Bradley Smith thrilled his Tech 3 Yamaha team by topping the timesheets in second practice at Le Mans ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso. The British rider set the fastest time of 1m33.179s in the closing stages to beat factory Yamaha rider Lorenzo by 0.179s, only to fall right at the end of the session, without injury, at the final corner - although nobody was able to beat his time. Lorenzo held the top spot for the majority of the session, beating the early benchmark set by FP1 pacesetter Dovizioso by just over two tenths, with Smith slotting into third soon after before his late jump to the top of the times. Dovizioso nonetheless impressed aboard the Ducati GP15, improved...
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