Miller, Lorenzo and Rabat top the MotoGP FP2 in Australia

The World Motorcycle Championship has held FP2 at the Phillip Island Circuit, as part of the sixteenth round of the 2014 season. Riders from Moto2, Moto3 and MotoGP have taken part in the second practice session on the Australian track.

The first riders out were the Moto3 riders, with Jack Miller the fastest, setting a time of 1:37.033, while in second place was Efrén Vázquez, just 0.032s behind the leader, so the lap times are very close at the front. Meanwhile, the third-placed rider, Guevara, was also only 0.044s off the pace.

For his part, the top 10 was completed by Binder in 4th, Kent in 5th, Rins in 6th, Viñales in 7th, Ajo in 8th, Bastianini in 9th and Márquez in 10th. The rest of our riders finished with Navarro in 25th.

Afterwards, the MotoGP riders hit the Australian track, with Jorge Lorenzo the best of FP2, setting a time of 1:29.602, while in second place was Marc Márquez, 0.150s behind the leader. The session was quite eventful, with many crashes, just as in the Moto2 FP1 session, including those of Lorenzo, Dovizioso, Iannone, Pol Espargaró and Aoyama.

The top 10 was completed by Iannone in 3rd, Dovizioso in 4th, Rossi in 5th, Aleix Espargaró in 6th, Crutchlow in 7th, Pol Espargaró in 8th, Hernández in 9th and Pedrosa in 10th.

For his part, closing out the action in Australia, we saw the Moto2 riders, with Tito Rabat the best of the session, setting a time of 1:33.057, well clear of the rest of the field. Second place went to Sandro Cortese, 0.598s behind the leader.

The top 10 was completed by Luthi in 3rd, Viñales in 4th, Simón in 5th, Kallio in 6th, Folger in 7th, Pasini in 8th, Lowes in 9th and Morbidelli in 10th. The rest of our riders were Cardús in 11th, Terol in 19th, Torres in 20th, Salom in 25th, Pons in 26th and Ramos in 33rd. There were many crashes in this session too, and all of them quite nasty, but luckily nobody was hurt.

On to FP3.

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