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Here's our report from a MotoGP race that flew by, with Marquez pouncing on Lorenzo in the closing stages to take victory:

Marquez steals victory from Lorenzo
That's two wins in a row for Marquez - no wonder the Yamaha riders won't rule him out of title contention. Plenty of time to keep making inroads in the championship.
MotoGP Indianapolis result:

1 Marquez
2 Lorenzo
3 Rossi
4 Pedrosa
5 Iannone
6 Smith
7 P Espargaro
8 Crutchlow
9 Dovizioso
10 Petrucci
Iannone takes a distant fifth, just ahead of Smith, with Pol Espargaro another eight seconds back, ahead of Crutchlow, Dovizioso and Petrucci to round out the top 10.
Lorenzo has to take second after leading for so long, and Rossi fends off Pedrosa to the flag to complete the podium.
Checkered flag
Marquez wins at Indianapolis!
Rossi v Pedrosa is going to be a drag race to the line for third.
Marquez pulls six tenths out of Lorenzo in the first half of the final lap. Job done, surely.
Pedrosa passes Rossi for third down the start/finish straight, but Rossi re-takes the place into Turn 2.
Marquez gets a good run down the start/finish straight, so he's safe for now.
But, once again, Lorenzo closes up through the final sector, and he's all over him out of the final corner.
Marquez has had a good first half of the penultimate lap, he's squeezed out a couple of tenths' advantage.
Pedrosa is still on Rossi's case for third, and it's Iannone v Smith for P5 with nothing between those two.
Two to go, and Lorenzo has done a great job of hanging onto Marquez over that first lap since the pass.
Marquez's Honda bucks around underneath him under braking at the end of the backstraight, and Lorenzo is still close enough to reach out and touch his rear wheel.
Three laps to go - can Lorenzo keep Marquez in striking distance or has the race been decided?
Marquez pulls out and takes the lead into Turn 1. Lorenzo considers fighting back, but as they get to Turn 2 he slots into second.
Marquez is as close as he's been through the twisty final sector. Surely it can't be long until he has a go.
Four laps to go - Marquez is sizing Lorenzo up as both turn their pace up in these closing stages.
Pedrosa's time in third doesn't last long - Pedrosa went wide at the end of the backstraight and handed the position back to Rossi.
At the third time of asking, Pedrosa makes a move stick on Rossi for third at Turn 1.
We're still yet to see Marquez try anything on Lorenzo. Is he playing a waiting game, or doing all he can just to keep up with the race leader?
Pedrosa has another go at Rossi into Turn 1, but he gets chopped off by the Yamaha.
All we're seeing on camera lenses at the moment is the odd drop of rain here and there. Still nothing major. Six laps to go.
Interestingly, in these uncertain conditions, Pedrosa is coming back at Rossi. He has a brief look into Turn 1, but no serious attempt just yet.
There's nothing heavy falling at the moment, but there's clearly some rain in the air - by the looks of it on the backstraight.
Rain
White flags with red crosses are out to signal that it's raining out there somewhere.
Eight to go. Lorenzo briefly pulled out three tenths on Marquez there, but the world champion is already coming back at him.
Top 10

1 Lorenzo
2 Marquez
3 Rossi
4 Pedrosa
5 Iannone
6 Smith
7 P Espargaro
8 Crutchlow
9 Dovizioso
10 Petrucci
Marquez has a wobble on the brakes at the end of the backstraight. He and Lorenzo are throwing everything at this fight - we must be due fireworks over the next 10 laps to the finish.
Rossi picks Pedrosa off at Turn 2 - a move he sized-up a couple of laps ago. Clean and tidy.
Top 5

1 Lorenzo
2 Marquez
3 Pedrosa
4 Rossi
5 Iannone
Nothing in it in these two fights at the front. Marquez is all over the back of Lorenzo, and Rossi is doing the same to Pedrosa. First and second are now three seconds clear of third and fourth.
Pedrosa is no match for the front two, so Rossi will want to get past before they lose too much more ground.
Hmm, the crews in the pits are warming up the wet tyre-shod bikes...
Rossi is starting to have a look at Pedrosa. He squirms up to the back of the Honda in Turn 1, and has a half-hearted look into Turn 2.
Espargaro passes Crutchlow for seventh, as their fight begins to fall away from Iannone and Smith up ahead.
Three tenths separate Lorenzo and Marquez, and the same gap separates their team-mates fighting for P3.
Rossi has closed to half a second behind Pedrosa now, so that fight is about to come alive as well.
Lorenzo is unflappable in the lead - as ever, but you'd have to bet that Marquez is biding his time at the moment. How long will he leave it before launching an attack?

By: Glenn Freeman

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