Sachsenring MotoGP: FP2 Results

2011 MotoGP

San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Marco Simoncelli set the pace in Free Practice 1 Friday morning, and continued on top after Free Practice 2 was complete for Round 9 of the 2011 MotoGP Championship at Sachsenring, Germany.

In FP2, the conditions were much warmer than FP1, allowing the Italian Simoncelli to improve on his earlier MotoGP lap times by nearly a half of second. In FP2, Simoncelli would post a 1:22.225 on his RC212V.

But not far behind was the reigning MotoGP Champion, Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo. The Spaniard followed Simoncelli by a mere 0.095 of a second. Lorenzo vastly improved on his morning time also, the Yamaha M1 rider posting a 1:22.320, which was 0.726 of a second quicker than his FP1 time.

Last year’s MotoGP winner, Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa, was third quickest, posting a 1:22.432, which was over a second faster than his morning time. Following Pedrosa in fourth and fifth were his MotoGP teammates, Casey Stoner (0.110 of a second behind) and Andrea Dovizioso (0.222 of second).

As for Ducati Team’s Valentino Rossi, the Italian had a rough crash in FP1, and only finished 14th fastest. In FP2, the Italian continued to have troubles, but this time it was electrical problems aboard the Ducati GP11.1. Rossi was 14th fastest.

World Superbike’s Sylvain Guintoli (Effenbert-Liberty Ducati) piloted the Pramac Racing Ducati for Loris Capirossi in FP2; Capirossi continued to suffer from chest and shoulder pain following his crash in Assen.  

The riders will grid up Saturday morning for the third and final practice before qualifying at Sachsenring MotoGP.

2011 Sachsenring MotoGP: Free Practice 2 Results

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time	Gap 1st/Prev.
1.	58	Marco SIMONCELLI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	278.4	1’22.225
2.	1	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	279.4	1’22.320	0.095 / 0.095
3.	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	282.0	1’22.432	0.207 / 0.112
4.	27	Casey STONER	AUS	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	282.7	1’22.542	0.317 / 0.110
5.	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	280.3	1’22.654	0.429 / 0.112
6.	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	Ducati	276.5	1’22.882	0.657 / 0.228
7.	11	Ben SPIES	USA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	275.9	1’22.894	0.669 / 0.012
8.	14	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	272.0	1’23.037	0.812 / 0.143
9.	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	277.6	1’23.261	1.036 / 0.224
10.	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati	273.7	1’23.352	1.127 / 0.091
11.	5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	275.8	1’23.431	1.206 / 0.079
12.	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	277.1	1’23.533	1.308 / 0.102
13.	8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	277.1	1’23.625	1.400 / 0.092
14.	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	276.9	1’23.760	1.535 / 0.135
15.	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	JPN	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	281.3	1’23.906	1.681 / 0.146
16.	24	Toni ELIAS	SPA	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	280.0	1’24.304	2.079 / 0.398
17.	50	Sylvain GUINTOLI	FRA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	271.2	1’25.964	3.739 / 1.660