Checa fastest in second practice
Carlos Checa led a Spanish one-two-three in the second MotoGP practice session at Jerez on Friday
The session was also a good one for Honda, as Checa, Dani Pedrosa and Toni Elias made sure that the Japanese manufacturer occupied the top three places.
However, it wasn't a perfect session for Honda, as the next RC212V was down in 12th place with Marco Melandri, while reigning world champion Nicky Hayden continued to struggle with the new bike and finished the session in 13th.
Championship leader Casey Stoner was fourth fastest for Ducati, while his teammate and last year's winner at the Spanish track, Loris Capirossi, was only 11th.
Valentino Rossi was fifth quickest on his Yamaha, with this morning's pacesetter Kenny Roberts Jr sixth fastest.
Just 1.6 seconds covered the entire field by the end of the afternoon session, while less than one second covered the top 15 bikes.
Pos Rider Team Time Laps 1. Carlos Checa Honda LCR 1:40.851 26 2. Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 1:40.906 + 0.055 30 3. Toni Elias Honda Gresini 1:40.972 + 0.121 22 4. Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 1:41.171 + 0.320 22 5. Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 1:41.198 + 0.347 26 6. Kenny Roberts Jr Team Roberts 1:41.201 + 0.350 24 7. John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:41.245 + 0.394 24 8. Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:41.305 + 0.454 25 9. Colin Edwards Fiat Yamaha Team 1:41.339 + 0.488 27 10. Alex Barros Pramac d'Antin 1:41.362 + 0.511 19 11. Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team 1:41.409 + 0.558 23 12. Marco Melandri Honda Gresini 1:41.477 + 0.626 25 13. Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team 1:41.536 + 0.685 26 14. Randy De Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team 1:41.666 + 0.815 26 15. Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin 1:41.835 + 0.984 23 16. Makoto Tamada Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 1:42.097 + 1.246 22 17. Sylvain Guintoli Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 1:42.311 + 1.460 24 18. Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Racing Team 1:42.402 + 1.551 25 19. Shinya Nakano Konica Minolta Honda 1:42.424 + 1.573 23 20. Kousuke Akiyoshi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:42.549 + 1.698 21
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