Better weather conditions, but more cold and a couple of damp spots on the Phillip Island race circuit was what the the MotoGP riders found in this morning’s second free practice, with birthday boy Casey Stoner taking the top spot and dominating the timesheets.

The Ducati rider hit his mark with a best lap of 1′31.243, and was the only rider to break the 1.32 barrier, and he was a 0.757s ahead of a surprising Yamaha Tech3 duo Colin Edwards and Ben Spies, who were second and third respectively, with Spies making up time after deciding to sit out most of Friday’s first practice.

Jorge Lorenzo took his factory Yamaha M1 to fourth, while team mate Valentino Rossi struggled to a lowly eighth place and was a massive 1.424s off Stoner’s pace, the Italian suffering from shoulder weakness after winning last weekend’s race at Sepang.

Nicky Hayden was fifth, closely followed by Andrea Dovizioso, while HRC team mate Dani Pedrosa despite suffering badly with shoulder pain was 17th and 3.5s off the pace, managed to put together 19 laps in the session.

Randy de Puniet was seventh in the session despite a crash at turn four. Gresini’s Marco Simoncelli and Marco Melandri closed out the top ten, with Melandri crashing early in the session on some standing water.

MotoGP Phillip Island FP2 Results:

01- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1′31.243
02- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.757
03- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.858
04- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.925
05- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.966
06- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.983
07- Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 1.206
08- Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.424
09- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.496
10- Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.849
11- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 2.060
12- Mika Kallio – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 2.499
13- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 2.812
14- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 2.822
15- Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 3.211
16- Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 3.475
17- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 3.561

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