Marco Simoncelli topped the times in the second practice session for Sunday’s German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.
The Honda Gresini rider posted a best time of one minute 22.225 seconds, over half a second quicker than his time in Friday morning’s opening practice session, in which the Italian also went quickest.
Simoncelli’s second-session benchmark was just 0.095s in front of defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha), while Pedrosa, winner at the Sachsenring a year ago, took a strong third in just his second event back since missing three races with a broken collarbone.
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MotoGP: German Grand Prix - Second Practice Results
MotoGP: Marco Simoncelli Fastest in First Practice at Sachsenring
MotoGP: German Grand Prix - First Practice Results
The Spaniard finished just ahead of his Repsol Honda team-mates Stoner, the current championship leader, and Andrea Dovizioso, who were fourth and fifth respectively. SkySports
Nicky Hayden was top Ducati in sixth, as his team-mate Valentino Rossi had another troubled session.
After this morning’s crash, this time the former champion had to park his primary bike with mechanical problems and run back to the garage for his spare. He ended the session in 12th.
Ben Spies was seventh for Yamaha, followed by Randy de Puniet (Pramac Ducati), Alvaro Bautista (Suzuki) and Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Ducati).
Unlike practice one, this session only saw two crashes, with Tech 3 Yamaha’s Cal Crutchlow and Aspar Ducati’s Hector Barbera falling without injury. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Ducati team’s Valentino Rossi entered the garages with electrical problems toward the end of the session and was unable rejoin, putting him 12th in the session just behind Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), and 13th for the day.
Héctor Barberá (Mapfre Aspar) was 13th in the session and 11th fastest for the day. He was followed by Cal Crutchlow (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), who suffered a crash in turn 11 but was able to reenter the track to post a time of 1’23.760.
Sylvain Guintoli stepped in for Loris Capirossi on the Pramac Racing team for the remainder of the weekend as Capirossi is still suffering from chest and shoulder pain following his crash in Assen. motogp.com
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