After spending the first day at Indy to get used to the track on a MotoGP bike and finding the reference points, Alvaro made good use of that knowledge at the start of the second practice, going a second quicker than yesterday after only six laps. Unfortunately his progress then stagnated again in the second half of the session, just as it did yesterday in FP1. He did finish the practice a bit higher up the order in 12th position though while also closing the gap to the fastest guys.
Alvaro and the team will be hoping to find a little more speed for the qualifying later today to make up a few more spots on the grid.
Pos. Rider Team Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 Casey STONER Ducati Team 1’40.331
2 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1’40.389 0.058 / 0.058
3 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 1’40.432 0.101 / 0.043
4 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 1’40.642 0.311 / 0.210
5 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1’40.878 0.547 / 0.236
6 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1’41.061 0.730 / 0.183
7 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1’41.136 0.805 / 0.075
8 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1’41.192 0.861 / 0.056
9 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 1’41.232 0.901 / 0.040
10 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 1’41.354 1.023 / 0.122
11 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1’41.390 1.059 / 0.036
12 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1’41.715 1.384 / 0.325
13 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 1’41.783 1.452 / 0.068
14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 1’41.876 1.545 / 0.093
15 Mika KALLIO Pramac Racing Team 1’41.922 1.591 / 0.046
16 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1’41.975 1.644 / 0.053
17 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1’42.517 2.186 / 0.542
