spot with a lap of 1.40.623 and 0.522 behind Danni.  But Marco was right behind him and only 0.600 off Danni’s time.

Conditions at the track in this afternoon session were Dry, with an Air Temperature of 27°, Humidity at 22%, a little down on this morning and of course the Ground Temperature was up to 42 °

Final Session Results

1              27           Dani PEDROSA                      SPA         Repsol Honda Team             HONDA 1'40.101

2              26           Casey STONER                      AUS         Repsol Honda Team             HONDA 1'40.289

3              46           Jorge LORENZO                    SPA         Yamaha Factory Racing       YAMAHA 1'40.623

4              58           Marco SIMONCELLI             ITA          San Carlo Honda Gresini     HONDA 1'40.701

5              1              Valentino ROSSI                   ITA          Ducati Team                          DUCATI 1'40.956

6              4              Randy DE PUNIET                FRA         Pramac Racing Team           DUCATI 1'40.982

7              11           Ben SPIES                              USA         Yamaha Factory Racing       YAMAHA 1'41.053

8              5              Nicky HAYDEN                      USA         Ducati Team                          DUCATI 1'41.058

9              14           Hiroshi AOYAMA                 JPN          San Carlo Honda Gresini     HONDA 1'41.292

10           69           Karel ABRAHAM                   CZE          Cardion AB Motoracing      DUCATI 1'41.304

11           17           Colin EDWARDS                    USA         Monster Yamaha Tech 3     YAMAHA 1'41.337

12           8              Andrea DOVIZIOSO             ITA          Repsol Honda Team             HONDA 1'41.407

13           7              Hector BARBERA                 SPA         Mapfre Aspar MotoGP        DUCATI 1'41.665

14           35           Loris CAPIROSSI                   ITA          Pramac Racing Team           DUCATI 1'41.810

15           24           Cal CRUTCHLOW                  GBR         Monster Yamaha Tech 3     YAMAHA 1'41.854

16           65           John HOPKINS                      USA         Rizla Suzuki MotoGP            SUZUKI 1'42.305

17           21           Toni ELIAS                             SPA         LCR Honda MotoGP             HONDA 1'42.690

Suffice to say the next qualifying sessions are going to be interesting and as usual it is “Tight at the Top”.
Thanks
Jen
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