Marc Marquez edges out Pedrosa in FP2 at Indianapolis

After taking the top of the timesheets in FP1, Marc Marquez was also the fastest rider during the second free practice at Indianapolis. The MotoGP rookie hammered out a best lap in 1.39.502 pipping his team mate Dani Pedrosa by +0.080s, but it was his race pace that was brutal, all in the middle to high 1.39s, that no other rider was able to constantly repeat.

The Hondas work exceptionally well on the Indianapolis circuit, especially on the slower corners in the second sector as Stefan Bradl took the third spot - making it a Honda 1-2-3, and he was just +0.179s adrift from his former Moto2 rival, despite suffering a crash in the opening minutes of the session.

Jorge Lorenzo was the lead rider of the Yamaha’s he too was also to break into the 1.39s, but his pace wasn’t as effective as Marquez’ as he was fourth fastest loosing most of his time in the final sector as did Cal Crutchlow and Valentino Rossi, who were fifth and sixth respectively, with the Italian almost six tenths from the Repsol Honda rider.

Right behind Rossi, was Alvaro Bautista who seems to be strangely ‘tied’ to the Yamaha rider. Bradley Smith had an excellent session as he move up to 8th, shaving off almost six tenths from this morning and finishing ahead of both Ducati riders, Nicky Hayden and Andrea Dovizioso. The Italian however was a little more than one second adrift.

Aleix Espargaro and an impressive Danilo Petrucci with their CRT machines were 11th and 12th and ahead of Pramac Ducati riders Ben Spies and Andrea Iannone. Between the two sessions Spies admitted that he is not having any pain or arm pump, just some muscle pain on his legs, while Iannone is having strength issues with his shoulder.

Karel Abraham was back on track after his huge highside this morning, after bruising his shoulder and ankle and he finished 22nd.

Twelve minutes into the session the red was waved due to safety conditions - a cone was knocked over at the end of the straight.

2013 MotoGP Indianapolis FP2 results:

01- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – 1’39.502
02- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.080
03- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 0.179
04- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.263
05- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.311
06- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.582
07- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 0.585
08- Bradley Smith – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.738
09- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 0.931
10- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.050

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