Valencia MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo fastest in second practice

MotoGP title contender Jorge Lorenzo moved to the front in second practice for the Valencia Grand Prix, with his Yamaha team-mate and championship rival Valentino Rossi fourth

Marc Marquez and Rossi were the main protagonists in the early part of the session, with the Honda rider fastest by a tenth initially, then quickly back ahead after Rossi had briefly deposed him on the second runs.

Then Lorenzo raised the bar as he began his final run, lapping in 1m31.111s to move three tenths of a second clear of the field.

The Spaniard followed that up with three more laps quicker than anyone else had managed up to that point.

Dani Pedrosa on the second Honda and Ducati rider Andrea Iannone moved up to second and third late on, while Rossi's final-run gains were only good enough for fourth.

Rossi was on course to challenge Lorenzo before a minor error on his last lap, while Marquez did not improve on his earlier time and ended up fifth.

Danilo Petrucci starred by putting the Pramac Ducati sixth, ahead of Espargaro brothers Pol and Aleix.

Cal Crutchlow and Maverick Vinales completed the top 10.

Hector Barbera was 11th at the start of a weekend where he is battling Loris Baz for the title in the Open class.

FP2 TIMES

Pos	Rider	Team	Bike	Gap	Laps
1	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Yamaha	1m31.111s	19
2	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Honda	0.266s	21
3	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	Ducati	0.333s	22
4	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Yamaha	0.364s	20
5	Marc Marquez	Honda	Honda	0.370s	20
6	Danilo Petrucci	Pramac Racing	Ducati	0.464s	19
7	Pol Espargaro	Tech 3	Yamaha	0.563s	17
8	Aleix Espargaro	Suzuki	Suzuki	0.567s	18
9	Cal Crutchlow	LCR	Honda	0.692s	19
10	Maverick Vinales	Suzuki	Suzuki	0.875s	19
11	Hector Barbera	Avintia Racing	Ducati	0.933s	16
12	Michele Pirro	Ducati	Ducati	1.288s	16
13	Yonny Hernandez	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1.353s	18
14	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Ducati	1.383s	18
15	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	Yamaha	1.397s	22
16	Nicky Hayden	Aspar	Honda	1.484s	18
17	Loris Baz	Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	1.486s	16
18	Jack Miller	LCR	Honda	1.488s	21
19	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	1.731s	20
20	Alvaro Bautista	Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	1.834s	20
21	Scott Redding	Marc VDS	Honda	2.127s	19
22	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia Racing	Ducati	2.157s	18
23	Toni Elias	Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	2.300s	18
24	Eugene Laverty	Aspar	Honda	2.304s	20
25	Anthony West	AB Motoracing	Honda	2.727s	20
26	Broc Parkes	IodaRacing Project	ART/Aprilia	3.728s	15