Following a rainy morning in Brno, the track dried up in time for the afternoon session.

As times gradually improved along with track conditions during the first half of the session, the factory Hondas of Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez soon took over the first two positions.

While the duo led the way by as much as six tenths at one point, Hector Barbera (Avintia Ducati) edged them out with just three minutes to go, soon before Danilo Petrucci (Pramac Ducati) took over.

However, Dovizioso lowered the benchmark by more than four tenths in the final minute, the Italian's 1m56.332s effort becoming the top time of the session.

Tech 3 Yamaha rider Jonas Folger lowered the gap to 0.398s with a last-second improvement, while Petrucci held on to third, 0.419s down on Dovizioso.

Johann Zarco on the second satellite Yamaha was fourth, ahead of Barbera and Scott Redding (Pramac Ducati).

Pedrosa dropped as low as seventh, followed by Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda), Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro and Marquez, the latter impressively saving his bike from crashing at the end.

The factory Yamahas of Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi were 11th and 14th, as Ducati's Jorge Lorenzo, who trialled a radical new fairing in the closing stages, was only 15th.

The only rider to crash was Aprilia's Sam Lowes, who fell at Turn 10.

Practice 2 results:

Pos.	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'56.332
2	94	Jonas Folger	Yamaha	1'56.730	0.398
3	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'56.751	0.419
4	5	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	1'56.862	0.530
5	8	Hector Barbera	Ducati	1'56.864	0.532
6	45	Scott Redding	Ducati	1'56.905	0.573
7	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1'56.933	0.601
8	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'56.961	0.629
9	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'57.019	0.687
10	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'57.209	0.877
11	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'57.289	0.957
12	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	1'57.314	0.982
13	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'57.378	1.046
14	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'57.396	1.064
15	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'57.637	1.305
16	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1'57.869	1.537
17	76	Loris Baz	Ducati	1'57.992	1.660
18	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'58.042	1.710
19	43	Jack Miller	Honda	1'58.179	1.847
20	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'58.194	1.862
21	53	Tito Rabat	Honda	1'58.437	2.105
22	22	Sam Lowes	Aprilia	1'58.638	2.306
23	38	Bradley Smith	KTM	1'59.382	3.050