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Smith surprises and leads the way in the second free practice

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    • Smith was quickest in the second MotoGP free practice session. Bradl and Marquez were second and third respectively.

    Bradley Smith finished the second MotoGP free practice at Circuit de Catalunya in first position. The Tech 3 rider, with a time of 1:42.123, was ahead of Bradl by just seven thousandths of a second. Marquez was third, getting ready to attack during the rest of the weekend.

     

    The two Yamaha factory riders, Lorenzo and Rossi, occupied the first two positions of the timesheets at the beginning of the session. Behind them, the two Honda factory riders: Pedrosa was third and Marquez was fourth. Bradl ended the monopoly of the official bikes in the opening minutes and set the fastest time.

     

    Bradl had little time to taste the first place as Marquez improved the time of the German and took the lead of the standings. In the final minutes, Smith surprised and rose from 11th place to first while his teammate, Pol Espargaro, was fifth.

     

    When the time was up, Smith was on top. Bradl was second, with Marquez in third place. Lorenzo was fifth and Pol Espargaro closed the top 5 positions.

     

    Results:

    Pos. Nº Rider Team Motorbike Gap Diff Laps
    1 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 20
    2 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda + 00,007 + 00,007 20
    3 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda + 00,144 + 00,151 19
    4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha + 00,008 + 00,159 15
    5 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha + 00,326 + 00,485 19
    6 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha + 00,021 + 00,506 17
    7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati + 00,183 + 00,689 16
    8 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati + 00,048 + 00,737 17
    9 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Pramac Racing Ducati + 00,177 + 00,914 20
    10 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda + 00,041 + 00,955 17
    11 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda + 00,082 + 01,037 18
    12 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha + 00,038 + 01,075
    13 45 Scott REDDING GBR GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda + 00,414 + 01,489 17
    14 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Ducati Team Ducati + 00,113 + 01,602 18
    15 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha + 00,094 + 01,696 18
    16 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Ducati Team Ducati + 00,089 + 01,785 18
    17 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Avintia + 00,053 + 01,838 15
    18 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Drive M7 Aspar Honda + 00,066 + 01,904 17
    19 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Drive M7 Aspar Honda + 00,069 + 01,973 19
    20 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Honda + 00,029 + 02,002 14
    21 70 Michael LAVERTY GBR Paul Bird Motorsport PBM + 00,400 + 02,402 17
    22 23 Broc PARKES AUS Paul Bird Motorsport PBM + 00,327 + 02,729 16
    23 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing Avintia + 00,630 + 03,359 14
    24 84 Michel FABRIZIO ITA Octo IodaRacing Team ART + 01,847 + 05,206