There is no stopping Casey Stoner at his home circuit at Phillip Island.
The Repsol Honda rider blitzed the field again during this afternoon’s second free practice and also broke Nicky Hayden’s 2008 circuit lap record (1.
30.
059) with another stunning lap in 1.
29.
999, but it wasn’t just a hot lap, he also has a devasting race pace that not even the two 2012 title contenders could match, something we haven’t seen in a long time.
Team mate Dani Pedrosa was second and only towards the end of the practice and with fresh soft tires could he cut the gap to 0.
855s, while Jorge Lorenzo’s gap to Stoner was over one second, but he was much closer to Pedrosa’s pace.
Cal Crutchlow was fourth followed by Yamaha Tech3 team mate Andrea Dovizioso who finished ahead of Honda satellite riders Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl.
Valentino Rossi managed to take 8th but he was more than two seconds from the top of the timesheets with the rear of his Ducati pumping, while Nicky Hayden was 9th.
The American was hotly tailed by Randy de Puniet who again put his ART bike into 10th.
The Aspar rider was just 0.
020s from Hayden and finished again in front of Hector Barbera (11th) and Karel Abraham (12th) who in this session were able to tighten the gap that they previously were losing on the CRT rider.
Kris McLaren, who is replacing injured Yonny Hernandez, is outside the 107% qualifying mark as he was more than 8 seconds adrift from a stunning Stoner.
MotoGP Phillip Island FP2 results:01- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 1’29.
999 02- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.
885 03- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
006 04- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
368 05- Andrea Dovizioso – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.
459 06- Alvaro Bautista – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 1.
617 07- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 1.
703 08- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 2.
031 09- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 2.
655 10- Randy De Puniet – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 2.
675 11- Hector Barbera – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 2.
707 12- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 2.
745 13- Colin Edwards – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter BMW – + 3.
836 14- Michele Pirro – San Carlo Honda Gresini – FTR Honda MGP12 – + 4.
003 15- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 4.
480 16- Danilo Petrucci – CAME Iodaracing Project – Ioda Suter BMW – + 4.
532 17- James Ellison – Paul Bird Motorsport – ART GP12 – + 4.
562 18- Ivan Silva – Avintia Blusens – BQR FTR – + 4.
747 19- Roberto Rolfo – Speed Master Team – ART GP12 – + 4.
772 20- Kris McLaren – Avintia Blusens – BQR FTR – + 8.
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