2006 Brno Free Practice Session 2

Valentino Rossi heads the timesheets after FP2 at Brno, after putting in a blistering time on qualifiers. The big surprise is Randy de Puniet on the Kawasaki in 2nd. The Bridgestones must be working well, as both 2nd place de Puniet and 3rd place Loris Capirossi are using them. The Dunlops aren't doing too badly either, as Carlos Checa put in a very respectable time in 7th. Title contenders Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Hondas are way down in 8th and 11th respectively. But looking at the lap charts, it's clear that neither Pedrosa nor Hayden used qualifiers, electing to run a lot of laps on race tires instead. Chris Vermeulen, who started from pole at Laguna Seca, is a very disappointing 16th place, three and a half seconds behind Rossi.

UPDATE:
I've just learnt that Kenny Roberts Jr's time was set on a race tire. The four people ahead of him all set their times on qualifiers. The only person faster than Kenny Jr on race tires was Valentino Rossi, who put in a 1:59.050 on race tires.

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