Home hero Dani Pedrosa, who will head for shoulder surgery next week, led the way during a slower second Friday practice session for the Spanish MotoGP at Jerez this afternoon.
An increase in wind and temperatures meant Repsol Honda team-mate Casey Stoner’s morning lap time wasn’t beaten, and Pedrosa had also been quicker in FP1 than FP2, but the Spaniard nevertheless made the best of the conditions to finish 0.188sec ahead of the Australian during the second 45-minute session.
Yamaha’s reigning world champion and 2010 Jerez winner Lorenzo improved from fifth to third this afternoon, 0.522sec from Pedrosa, while Gresini Honda’s Simoncelli was fourth in both sessions.
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Rossi may not have been able to match his morale-boosting third in FP1, but the seven time MotoGP champion was one of three Ducati riders in the top eight.
Pramac’s Randy de Puniet was just one place behind Rossi this afternoon, whose team-mate Nicky Hayden moved from tenth to eighth. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Ben Spies (Yamaha Factory Racing) making only his second visit to the Jerez circuit after his debut here in 2010, was seventh fastest splitting the two Ducati bikes. Ninth quickest was Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) who had been 13th in the first practice and is a previous victor in Jerez after a race win in the 250cc race in 2009, his only podium at the circuit.
Rookie Karel Abraham (Cardion ab Motoracing) who scored 3 points his debut MotoGP race in Losail, had a few incidents in FP2, firstly when he had a minor excursion into the gravel but regained control, then later on sliding off at turn 6. He managed to finish in tenth place, 1.203 behind Pedrosa, ahead of both Monster Yamaha Tech 3 and Rizla Suzuki riders in just his second outing in the premier class. Motogp.com
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