Lorenzo edges Pedrosa in practice two

Pedrosa had dominated the Friday session, leading a Honda one-two and beating the field by 0.6 seconds.

But this morning's hour was much closer, with little to choose between Lorenzo (Yamaha) and Pedrosa at any stage. The championship leader was always able to maintain a slight advantage, with his eventual benchmark lap of 1m34.627s giving him a 0.104s cushion over Pedrosa.

The top four were covered by just 0.147s, as Casey Stoner put an underwhelming Friday behind him to take third for Ducati, and Tech 3 Yamaha's Colin Edwards shot up to fourth in the final minutes.

Valentino Rossi was fifth on the second works Yamaha, ahead of Pedrosa's Honda team-mate Andrea Dovizioso and Stoner's Ducati team-mate Nicky Hayden.

Hector Barbera had another promising practice run to take eighth on the Aspar Ducati, although his best times came when following Rossi. Indianapolis podium finisher Ben Spies was ninth for Tech 3.

Suzuki was encouraged to edge back into the top 10 on Friday and maintained that form this morning, with Loris Capirossi and Alvaro Baustista 10th and 11th, followed by Marco Melandri (Gresini Honda), who had been in the top five for a while before dropping back.

Pos  Rider             Team               Time       Gap
 1.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha             1m34.627s
 2.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda              1m34.731s  + 0.104s
 3.  Casey Stoner      Ducati             1m34.763s  + 0.136s
 4.  Colin Edwards     Tech 3 Yamaha      1m34.774s  + 0.147s
 5.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha             1m34.981s  + 0.354s
 6.  Andrea Dovizioso  Honda              1m35.053s  + 0.426s
 7.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati             1m35.069s  + 0.442s
 8.  Hector Barbera    Aspar Ducati       1m35.120s  + 0.493s
 9.  Ben Spies         Tech 3 Yamaha      1m35.217s  + 0.590s
10.  Loris Capirossi   Suzuki             1m35.222s  + 0.595s
11.  Alvaro Bautista   Suzuki             1m35.432s  + 0.805s
12.  Marco Melandri    Gresini Honda      1m35.445s  + 0.818s
13.  Randy de Puniet   LCR Honda          1m35.636s  + 1.009s
14.  Aleix Espargaro   Pramac Ducati      1m35.790s  + 1.163s
15.  Marco Simoncelli  Gresini Honda      1m36.040s  + 1.413s
16.  Hiroshi Aoyama    Interwetten Honda  1m36.089s  + 1.462s
17.  Mika Kallio       Pramac Ducati      1m36.207s  + 1.580s