Stefan Bradl pips Lorenzo in FP2 at Brno

Stefan Bradl regained the confidence that he had lost at Indy, with a hot lap in the dying minutes of the second free practice at Brno to top the timesheets in 1.56.500 and pip Jorge Lorenzo by a mere +0.038.

The reigning world champion had led most of the session, and while Brno track may be traditionally known as to favour the Yamahas, it was a very tight practice session with the top six riders separated by just three tenths of a second.

Dani Pedrosa was third, followed by Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez and Cal Crutchlow who was last of the six.

Yamaha Tech3 rookie Bradley Smith finished his session in seventh ahead of Alvaro Bautista who was the last rider to be within a second from Bradl, but he is having rear grip issues.

Ducati duo, Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden were as usual attached to each other with an invisible red string as they were 9th and 10th respectively, with Andrea Iannone followed the factory riders in 11th, but the Pramac rookie is still carrying his shoulder injury.

Aleix Espargaro was the fastest CRT rider and he left his fellow non MSMA riders more than one second adrift! Danilo Petrucci is battling food poisoning that he picked up in the States and he was 19th.

2013 MotoGP Brno FP2 results:

01- Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC213V – 1’56.500
02- Jorge Lorenzo – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.038
03- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.100
04- Valentino Rossi – Yamaha Factory Racing – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.226
05- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.233
06- Cal Crutchlow – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.300
07- Bradley Smith – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.851
08- Alvaro Bautista – GO&FUN Honda Gresini – Honda RC213V – + 0.901
09- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.254
10- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP13 – + 1.396

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