MotoGP Motegi, Free Practice 2: Pedrosa ahead of Lorenzo, Dovizioso 3rd and Rossi 5th

The head-to-head continues between Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) and Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team), who were also in the lead in the second free practice session of the MotoGP class at the Twin Ring in Motegi (stage of the AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan). great protagonists. In the end it was the Honda rider who prevailed (1:46.088) who beat the time set by the Majorcan from Yamaha by 102 thousandths, who however showed a really excellent pace and who did not use the soft tire unlike his rival in the title race, which trails him by 33 points.

Andrea Dovizioso did very well, finishing third, one tenth behind Lorenzo and continuing his great form. The rider from Forlì who rides a Yamaha YZR-M1 SAT of Team Tech 3 (and next Ducati rider) has put the 2011 Moto2 champion Stefan Bradl (Honda RC213V SAT Team LCR) and an excellent Valentino Rossi with the Ducati behind him, which closes 599 thousandths from the top.

The rider from Pesaro who will be riding the Factory Team Yamaha next year alongside Lorenzo rode very well and only lost 4th place to Bradl towards the end. A good round therefore for the nine-time Ducati world champion who started the Japanese weekend well.

Sixth time for Ben Spies, with the second Yamaha Factory, while the returning Casey Stoner is seventh, 890 thousandths behind team-mate Dani Pedrosa. The Australian returned to the track after missing three Grands Prix due to the crash that occurred in qualifying in Indianapolis and it is therefore not easy to judge his performance, which we still consider positive.

Closing out the Top Ten are the Honda RC213V SAT of Alvaro Bautista's Team Gresini, the second Yamaha SAT of British Cal Crutchlow's Team Tech 3 and the Ducati of Nicky Hayden, who finishes tenth. The American who races with a fractured radius of his right hand is followed by the Yamaha wild card Katsuyuki Nakasuga, the Ducati SAT of Hector Barberà's Team Pramac and the first CRT, that of the Spaniard Aleix Espargarò. The Italians with the CRTs are Michele Pirro 18th, Roberto Rolfo 19th, who from this race replaces Mattia Pasini on the ART of Team Speed ​​Master and Danilo Petrucci, 22nd with the Suter-BMW of Ioda Racing.