Pramac's Danilo Petrucci dominated a wet second MotoGP practice for the Valencia Grand Prix, beating Marc Marquez by 0.407 seconds.
Petrucci and Marquez swapped top spot a number of times throughout the fragmented 45-minute session, with the former prevailing with a 1:41.318s set midway through.
The session was once again briefly halted by a red-flag period, to clean up debris at Turn 12 from a crash for Tech3's Johann Zarco, who had just shot to the top of the timesheets with a 1:47.708s.
Alex Rins guided his Suzuki through the miserable conditions to set a new benchmark of 1:45.766s before the red flag came out, while Petrucci edged ahead with a 1:45.316s on his Pramac Ducati once the session restarted.
Petrucci traded top spot with FP1 pacesetter Marquez over the next handful of minutes, with the Honda rider's 1:44.165s giving way to a 1:44.123s from the Italian.
Marquez re-established himself at the head of the pack with his next effort, a 1:42.871s, while Valentino Rossi leaped up to second before the Yamaha rider usurped Marquez with a 1:42.380s.
This proved short-lived, as Marquez once again moved ahead with a 1:41.725s, before Petrucci went 0.407s clear with half the session gone.
With the rain failing to relent, Petrucci's time was never bettered as the session drew to a close, leaving a 0.407s gap between himself and Marquez at the top of the timesheets.
Rossi held onto third with a 1:42.081s, with Andrea Iannone three tenths further adrift on his Suzuki, while the Espargaro brothers of Aleix [Aprilia] and Pol [KTM] ran line astern in the standings.
Maverick Vinales [Yamaha] lifted himself up to seventh ahead of the British Superbikes-bound Scott Redding [Aprilia], while KTM's Bradley Smith edged ahead of the second Suzuki of Alex Rins.
Andrea Dovizioso languished outside of the top 10 in 12th on the second-best Ducati, with stablemates Jack Miller and Jorge Lorenzo 13th and 15th respectively.
Dani Pedrosa only completed five laps in a low-key session for the Honda rider, and was 24th as a result, while Zarco was four places ahead as a result of his early tumble.
Cal Crutchlow's LCR stand-in Stefan Bradl also visited the Turn 12 gravel trap with 14 minutes remaining, the German 23rd in the end.
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