[kropotkin thinks...] - 2016 Phillip Island MotoGP Test Thursday Times: Track Dries,

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After rain early in the day caused fears of yet another washout at Phillip Island on Thursday, the weather gods changed their minds and smiled on the second day of the MotoGP test. Sun and warmer temperatures in the second half of the day meant that everyone could get out in the dry, and get some serious work done.

Maverick Viñales ended up with the fastest time of the day, the Ecstar Suzuki rider having been close to the front all day and popping in an extra quick lap right at the end of the day. Viñales' time is a tenth quicker than Marc Marquez' best time from the race here in October, which was ridden in near-perfect conditions. Marquez took second spot, within a hundredth of his own race time, and over a tenth off Viñales, just edging ahead of the Movistar Yamaha pairing of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. Cal Crutchlow posted a strong time to take fifth, ending ahead Hector Barbera, the first of the Ducatis. The Avintia Ducati rider just pipped factory man Andrea Iannone by three thousandths of a second.

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