Honda’s Dani Pedrosa has emerged fastest from a wet opening day of running ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.
Pedrosa ended the second of the day’s practice sessions 0.66s quicker than Ducati’s Valentino Rossi, with Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden rounding out the top five.
With the entire day affected by wet weather, Stoner was denied the chance to fully assess the strength of the arm that cost him victory in Qatar’s recent season opener.
The top runners elected not to venture onto the circuit during Practice 1 at Jerez due to the severity of the conditions.
Just eight runners set times, CRT class rider Ivan Silva took the opportunity to top the session from Stefan Bradl, Randy de Puniet, Alvaro Bautista and Mattia Passini.
See below for the full Practice 2 times
| 1 | Dani PEDROSA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1’50.780 | |
| 2 | Valentino ROSSI | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1’51.440 | 0.660 / 0.660 |
| 3 | Jorge LORENZO | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 1’51.873 | 1.093 / 0.433 |
| 4 | Casey STONER | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1’52.106 | 1.326 / 0.233 |
| 5 | Nicky HAYDEN | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1’52.254 | 1.474 / 0.148 |
| 6 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1’53.070 | 2.290 / 0.816 |
| 7 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 1’53.166 | 2.386 / 0.096 |
| 8 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1’53.352 | 2.572 / 0.186 |
| 9 | Ben SPIES | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 1’53.409 | 2.629 / 0.057 |
| 10 | Stefan BRADL | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 1’53.409 | 2.629 |
| 11 | Randy DE PUNIET | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 1’54.155 | 3.375 / 0.746 |
| 12 | Mattia PASINI | Speed Master | ART | 1’54.370 | 3.590 / 0.215 |
| 13 | Karel ABRAHAM | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 1’54.378 | 3.598 / 0.008 |
| 14 | Hector BARBERA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 1’54.581 | 3.801 / 0.203 |
| 15 | Colin EDWARDS | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 1’54.707 | 3.927 / 0.126 |
| 16 | Ivan SILVA | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 1’54.748 | 3.968 / 0.041 |
| 17 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 1’54.915 | 4.135 / 0.167 |
| 18 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 1’55.752 | 4.972 / 0.837 |
| 19 | Michele PIRRO | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 1’56.067 | 5.287 / 0.315 |
| 20 | James ELLISON | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 1’57.475 | 6.695 / 1.408 |
| 21 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 1’57.789 | 7.009 / 0.314 |
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