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Assen MotoGP: Vinales leads rain-affected second practice
Yamaha's Maverick Vinales was fastest in the second MotoGP free practice at Assen, beating everyone except Jonas Folger by more than half a second.
David Gruz
Edited: Jun 23, 2017, 2:36 PM
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It took Vinales five minutes to beat Danilo Petrucci's FP1 benchmark of 1m34.680s, but Folger soon took over with a 1m33.898s.
The first runs were interrupted by rain around 15 minutes into the session, but the field was able to re-enter a dry track just six minutes later.
Vinales soon reclaimed first place by going 0.077s quicker but, with rain predicted for Saturday, the session ended with a shootout as everyone tried to secure a place in the top 10.
Pramac Ducati's Petrucci and Tech 3 rider Johann Zarco both came close to demoting Vinales, but it was Marc Marquez who managed to lower the benchmark.
However, Vinales immediately fought back with a 1m33.696s and, unlike Marquez, improved with his next flyer as well by half a second.
His 1m33.130s time ended up the fastest lap of the session, with his closest challenger Folger being 0.367s off the pace.
Marquez's Repsol Honda was a further three tenths down in third, ahead of Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso, who used the bike that broke down at the beginning of FP1.
Cal Crutchlow put a second Honda in the top five, ahead of Valentino Rossi, who jumped up to sixth with a late flyer.
Petrucci, Zarco, Aspar Ducati's Alvaro Bautista and Dani Pedrosa took the final positions in the top 10.
Bautista's teammate Karel Abraham missed out on a potential automatic Q2 spot by 0.151s in 11th, while Jorge Lorenzo had a low-key session in 14th behind Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro.
Espargaro's teammate Sam Lowes had a crash at Turn 10 towards the end of the session, the Briton ending up 20th.
FP2 results
Pos.#RiderBikeTimeGap 1 25 
Maverick Viñales Yamaha 1'33.130 2 94 
Jonas Folger Yamaha 1'33.497 0.367 3 93 Marc Marquez Honda 1'33.782 0.652 4 4 
Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1'33.790 0.660 5 35 
Cal Crutchlow Honda 1'33.828 0.698 6 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1'33.830 0.700 7 9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 1'33.890 0.760 8 5 
Johann Zarco Yamaha 1'33.986 0.856 9 19 Alvaro Bautista Ducati 1'34.103 0.973 10 26 Dani Pedrosa Honda 1'34.148 1.018 11 17 
Karel Abraham Ducati 1'34.299 1.169 12 43 
Jack Miller Honda 1'34.337 1.207 13 41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1'34.491 1.361 14 99 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati 1'34.523 1.393 15 45 Scott Redding Ducati 1'34.596 1.466 16 76 Loris Baz Ducati 1'34.605 1.475 17 29 Andrea Iannone Suzuki 1'34.617 1.487 18 8 Hector Barbera Ducati 1'34.759 1.629 19 42 Alex Rins Suzuki 1'34.923 1.793 20 22 Sam Lowes Aprilia 1'35.039 1.909 21 53 Tito Rabat Honda 1'35.185 2.055 22 44 Pol Espargaro KTM 1'35.373 2.243 23 38 Bradley Smith KTM 1'36.334 3.204
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