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Jorge Lorenzo utilized winglets on his M1 and set the fastest ever lap by a motorcycle around Misano ahead of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa.
For the fourth race in a row it was Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo and Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez who topped the combined timesheets on Friday. This time it was Lorenzo who finished on top of the charts as the Spaniard took advantage of the new track surface and perfect conditions (Track temperatures reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit) to set the fastest ever lap by a motorcycle around the 2.6-mile Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli.
Lorenzo set a 1’32.871 in FP2 while utilizing a medium front and medium rear tire on a day that saw nearly all riders improve in the warmer conditions of the afternoon. The Majorcan – who is currently second in the championship standings – broke Marquez’s 2013 Pole Record in the process (1’32.915). FP2 also saw Lorenzo debut ‘winglets’ on his Yamaha M1 and they seemed to have a positive effect as he immediately went quicker.
Lorenzo ended the day just 0.053s ahead of Marquez, who had earlier topped FP1. Marquez preferred a hard front and hard rear combination for his flying laps at the end of FP2 in a session that once again saw he and Lorenzo a cut above the rest.
Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa (+0.387s) completed the provisional front row but was over three-tenths off the pace of his teammate Marquez. Andrea Dovizioso (+0.420s) on the Ducati Team GP15 was in fourth ahead of the man who leads the championship standings by 12 points, Valentino Rossi (+0.598s). Rossi did not sport the ‘winglets’ on his M1, but expect to see them make an appearance in FP3 as he preferred a hard front and rear tire combination like Marquez.
Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Pol Espargaro (+0.681s) was the leading Satellite rider in 6th, just one-thousandth of a second ahead of the Octo Pramac Racing Ducati of Danilo Petrucci.
Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) finished the day in 7th, with Ducati Team’s Test Rider Michele Pirro (wildcard) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) completing the top ten despite the latter crashing at the start of FP2.
Marc VDS rider Scott Redding was 11th with Aleix Espargaro (Team Suzuki Ecstar) in 12th less than a second behind Lorenzo, while Andrea Iannone (Ducati Team) had to settle for 13th after also crashing during the session.
Eugene Laverty (Aspar MotoGP Team) ended the day in 15th as the leading Open class rider, with Jack Miller (LCR Honda) and American Nicky Hayden (Aspar MotoGP Team) in 19th and 22nd respectively.
MotoGP FP2 from Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli – Sept. 11, 2015
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1’32.871
2 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’32.924
3 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’33.258
4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1’33.291
5 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1’33.469
6 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1’33.552
7 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Octo Pramac Racing DUCATI 1’33.553
8 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1’33.595
9 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1’33.674
10 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda HONDA 1’33.785
11 45 Scott REDDING GBR EG 0,0 Marc VDS HONDA 1’33.808
12 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1’33.840
13 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1’34.132
14 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1’34.215
15 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar MotoGP Team HONDA 1’34.345
16 76 Loris BAZ FRA Forward Racing YAMAHA FORWARD 1’34.500
17 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Octo Pramac Racing DUCATI 1’34.595
18 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini APRILIA 1’34.727
19 43 Jack MILLER AUS LCR Honda HONDA 1’34.856
20 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing DUCATI 1’35.011
21 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini APRILIA 1’35.036
22 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Aspar MotoGP Team HONDA 1’35.394
23 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART 1’35.735
24 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing DUCATI 1’35.853
25 71 Claudio CORTI ITA Forward Racing YAMAHA FORWARD 1’36.326
