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Moto GP: Rain disturbs Pedrosa, Lorenzo in San Marino

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Rain disturbed practice sessions of Jorge Lorenzo Dani Pedrosa for the San Marino Grand Prix.

Title contenders Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa were confined to the garage by rain in Fridays two practice sessions for the San Marino Grand Prix.Only nine riders registered times in the first session with Danilo Petrucci fastest in one minute 43.178 seconds.Karel Abraham was the best of 11 riders in the second session in 1:42.030, ahead of Britains James Ellison. Pedrosa is 13 points off Lorenzo at the top of the standings after successive victories in Indianapolis and Brno.Their rivalry will resume tomorrow with more rain forecast for qualifying and drier conditions expected for Sundays race at Misano.Both are likely to prove more to the fields liking after damp conditions, combined with a lack of intermediate tyres in Moto GP, convinced most to wait out Fridays practice.The weekend will be a chance to remember Marco Simoncelli who died in a crash in Malaysia last year and lived in Cattolica less than five miles from the circuit.The track has since been named after the Italian.