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Rossi overtakes Vinales for fourth. The Yamahas have not run at the very front today, but they absolutely could still win this.
Dovizioso does not have the pace to break away. The leading pack is now compact again, although Zarco looks to have dropped off and might be settling for eighth.
Marquez is past Lorenzo at Ramshoek. Lorenzo might be fading - he's now closer to Vinales than Marquez.
The top three have opened up a gap, as Vinales overtakes Rins for fourth.
Dovizioso slides up on Lorenzo to take the lead! Time for a breakaway?
The gaps are a bit bigger now, but it's still an eight-bike leading pack, Lorenzo out front from Dovizioso, Marquez, Rins, Vinales, Rossi, Zarco, Crutchlow.
Dovizioso up to second place over Rins, before Marquez exacts revenge on the Suzuki rider at Turn 5 - a carbon copy move.
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Rins/Marquez under investigation. Nothing in it for me - Rins left him just enough room.
It was a very aggressive move from Rins at Turn 5, and Marquez was close to falling off his bike. He's now down to fourth, sandwiched by Dovizioso and Vinales - as Rossi has dropped back.
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Alex Rins forces Marquez off, and the championship leader nearly falls over!
Rins into third again at De Bult - with Rossi following through a few corners later - while Zarco passes Vinales.
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Takaaki Nakagami has apparently picked up a 1.5s track limits penalty, while Xavier Simeon has retreated into the pits.
Dovizioso has reclaimed third from Rins, while Zarco has picked off Crtuchlow for seventh. This is basically a Moto3 race.
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Order rundown: 1 Lorenzo; 2 Marquez; 3 Dovizioso; 4 Rins; 5 Rossi; 6 Vinales; 7 Crutchlow; 8 Zarco; 9 Iannone; 10 Bautista; 11 Miller; 12 A Espargaro; 13 P Espargaro; 14 Petrucci; 15 Redding; 16 Rabat; 17 Smith; 18 Pedrosa; 19 Syahrin; 20 Nakagami; 21 Abraham; 22 Simeon; 23 Luthi.
Rins overtakes Dovizioso for third, and is now right with Marquez.
We currently have a pack of eight bikes leading this race, within around 1.3s. Zarco is at the back in eighth.
Marquez retakes the spot from Dovizioso at the Turn 5 Strubben left-hander - and, moments later, Rins completes a move on Rossi at the same corner.
Andrea Dovizioso is through to second on Marquez. There's 19 more laps of this. How is there still 19 more laps of this?
Maverick Vinales is going the other way to his Yamaha teammate, as he's just found his way past Crutchlow for sixth. The pack is still more or less intact.
Rossi runs wide, and Marquez retakes second place. Dovizioso follows through a corner later.
There's a replay of the Rossi - Lorenzo incident. The Ducati rider nearly lost control of his bike in the final sector - he saved it, but lost speed, which created the concertina with Rossi.
Marquez has picked off Dovizioso for third.
It was on the straight, there was a big mismatch in straightline speed between them and Rossi's Yamaha ran into the back of Lorenzo. They keep position for now.
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Rossi hits Lorenzo! Both stay on their bikes.
Marquez is fading a little. There's suddenly six tenths between him and the two race leaders, which doesn't sound like a lot, but does look like a fair bit on the TV screens.
Marquez has been swallowed up by Rossi, and is now having to defend from Dovizioso into Turn 1.
Lorenzo slides down the inside of Marquez at Turn 9, he's back into the lead!
Lorenzo is sticking with Marquez despite his sector-four weakness. Further down the order, Alex Rins forcefully claims P5 from Crutchlow.
This is a proper, genuine pack race so far, with the top 10 split by just two seconds.
Marquez back through on Lorenzo at the sweeping Ramshoek corner. That's in sector four, where Lorenzo has struggled all weekend.
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Current top 10: 1 Lorenzo; 2 Marquez; 3 Rossi; 4 Dovizioso; 5 Crutchlow; 6 Rins; 7 Iannone; 8 Vinales; 9 A Espargaro; 10 Zarco.
Rossi was down to fifth after the start, but he's passed Dovizioso and Crutchlow to take third and is now all over Lorenzo and Marquez. This is extremely good.
Lorenzo attacks Marquez, runs him out of room and takes position! Marquez tries to retake position on the straight, be he can't do it.
And then Lorenzo gets Crutchlow into Turn 2. You've got to be kidding me.
Marquez leads into Turn 1 from Crutchlow, Lorenzo up to third from 10th!
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Lights out, and they're off!
A reported 105 thousand spectators in attendance. Let's hope they're treated to a fantastic show.
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