Dovizioso outpost Marquez who had fallen
Andrea Dovizioso in Japan MotoGP training session (Photo: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP PHOTO)
Motegi - Andrea Dovizioso recorded the fastest time in Japan's second MotoGP practice, outperforming Marc Marquez who had fallen in this session.
Like the previous session on Friday (13/10/2017), the second exercise at Motegi Circuit this time is also still going in wet conditions.
With that condition also Marquez, who became the fastest rider in the first session, experienced a highside in Turn 4. Fortunately, the Repsol Honda rider looked okay.
Despite the fall, Marquez still able to record the second best time. Note the lap time just lost to Dovizioso (Ducati) with a difference of 0.043 seconds.
Shortly after the Marquez incident, Scott Redding also suffered a similar fate. The Octo Pramac Ducati Rider fell at Turn 11. Like Marquez, Redding also appeared to be seriously injured.
The session for the MotoGP class on the Motegi track today is over. The next session, including qualifying, will take place Saturday (14/10) tomorrow.
Results FP2 MotoGP Japan
- ^ 4 Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP17) 1m 54.877s [Lap 7/17] 296km / h (Max)
- ˅1 Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 54.920s + 0.043s [14/16] 296km / h
- ˅1 Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 55.061s + 0.184s [16/16] 297km / h
- = Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (GP17) 1m 55.234s + 0.357s [16/18] 294km / h
- ^ 1 Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) * 1m 55.468s + 0.591s [12/18] 297km / h
- ^ 6 Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac (GP17) 1m 55.541s + 0.664s [17/19] 299km / h
- ^ 6 Andrea Iannone ITA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 55.614s + 0.737s [16/20] 297km / h
- ^ 12 Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 55.773s + 0.896s [20/20] 283km / h
- ˅2 Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 56.149s + 1.272s [12/19] 295km / h
- ˅2 Alex Rins ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) * 1m 56.229s + 1.352s [14/18] 295km / h
- ˅2 Maverick Viñales ESP Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 56.376s + 1.499s [16/18] 295km / h
- ^ 7 Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 56.435s + 1.558s [18/18] 293km / h
- ^ 2 Kohta Nozane JPN Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) * 1m 56.453s + 1.576s [12/18] 291km / h
- ˅11 Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac (GP16) 1m 56.680s + 1.803s [10/13] 295km / h
- ^ 7 Karel Abraham CZE Pull & Bear Aspar (GP15) 1m 56.776s + 1.899s [13/16] 291km / h
- ^ 1 Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull & Bear Aspar (GP16) 1m 56.827s + 1.950s [11/21] 293km / h
- ˅7 Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 1m 56.853s + 1.976s [15/15] 287km / h
- ˅7 Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 1m 56.872s + 1.995s [14/15] 296km / h
- ˅1 Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) * 1m 57.250s + 2.373s [16/17] 290km / h
- ˅4 Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia (GP15) 1m 57.259s + 2.382s [14/17] 288km / h
- ˅7 Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia (GP16) 1m 57.540s + 2.663s [18/20] 298km / h
- ^ 2 Hiroshi Aoyama JPN EG 0.0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 57.548s + 2.671s [18/18] 297km / h
- ˅2 Tito Rabat ESP EG 0.0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 57.645s + 2.768s [18/20] 291km / h
- ˅1 Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1) 1m 58.341s + 3.464s [8/17] 294km / h