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Silverstone MotoGP: Dovizioso edges Crutchlow to top FP2
Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso topped second practice for MotoGP's British Grand Prix, leading local hero Cal Crutchlow by just five thousandths of a second.
Jamie Klein
Edited: Aug 24, 2018, 2:07 PM
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Although spots of rain fell in the closing stages of the preceding Moto3 session, the drizzle had abated by the time the MotoGP field hit the Silverstone track for their second 45-minute session of the day.
Marc Marquez led for most of the opening half of the session, exchanging the early advantage with FP1 pacesetter Maverick Vinales, before the reigning champion's early 2m02.228s was equalled by Dovizioso.
Valentino Rossi then grabbed the top spot with 11 minutes to go with a 2m02.152s, that time standing as the quickest until the final runs began.
It was with four minutes left on the clock that Dovizioso's session-topping 2m01.385s effort was posted, with Crutchlow immediately slotting behind just 0.005s on the LCR Honda.
Yamaha man Vinales went third quickest, and made another marginal improvement on his next lap despite suffering a huge moment exiting Woodcote, ending up 0.061s behind in third.
Marquez could no more than fourth on the works Honda, 0.144s slower than 2017 title rival Dovizioso, while a last-ditch effort from the second works Ducati of Jorge Lorenzo moved him up to fifth.
Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati) was next up, having run as high as third earlier int he session, followed by Johann Zarco (Tech 3 Yamaha) and Rossi, who didn't improve in the closing stages and slumped to eighth as a result.
Andrea Iannone (Suzuki) and Alvaro Bautista (Nieto Ducati) completed the top 10, provisionally securing the final two automatic Q2 spots for Saturday.
Tito Rabat (Avintia Ducati) would also likely have made the top 10 until he suffered a huge high-speed off at Farm corner on his last run, consigning him to 13th behind Takaaki Nakagami (LCR) and Danilo Petrucci (Pramac).
Dani Pedrosa was a lowly 15th on the second works Honda, one place ahead of lead Aprilia man Aleix Espargaro, while Bradley Smith again headed up KTM's efforts in 17th place.
Smith's temporary new teammate Loris Baz improved to 23rd in FP2 with a best time 3.3s off the pace.
Second practice results:
Pos. # Rider Bike Time Gap 1 4 
Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 2'01.385 2 35 
Cal Crutchlow Honda 2'01.390 0.005 3 25 
Maverick Viñales Yamaha 2'01.446 0.061 4 93 Marc Marquez Honda 2'01.529 0.144 5 99 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati 2'01.782 0.397 6 43 
Jack Miller Ducati 2'01.819 0.434 7 5 
Johann Zarco Yamaha 2'01.962 0.577 8 46 
Valentino Rossi Yamaha 2'02.152 0.767 9 29 
Andrea Iannone Suzuki 2'02.231 0.846 10 19 
Alvaro Bautista Ducati 2'02.448 1.063 11 30 
Takaaki Nakagami Honda 2'02.515 1.130 12 9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 2'02.616 1.231 13 53 
Tito Rabat Ducati 2'02.704 1.319 14 21 Franco Morbidelli Honda 2'02.759 1.374 15 26 
Dani Pedrosa Honda 2'02.864 1.479 16 41 
Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 2'02.938 1.553 17 38 
Bradley Smith KTM 2'02.974 1.589 18 55 
Hafizh Syahrin Yamaha 2'03.293 1.908 19 42 
Alex Rins Suzuki 2'03.591 2.206 20 45 
Scott Redding Aprilia 2'03.810 2.425 21 12 
Thomas Luthi Honda 2'04.178 2.793 22 17 
Karel Abraham Ducati 2'04.223 2.838 23 76 
Loris Baz KTM 2'04.773 3.388 24 10 
Xavier Simeon Ducati 2'05.212 3.827
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