For the sixth event in succession, Valentino Rossi finished Friday MotoGP practice behind team-mate and title rival Jorge Lorenzo. And although the pair finished one-two in free practice at Aragon, Lorenzo was a hefty 0.683s quicker than his Movistar Yamaha team-mate. Rossi had briefly moved ahead of Lorenzo by fitting a new medium compound rear tyre in the closing stages of FP2, but when the #99 followed suit the full extent of his pace became clear. “Jorge did a very good lap time, a '47.5s, and we know that Jorge is always very strong in the one lap, the hot lap, and he was able to put all the sections together,” Rossi said. “It is true also that he did a real time attack, 100%....
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