Jorge Lorenzo kept up the pace at Motegi in the second Japanese GP practice session, with Yamaha teammate and title rival Valentino Rossi languishing back in eighth. Lorenzo is 14 points behind Rossi following his recent dominant Aragon victory, with only four races remaining. But Lorenzo is suffering from a sprained shoulder, incurred after he fell of a minibike at a barbecue last weekend. Story of the session Ducati's Andrea Iannone set the first representative laptime of the session, a 1m46.226s, with Honda's Marc Marquez (suffering a broken finger on his left hand) the first under the 1m46s barrier, with 1m45.826s before the second Ducati of Andrea Dovizioso popped in 1m46.680s. Lorenzo...
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