MotoGP Indianapolis: Casey Stoner takes over FP2

The newly asphalted Indianapolis track has received stinging criticism from the MotoGP riders ahead of free practice 2.
The majority of the riders have complained that the track is extremely slippery and offers no grip at all and the level continues to be irregular, however this afternoon’s laps times dropped dramatically, with Casey Stoner heading the top of the timesheets.

Stoner almost ran down a furry animal that looked like a gopher before laying down a flying lap that let him pip Ben Spies who lead most of the session and then a final 1’40″724 lap that left the American rider in second and 0.

194s adrift.
Dani Pedrosa had a definite improvement from this morning’s 10th spot to take third, the Repsol Honda rider was followed by Jorge Lorenzo who also shaved off more than a second from his lap times, but was still more than seven tenths off pace.
Andrea Dovizioso was fifth with Colin Edwards directly behind him while Marco Simoncelli fell back to seventh.
The best Ducatista was Nicky Hayden in eighth, while factory team mate Valentino Rossi was only 11th with Alvaro Bautista and Randy De Puniet finishing ahead of the Italian.

MotoGP FP2 results:01- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – 1’40.
72402- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
19403- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
48104- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
73705- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.
81206- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
97507- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.
01808- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11.
1 – + 1.
06509- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.
50710- Randy De Puniet – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 1.
61511- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11.
1 – + 1.
68112- Hiroshi Aoyama – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.
94913- Hector Barbera – Mapfre Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 2.
19614- Loris Capirossi – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 2.
31015- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 2.
36116- Toni Elias – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 2.
50617- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP11 – + 2.
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