Jorge Lorenzo laid down the hammer during the second free practice at sunny Silverstone. The Yamaha rider immediately lowered Marc Marquez’ best morning time, as he shattered his own previous 2012 circuit record - and this was on his third lap out - with a stunning 2.02.734, which he was unable to improve on, but showed off a envious race pace.
The reigning world champion wasn’t the only one to lower his lap times as everyone improved almost a second in the warmer conditions and with more rubber on the track, despite all the bumps that created some problems with the suspensions.
Marc Marquez ended up second fastest as he was able to cut the gap to just 0.224s and he was followed by his team mate Dani Pedrosa was able take third, but he was on hard tires. Alvaro Bautista put his Honda into fourth and he was 0.017s faster than Valentino Rossi.
The Italian concentrated on using a hard tire as he moved from a lowly eleventh up to fourth as he did a mini long run, while Cal Crutchlow was right on his tail in sixth.
Andrea Dovizioso was seventh and he definitely improved not only his position but also his lap time. Bradley Smith put his wheels in front of Stefan Bradl and they were already more than one second adrift from the top time.
Nicky Hayden closed out the top ten he was more than 1.3 seconds from Lorenzo and four tenths from his Ducati team mate.
Bryan Staring crashed out at turn 12 with less than four minutes in the session. The Australian limped away with the help of a marshal showing off a huge hole on the rear of his leathers.
2013 MotoGP Silverstone FP2 results:
01- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – 2’02.734
02- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.224
03- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.458
04- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 0.729
05- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.746
06- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.771
07- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 0.924
08- Bradley Smith – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.016
09- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 1.050
10- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.355
02- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.224
03- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.458
04- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 0.729
05- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.746
06- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.771
07- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 0.924
08- Bradley Smith – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.016
09- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – + 1.050
10- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.355
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