Alvaro Bautista was fastest for Suzuki as the rain intensified in Friday’s second practice session for the Valencia Grand Prix.
Although conditions eventually improved, and a hint of sunshine even appeared at the very end, much of the session saw a significantly wetter track than morning practice.
Once again, that led to a host of unusual names at the front of the field, as though world champion Casey Stoner (Honda) led the way at first, the likes of Tech 3 Yamaha’s Cal Crutchlow, Pramac Ducati’s Randy de Puniet, Cardion Ducati’s Karel Abraham and Ducati’s Nicky Hayden all had turns at the front before Bautista claimed the definitive top spot with a lap of a minute 47.975 seconds.
Hayden ended up second, 0.341 seconds down on the Spaniard, with de Puniet and Abraham. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
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While Cal Crutchlow (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) place fifth ahead of Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) and Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team).
Casey Stoner was eighth in the wet session, though claimed the fastest lap of the day in a mixed condition FP1 with a time of 1’45.513. The Australian’s tema mate Dani Pedrosa claimed the ninth spot, while Josh Hayes, the replacement rider for a recovering Colin Edwards on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team, placed an impressive 10 in the wet and 15th in the combined times in his first outing at the circuit and aboard a MotoGP machine.
The difficult conditions claimed riders Toni Elías (LCR Honda), who crashed out of 6th place 15 minutes into the practice, and a recovering Ben Spies (Yamaha Factory Racing) when he touched a slippery edge of the track. Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) also had a fall in the final four minutes of the session. motogp.com
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