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Marquez relentlessly hounding Quartararo still, Vinales 2.1s behind. 11 laps to go.
Rins tried to restart his GSX-RR, but has given up the chase. It's game over.
Crash
And just as we say that, he's gone down at Turn 4. What a nightmare day for the British Grand Prix winner.
Rins has been hit with a long lap penalty for exceeding track limits too often.
Vinales is putting in some good pace but can't bridge that gap to Marquez.
Meanwhile, Rins is through on Espargaro at Turn 8. So the Suzuki man is now seventh.
Whatever happens, Quartararo has once again made the works Yamaha pair look a bit silly and on an M1 not quite as identical in spec as his factory counterparts.
Rossi is now hounding his great mate and protege Morbidelli for fourth as we start lap 14. Espargaro still holding Rins at bay in seventh.
Start replay shows Marquez had a bit of a wobble off the line. Did well to recover it did the world champion.
Quartararo about a tenth quicker than the chasing pair last time around. Vinales and Marquez more or less the same on laptime.
Crash
Bagnaia has gone down at Turn 4.
Marquez is super strong on the brakes. But, how hard is he working that medium front tyre in this heat? Time will tell. Quartararo still holds sway on lap 12, Vinales still around 2.5s adrift in third.
What Vinales needs is for Marquez and Quartararo to engage pretty soon.
Vinales has dropped back into the 1m33s last time around. Now on lap 11, has his resurgence come too late? Gap is 2.5s currently.
At what point, though, does Marquez start to think about his title hopes? Dovizioso only sixth right now. This would be an excellent day for his points hail.
You have to think Marquez is just keeping something in reserve for Quartararo. But the SRT rider is a firecracker, and will surely fight tooth and nail for his first MotoGP win.
We are onto lap 10 and Dovizioso finally clears Espargaro at Turn 2. The KTM tried to hang on, but had to yield.
Crash
Oliveira has crashed at Turn 4.
Race going to script thus far as we start lap nine. It's a Yamaha versus Marquez, but not the Yamaha we expected it to be. Vinales has just fallen into a void in third.
Marquez was the only man in the 1m33s that time around, 0.3s quicker than Quartararo. He is piling the pressure on here on the French rookie.
Rossi is through to fifth on Espargaro at Turn 14. Onto lap eight.
Further down the field, Crutchlow is 11th from Pirro, Petrucci, Bagnaia, Oliveira, Zarco, A.Espargaro, Rabat, Lorenzo and Syahrin.
Quartararo responded a little bit on lap six there, marginally quicker and his lead is back up to 0.5s. Onto lap seven.
Vinales has just dropped right out of contention here. Is he carrying an issue?
Marquez has wiped out Quartararo's advantage on this sixth lap. 0.429s is the gap.
Crash
Rins has run on at Turn 1 trying to pass Espargaro. He's dropped to eighth as a result behind Dovizioso.
Stopwatch
1m33.355s from Marquez. He is responding.
Quartararo is leading by 0.8s, with Vinales a further second adrift in third. Espargaro still holding fifth on lap five.
The SRT rider is asking serious questions of Marquez and Vinales in the early stages.
Stopwatch
1m33.423s from race leader Quartararo. Vinales was nine tenths slower that lap around.
Crash
Nakagami has crashed at Turn 10 on lap four.
Vinales had better corner speed the Marquez at Curvone, but had to check up slightly.
Marquez up the inside of Vinales at Turn 10.
Top three are already 1.5s clear of the field on lap four.
Stopwatch
1m33.810s from Marquez in third.
Brave move there by Quartararo. Vinales made a slight mistake exiting Turn 10 there.
Quartararo runs side by side with Vinales and takes the lead at Curvone!
Vinales leads Quartararo, Marquez, Morbidelli, Espargaro, Rins, Rossi, Dovizioso, Miller and Mir on lap three.
Stopwatch
1m33.845s fastest lap for Vinales on lap two. Quartararo not far behind, though. Marquez about a tenth slower.
Small moment for Quartararo at Turn 4. Dovizioso running eighth after a poor first lap.
By: Matt Beer
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