MotoGP Assen: Tight FP2 sees Ben Spies prevail

MotoGP’s FP2 at Assen turned out to be almost a qualifying session in the last minutes and it was also very tight with eleven riders in less than half a second (something that hasn’t ever happened so far this season) and in this practice it was Ben Spies who grabbed the top of the timesheets.

The Yamaha factory rider who looks like he has a better race pace, especially in the fourth sectore than the rest of field lapped in 1′34.

866 but he was tailed by Yamaha Tech3’s Cal Crutchlow who was a mere 0.
006 adrift.
Ducati’s Nicky Hayden had an amazing run and finished third and he was just a tenth adrift followed by Silverstone’s poleman Alvaro Bautista in fourth.
Jorge Lorenzo was fifth and he was just 0.
191s from his team mate.
Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa was 6th, while Casey Stoner who naturally lapped less than anyone (only four flying laps) was 10th (+ 0.

438) and he even cut the session short after trying the new chassis again.
Andrea Dovizioso was seventh, while Valentino Rossi was 8th in his best practice session in the dry ever, while Hector Barbera who crashed out on his first sighting lap was ninth.

The fastest CRT rider was Aleix Espargaro, three tenths faster that his team mate Randy de Puniet (the Aspar team may debut the Aprilia RSV4 gear driven camshaft engine in the near future according to Gino Borsoi).
MotoGP Assen FP2 results:01- Ben Spies – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – 1’34.
866 02- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
006 03- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 0.
102 04- Alvaro Bautista – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 0.
142 05- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
191 06- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.
214 07- Andrea Dovizioso – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.
391 08- Valentino Rossi – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 0.
430 09- Hector Barbera – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 0.
432 10- Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.
438 11- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 0.
471 12- Aleix Espargaro – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 1.
749 13- Randy De Puniet – Power Electronics Aspar – ART GP12 – + 2.
005 14- Michele Pirro – San Carlo Honda Gresini – FTR Honda – + 2.
191 15- Yonny Hernandez – Avintia Blusens – BQR MotoGP – + 2.
706 16- Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – Ducati Desmosedici GP12 – + 2.
762 17- Mattia Pasini – Speed Master Team – ART GP12 – + 2.
791 18- Colin Edwards – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter BMW – + 2.
803 19- James Ellison – Paul Bird Motorsport – ART GP12 – + 3.
107 20- Ivan Silva – Avintia Blusens – BQR MotoGP – + 3.
413 21- Danilo Petrucci – CAME Iodaracing Project – Ioda TR003 – + 3.
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