2014 Motegi MotoGP FP2 Result: Dovizioso Fastest, Lorenzo Impresses

Submitted by David Emmett on Fri, 2014-10-10 06:11

Andrea Dovizioso has topped the second session of free practice for the MotoGP class at Motegi. The factory Ducati man took advantage of the extra soft tire the Italian factory is allowed to use to slash half a second off his time and depose Jorge Lorenzo from top spot, bumping the Movistar Yamaha rider into 2nd. Despite his fastest time coming with the softer rubber, Dovizioso was also quick on the soft tire, the harder of the two options have at their disposal, spending much of the day in the top four spots.

Lorenzo ended the day in 2nd, and is clearly heartened by his win last time out at Aragon. The Movistar Yamaha man was quick throughout the session, only losing out to the extra soft tire of Dovizioso at the end. Stefan Bradl picked up the pace at the end of the session to put the LCR Honda up into 3rd, just nipping ahead of Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda. Pedrosa, in turn, held off Valentino Rossi, the Movistar Yamaha man managing his fractured right injured finger fine, and lapping quickly to finish 5th.

Marc Marquez will need to find some extra pace if he has any hopes of wrapping up his second title in a row at Motegi. After a tumble in the morning, when he lost the brakes after a headshake from his Honda RC213V, Marquez could only manage the 6th spot in FP2, eight tenths behind Dovizioso, but a third of a second slower than Jorge Lorenzo. Marquez needs to finish ahead of both Pedrosa and Rossi, but ended the day behind them on Friday. Pol Espargaro led the charge of the two Monster Tech 3 Yamahas, just edging ahead of his teammate into 7th, Bradley Smith forced to settle for 8th. Two Ducatis rounded out the top 10, Andrea Iannone finishing just ahead of Cal Crutchlow. Crutchlow is not yet through to Q2, however, as Yonny Hernandez set a faster time in the morning, and is 10th overall, just ahead of Crutchlow.

Results:

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'45.140
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	1'45.580	0.440	0.440
3	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1'45.637	0.497	0.057
4	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1'45.727	0.587	0.090
5	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'45.890	0.750	0.163
6	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'45.939	0.799	0.049
7	44	Pol Espargaro	Yamaha	1'46.041	0.901	0.102
8	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	1'46.105	0.965	0.064
9	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	1'46.107	0.967	0.002
10	35	Cal Crutchlow	Ducati	1'46.221	1.081	0.114
11	19	Alvaro Bautista	Honda	1'46.227	1.087	0.006
12	68	Yonny Hernandez	Ducati	1'46.297	1.157	0.070
13	41	Aleix Espargaro	Forward Yamaha	1'46.315	1.175	0.018
14	8	Hector Barbera	Ducati	1'46.571	1.431	0.256
15	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	1'47.133	1.993	0.562
16	21	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamaha	1'47.180	2.040	0.047
17	17	Karel Abraham	Honda	1'47.406	2.266	0.226
18	15	Alex De Angelis	Forward Yamaha	1'47.513	2.373	0.107
19	45	Scott Redding	Honda	1'47.586	2.446	0.073
20	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	1'47.975	2.835	0.389
21	9	Danilo Petrucci	ART	1'48.264	3.124	0.289
22	63	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia	1'49.105	3.965	0.841
23	23	Broc Parkes	PBM	1'49.159	4.019	0.054
24	70	Michael Laverty	PBM	1'49.321	4.181	0.162