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Esparagró compleates a catalan one-two-three

Aleix Espargaro was quickest rider on track – in record pace – in the second practice run at the Iveco Daily TT Assen for the MotoGP™ class, in front of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa in the top three.

Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) produced the fastest ever lap of the current Assen track (1’33.653) towards the end of FP2 on a soft rear tyre, the Spaniard beating Casey Stoner’s 2012 lap record (1’33.713). Espargaro had also been second quickest in the morning session.

 

Repsol Honda’s young World Champion Marquez was second overall, a 0.211 gap behind Espargaro, with Dani Pedrosa in third place (0.416s) at a track which is usualy regarded to favour Yamaha.

 

Indeed the fastest factory Yamaha lap was set by Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) in fourth place, just under half a second off P1 pace.

 

Another good showing from Pramac Racing’s Andrea Iannone left him fifth, despite a run-off track in both Thursday sessions for the Italian.

 

Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) and Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) were classed in sixth and seventh respectively, with an identical 1’34.286 lap time.

 

Results:

 

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 1’33.653
2 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’33.864 0.211 / 0.211
3 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’34.069 0.416 / 0.205
4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1’34.148 0.495 / 0.079
5 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1’34.277 0.624 / 0.129
6 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1’34.286 0.633 / 0.009
7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1’34.286 0.633
8 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1’34.408 0.755 / 0.122
9 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1’34.457 0.804 / 0.049
10 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1’34.460 0.807 / 0.003
11 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 1’34.466 0.813 / 0.006
12 45 Scott REDDING GBR GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 1’35.445 1.792 / 0.979
13 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Ducati Team Ducati 1’35.469 1.816 / 0.024
14 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 1’35.537 1.884 / 0.068
15 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 1’35.590 1.937 / 0.053
16 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Drive M7 Aspar Honda 1’35.787 2.134 / 0.197
17 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Drive M7 Aspar Honda 1’35.891 2.238 / 0.104
18 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Honda 1’35.925 2.272 / 0.034
19 23 Broc PARKES AUS Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 1’36.046 2.393 / 0.121
20 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Avintia 1’36.270 2.617 / 0.224
21 70 Michael LAVERTY GBR Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 1’36.280 2.627 / 0.010
22 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Octo IodaRacing Team ART 1’36.657 3.004 / 0.377
23 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing Avintia 1’36.724 3.071 / 0.067

Text from MotoGP.com