Repsol Honda trio Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso have topped the times at the end of the opening day of practice in Motegi.
Pedrosa’s best time of 1:46.79s proved 0.05s quicker than Stoner’s late flyer, after the Australian had topped Practice 1 earlier in the day.
Dovizioso was a further 0.11s back in third, while the San Carlo Gresini Honda entry of Marco Simoncelli rounded out the top four.
Jorge Lorenzo and Nicky Hayden flew the flag for Yamaha and Ducati respectively in fifth and sixth positions, albeit over 0.5s adrift of Pedrosa.
Local Kousuke Akiyoshi was the quickest of the riders making a one-off appearance in Japan, while Australian MotoGP debutant Damian Cudlin was a full 4.56s adrift of Pedrosa’s benchmark, despite improving his own time by more than two seconds from Practice 1.
See below for the full Practice 2 times
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Pos. |
Rider |
Team |
Bike |
Time |
Gap 1st/Prev. |
| 1 | Dani PEDROSA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1’46.790 | |
| 2 | Casey STONER | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1’46.844 | 0.054 / 0.054 |
| 3 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1’46.952 | 0.162 / 0.108 |
| 4 | Marco SIMONCELLI | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 1’47.188 | 0.398 / 0.236 |
| 5 | Jorge LORENZO | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 1’47.310 | 0.520 / 0.122 |
| 6 | Nicky HAYDEN | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1’47.381 | 0.591 / 0.071 |
| 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 1’47.785 | 0.995 / 0.404 |
| 8 | Valentino ROSSI | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1’47.975 | 1.185 / 0.190 |
| 9 | Hector BARBERA | Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 1’48.055 | 1.265 / 0.080 |
| 10 | Colin EDWARDS | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1’48.076 | 1.286 / 0.021 |
| 11 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 1’48.097 | 1.307 / 0.021 |
| 12 | Randy DE PUNIET | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 1’48.374 | 1.584 / 0.277 |
| 13 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1’48.379 | 1.589 / 0.005 |
| 14 | Ben SPIES | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 1’48.567 | 1.777 / 0.188 |
| 15 | Toni ELIAS | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 1’48.743 | 1.953 / 0.176 |
| 16 | Karel ABRAHAM | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 1’49.305 | 2.515 / 0.562 |
| 17 | Kousuke AKIYOSHI | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 1’49.464 | 2.674 / 0.159 |
| 18 | Shinichi ITO | Honda Racing Team | Honda | 1’49.673 | 2.883 / 0.209 |
| 19 | Damian CUDLIN | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 1’51.349 | 4.559 / 1.676 |
