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Jorge Lorenzo, on his final lap of the first Jerez free practice, nipped Honda's Dani Pedrosa by .003 for the top spot. Pedrosa, who led most of the session, was relegated to second. Valentino Rossi finished third, a little less than three-tenths off the pace. Cal Crutchlow, who held a top-three spot for most of FP1, finished fourth and COTA winner Marc Marquez came in at fifth, nearly eight-tenths from the top time. Actually, fifth marked a dramatic improvement for the rookie who appeared to struggle early in practice. None of the riders managed to reach Crutchlow's top time from the test here earlier in the year of 1'39.511. Expect times to continue to drop in the warming conditions.
Results:
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff. / Prev. |
| 1 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | Yamaha | 1'39.701 | |
| 2 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'39.704 | 0.003 / 0.003 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'40.067 | 0.366 / 0.363 |
| 4 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Yamaha | 1'40.113 | 0.412 / 0.046 |
| 5 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | Honda | 1'40.485 | 0.784 / 0.372 |
| 6 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | Ducati | 1'40.722 | 1.021 / 0.237 |
| 7 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 1'40.799 | 1.098 / 0.077 |
| 8 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Honda | 1'40.838 | 1.137 / 0.039 |
| 9 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | ART | 1'40.910 | 1.209 / 0.072 |
| 10 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati | 1'40.944 | 1.243 / 0.034 |
| 11 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | Ducati | 1'41.078 | 1.377 / 0.134 |
| 12 | 51 | Michele PIRRO | Ducati | 1'41.326 | 1.625 / 0.248 |
| 13 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | FTR | 1'41.340 | 1.639 / 0.014 |
| 14 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | ART | 1'41.431 | 1.730 / 0.091 |
| 15 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | FTR | 1'41.671 | 1.970 / 0.240 |
| 16 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | FTR Kawasaki | 1'41.764 | 2.063 / 0.093 |
| 17 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | Yamaha | 1'41.778 | 2.077 / 0.014 |
| 18 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | ART | 1'42.155 | 2.454 / 0.377 |
| 19 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ioda-Suter | 1'42.160 | 2.459 / 0.005 |
| 20 | 71 | Claudio CORTI | FTR Kawasaki | 1'42.727 | 3.026 / 0.567 |
| 21 | 67 | Bryan STARING | FTR Honda | 1'42.941 | 3.240 / 0.214 |
| 22 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | ART | 1'43.334 | 3.633 / 0.393 |
| 23 | 52 | Lukas PESEK | Ioda-Suter | 1'43.564 | 3.863 / 0.230 |
| 24 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | PBM | 1'43.948 | 4.247 / 0.384 |
Round Number:
3
2013
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