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Practice report

Valencia MotoGP: Lorenzo tops FP2, Marquez crashes

Ducati's Jorge Lorenzo was fastest in the second practice session for MotoGP's Valencia season finale, which ended with title favourite Marc Marquez crashing.

Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati Team

Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati Team

Toni Börner

Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati Team
Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati Team
Marc Marquez, Repsol Honda Team
Bradley Smith, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati Team
Dani Pedrosa, Repsol Honda Team

Honda rider Marquez, who was vying with Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa to top the opening day of practice, fell at Turn 2 just as the chequered flag fell.

Marquez had been second, narrowly behind Pedrosa and just ahead of Lorenzo, for the majority of the session before jumping into the lead with 14 minutes left on the clock.

However, Lorenzo first outpaced Pedrosa by a small margin and then improved half a second further just as the final four minutes approached.

The Ducati rider's 1m30.640s became the benchmark time for the day, with Marquez's Honda teammate Pedrosa in second place, just 0.122s slower.

A late improvement from Marquez's title challenger Andrea Dovizioso put the Italian in third, followed by top Yamaha Johann Zarco.

Marquez slipped to fifth, ahead of the satellite Hondas of Jack Miller (Marc VDS) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR), while Michele Pirro brought the third factory Ducati into the top eight.

The top 10 was completed by Valentino Rossi on the best of the factory Yamahas and Pol Espargaro's KTM.

Rossi, along with teammate Maverick Vinales, who was 11th in FP2, will need to improve in Saturday morning's session to be sure of a Q2 slot, as they are only 11th and 12th in the combined order.

Suzuki rider Andrea Iannone suffered a late crash in the session and was only 18th, but his FP1 time still grants him a spot in Q2.

Apart from Iannone and Marquez, Aleix and Pol Espargaro also had late incidents.

Tech 3 Yamaha's Michael van der Mark had another disappointing practice, as he was again last, 2.4s off the pace.

FP2 results

Cla#RiderBikeTimeGap
1 99 spain Jorge Lorenzo  Ducati 1'30.640  
2 26 spain Dani Pedrosa  Honda 1'30.762 0.122
3 4 italy Andrea Dovizioso  Ducati 1'30.949 0.309
4 5 france Johann Zarco  Yamaha 1'31.054 0.414
5 93 spain Marc Marquez  Honda 1'31.243 0.603
6 43 australia Jack Miller  Honda 1'31.357 0.717
7 35 united_kingdom Cal Crutchlow  Honda 1'31.383 0.743
8 51 italy Michele Pirro  Ducati 1'31.413 0.773
9 46 italy Valentino Rossi  Yamaha 1'31.488 0.848
10 44 spain Pol Espargaro  KTM 1'31.615 0.975
11 25 spain Maverick Viñales  Yamaha 1'31.624 0.984
12 41 spain Aleix Espargaro  Aprilia 1'31.698 1.058
13 45 united_kingdom Scott Redding  Ducati 1'31.733 1.093
14 17 czech_republic Karel Abraham  Ducati 1'31.858 1.218
15 42 spain Alex Rins  Suzuki 1'31.876 1.236
16 8 spain Hector Barbera  Ducati 1'31.926 1.286
17 53 spain Tito Rabat  Honda 1'31.958 1.318
18 29 italy Andrea Iannone  Suzuki 1'31.966 1.326
19 36 finland Mika Kallio  KTM 1'31.966 1.326
20 19 spain Alvaro Bautista  Ducati 1'32.076 1.436
21 76 france Loris Baz  Ducati 1'32.151 1.511
22 9 italy Danilo Petrucci  Ducati 1'32.192 1.552
23 38 united_kingdom Bradley Smith  KTM 1'32.457 1.817
24 22 united_kingdom Sam Lowes  Aprilia 1'32.587 1.947
25 60 netherlands Michael van der Mark  Yamaha 1'33.101 2.461
 

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