Pedrosa tops 2nd practice in Brno

Dani Pedrosa
Dani Pedrosa

Dani Pedrosa set the pace in the second MotoGP practice session at Brno, with Pramac's Danilo Petrucci claiming the second spot 0.123 seconds behind Pedrosa.

Nieto Ducati rider Alvaro Bautista was third, while Tech3's Hafizh Syahrin completed a surprising top four.

Dovizioso ended up fifth, followed by the factory Yamahas of Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi.

Dani Pedrosa

1st 1'55.976

“Today was good because we were able to keep a good pace especially in FP2 on hard tires. We did a good job there and then also in the final part of the session when we fit a soft rear. That was important because we normally struggle with the soft tire while today we had a good feeling and good speed. That said, we’ll keep our feet on the ground because not every rider put the soft tire on today and we need to repeat the performance tomorrow in qualifying. Regarding the final tire choice for the race I think we’ll need to make more tests tomorrow."

Practice 2 Results

POS RIDER TEAM BIKE TIME GAP LAPS
1 Dani Pedrosa Honda Honda 1m55.976s 18
2 Danilo Petrucci Pramac Ducati Ducati 1m56.099s 0.123s 16
3 Alvaro Bautista Aspar Ducati Ducati 1m56.144s 0.168s 19
4 Hafizh Syahrin Tech3 Yamaha Yamaha 1m56.200s 0.224s 14
5 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Ducati 1m56.218s 0.242s 16
6 Maverick Vinales Yamaha Yamaha 1m56.392s 0.416s 17
7 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Yamaha 1m56.480s 0.504s 17
8 Tito Rabat Avintia Ducati Ducati 1m56.521s 0.545s 18
9 Johann Zarco Tech3 Yamaha Yamaha 1m56.535s 0.559s 16
10 Marc Marquez Honda Honda 1m56.635s 0.659s 18
11 Andrea Iannone Suzuki Suzuki 1m56.644s 0.668s 18
12 Alex Rins Suzuki Suzuki 1m56.661s 0.685s 19
13 Jack Miller Pramac Ducati Ducati 1m56.915s 0.939s 16
14 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 1m57.014s 1.038s 17
15 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Ducati 1m57.205s 1.229s 18
16 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia Aprilia 1m57.417s 1.441s 15
17 Pol Espargaro KTM KTM 1m57.473s 1.497s 15
18 Stefan Bradl Honda Honda 1m57.479s 1.503s 18
19 Franco Morbidelli MVDS Honda Honda 1m57.498s 1.522s 15
20 Bradley Smith KTM KTM 1m57.506s 1.530s 15
21 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Honda 1m57.647s 1.671s 18
22 Thomas Luthi MVDS Honda Honda 1m57.729s 1.753s 16
23 Scott Redding Aprilia Aprilia 1m57.941s 1.965s 13
24 Karel Abraham Aspar Ducati Ducati 1m58.127s 2.151s 17
25 Xavier Simeon Avintia Ducati Ducati 1m58.453s 2.477s 16
26 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki Suzuki 1m58.617s 2.641s 17