Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa set the fastest time during the Thursday's second practice session for the Dutch MotoGP at Assen. Pedrosa's time of 1m 33.450s was 0.139s faster than that of his teammate Marc Marquez, whose time 1m 33.589s on the RC213V was the pace-setter in the initial stages of the session. Reigning champion Marquez has decided to use the HRC's 2014 chassis with this year's swingarm in an attempt to improve the RC213V's handling in corners, which has been a major issue for the Spaniard so far this season. Championship leader Valentino Rossi, who was the fastest in first practice earlier on Thursday, finished the session in third, some 0.202s down on Pedrosa. Andrea Iannone...
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