– Pol Espargaró set the standard during Friday afternoon's second practice session for the San Marino Grand Prix with a rapid late effort.Tech 3 Yamaha's Espargaró jumped clear with a 1:32.769, giving him a huge lead, before Honda's Dani Pedrosa closed to within a tenth.Andrea Dovizioso put his Ducati third, with team-mate Andrea Iannone ruled out of competing, though the decision is set to be reviewed.Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Márquez were closely match in fourth and fifth, as FP1 pace-setter Valentino Rossi slipped to sixth, some six tenths off Espargaró's pace.Rossi expressed his frustration at Espargaró's brother, Aleix, earlier in the session, when the Suzuki rider suddenly...
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