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Assen MotoGP: Pedrosa sets blistering pace in second practice
Dani Pedrosa set a blistering pace in the second practice session for MotoGP's Dutch TT at Assen.
Pablo Elizalde
Edited: Jun 25, 2015, 12:58 PM
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Honda teammate Marc Marquez had looked set to finish on top after having dominated the session from the start, but Pedrosa went quickest in the dying moments with a time of 1:33.450.
Marquez had gone fastest very early in the session with a lap of 1:33.589, which beat the pole position record set by Casey Stoner in 2012.
Pedrosa's best was the fastest time around the Dutch circuit, however, bettering the practice record set last year by Marquez.
Valentino Rossi, quickest in the morning, was third for Yamaha, ahead of the Ducati of Andrea Iannone and Cal Crutchlow on the LCR Honda.
Rossi's teammate Jorge Lorenzo finished down in sixth place.
With a chance of rain tomorrow, most of the field was very busy carrying out race preparation for Saturday.
Lorenzo, who switched to the new Yamaha chassis for the second session after having used the old one in the morning, set the early pace from Marquez.
It took the winner of the last four races just two laps before he bettered Rossi's best from the first session.
Iannone made his first appearance at the head of the times a minute later, the Ducati rider setting a new best of 1:34.302.
The Italian's joy was short-lived, however, with Marquez flying to first place with a stunning 1:33.589 lap.
First Rossi and then Pedrosa got closer to Marquez's time, the Italian regaining second place with seven minutes left.
But with less than two minutes left, Pedrosa shot to the top of the times with a 1:33.450.
Pos Rider Bike Time Gap Laps 1 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 1'33.450 20 2 Marc Marquez Honda 1'33.589 0.139 19 3 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1'33.652 0.202 21 4 Andrea Iannone Ducati 1'33.699 0.249 19 5 Cal Crutchlow Honda 1'33.734 0.284 19 6 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1'33.741 0.291 17 7 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1'33.844 0.394 19 8 Aleix Espargaro Suzuki 1'33.857 0.407 18 9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 1'34.133 0.683 20 10 Maverick Vinales Suzuki 1'34.232 0.782 19 11 Pol Espargaro Yamaha 1'34.321 0.871 19 12 Yonny Hernandez Ducati 1'34.406 0.956 20 13 Bradley Smith Yamaha 1'34.627 1.177 23 14 Scott Redding Honda 1'34.643 1.193 20 15 Stefan Bradl Yamaha Forward 1'34.664 1.214 20 16 Loris Baz Yamaha Forward 1'34.897 1.447 18 17 Eugene Laverty Honda 1'35.047 1.597 21 18 Nicky Hayden Honda 1'35.149 1.699 19 19 Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 1'35.489 2.039 18 20 Hector Barbera Ducati 1'35.538 2.088 20 21 Jack Miller Honda 1'35.646 2.196 19 22 Mike Di Meglio Ducati 1'35.663 2.213 17 23 Alex de Angelis ART/Aprilia 1'36.869 3.419 21 24 Marco Melandri Aprilia 1'37.225 3.775 17
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