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Tyre choice will be very interesting. Marquez has gone to the hard rear tyre, Lorenzo likely to run the soft tyres.
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Aleix Espargaro has been handed a three-place grid penalty for this race after blocking Lorenzo at the final corner towards the end of warm-up. He originally qualified 16th.
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So here is the grid for the 2018 Catalan MotoGP Grand Prix:
Row 1: Lorenzo - Marquez - Dovizioso
Row 2: Vinales - Iannone - Petrucci
Row 3: Rossi - Zarco - Rabat
Row 4: Crutchlow - Pedrosa - Nakagami
Row 5: Miller - Syahrin - Rins
Row 6: Smith - Morbidelli - P.Espargaro
Row 7: A.Espargaro - Redding - Abraham
Row 8: Bautista - Kallio - Luthi
Row 9: Guintoli - Simeon
Row 1: Lorenzo - Marquez - Dovizioso
Row 2: Vinales - Iannone - Petrucci
Row 3: Rossi - Zarco - Rabat
Row 4: Crutchlow - Pedrosa - Nakagami
Row 5: Miller - Syahrin - Rins
Row 6: Smith - Morbidelli - P.Espargaro
Row 7: A.Espargaro - Redding - Abraham
Row 8: Bautista - Kallio - Luthi
Row 9: Guintoli - Simeon
20 minutes of warm-up this morning were topped by Andrea Dovizioso, but it will be his Ducati teammate Jorge Lorenzo who starts on pole and comes into this race as the favourite. Will it be back-to-back wins for the Spaniard?
Before we get into the build-up to the main event, we have enjoyed two fantastic races already today.
In Moto3, a dramatic 21-lap even, in which championship protagonists Jorge Martin and Aron Canet crashed out of, Enea Bastianini took his first win since Motegi 2016, while Marco Bezzecchi opened up his championship lead to 19 points over Fabio Di Giannantonio.
In Moto2, Fabio Quartararo fended off Miguel Oliveira - who started from 17th - to claim his first grand prix victory, while a lowly eighth for championship leader Francesco Bagnaia saw his standings lead cut to just one point by Oliveira.
In Moto3, a dramatic 21-lap even, in which championship protagonists Jorge Martin and Aron Canet crashed out of, Enea Bastianini took his first win since Motegi 2016, while Marco Bezzecchi opened up his championship lead to 19 points over Fabio Di Giannantonio.
In Moto2, Fabio Quartararo fended off Miguel Oliveira - who started from 17th - to claim his first grand prix victory, while a lowly eighth for championship leader Francesco Bagnaia saw his standings lead cut to just one point by Oliveira.
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Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix.
By: Matt Beer
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