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Casey Stoner edges Ben Spies in second Estoril MotoGP practice

Casey Stoner edged MotoGP's Friday morning pacesetter Ben Spies in second practice ahead of this weekend's Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril

The pair traded fastest times in the final 10 minutes of a dry second session, before Stoner (Honda) eventually settled the issue with a 1m38.396s - putting him more than three tenths clear of the field.

Spies did enough to claim second, in the process outpacing his Yamaha stable-mate Jorge Lorenzo for the first time this year.

The pair were separated by Tech 3 Yamaha's Cal Crutchlow and the second works Honda of Dani Pedrosa.

Alvaro Bautista put his satellite Gresini Honda sixth, ahead of the two works Ducatis and Hector Barbera's satellite Pramac entry.

Of the trio it was Hayden who emerged on top, with Barbera pipping Rossi to eighth late on.

Rossi finished just over three tenths down on Hayden, but was within 1s of Stoner.

Andrea Dovizioso on the second Tech 3 Yamaha ended 10th, while Aspar's Randy de Puniet was once again the fastest CRT rider in 13th.

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike                 Time       Gap
 1.  Casey Stoner      Honda                     1m38.396s
 2.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                    1m38.717s  + 0.321s
 3.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha             1m38.742s  + 0.346s
 4.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                     1m38.797s  + 0.401s
 5.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                    1m38.930s  + 0.534s
 6.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda             1m38.959s  + 0.563s
 7.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                    1m39.029s  + 0.633s
 8.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati             1m39.193s  + 0.797s
 9.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                    1m39.357s  + 0.961s
10.  Andrea Dovizioso  Yamaha                    1m39.615s  + 1.219s
11.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati            1m40.207s  + 1.811s
12.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                 1m40.898s  + 2.502s
13.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia             1m41.088s  + 2.692s
14.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia             1m41.634s  + 3.238s
15.  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki      1m41.638s  + 3.242s
16.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia      1m41.973s  + 3.577s
17.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda         1m42.252s  + 3.856s
18.  Colin Edwards     Forward Suter-BMW         1m42.587s  + 4.191s
19.  Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki  1m42.804s  + 4.408s
20.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia              1m42.984s  + 4.588s
21.  James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia         1m43.665s  + 5.269s

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