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Crutchlow pounces on Rins at Turn 1 as the Suzuki rider runs wide. Could the Briton make up the three-second gap to the leading trio then?
Probably not, no.
Probably not, no.
The top three are in a race of their own now. Rins tried to set out after them but hasn't made much progress at all, and is now told to switch to "Mapping 2".
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Current order: 1 Dovizioso; 2 Lorenzo; 3 Marquez; 4 Rins; 5 Crutchlow; 6 Vinales; 7 Pedrosa; 8 Rossi; 9 Iannone; 10 Morbidelli; 11 Zarco; 12 Bautista; 13 Petrucci; 14 A Espargaro; 15 Nakagami; 16 Smith; 17 Bradl; 18 Pirro; 19 P Espargaro; 20 Syahrin; 21 Abraham; 22 Luthi; 23 Redding; 24 Miller; 25 Ponsson.
The Yamahas are not having a good day so far. Vinales has now slipped behind Crutchlow, Rossi has given up a place to Pedrosa, and Zarco is down in 12th.
Dovizioso slipstreams past Lorenzo on the back straight to take the lead!
Marquez has caught the two Ducatis. Dovizioso looks to be getting a little impatient behind Lorenzo here.
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Simeon has crashed out, leaving Ponsson as the sole Avintia rider in the race.
Rins, charging on the soft rear tyre, has passed Vinales for fourth, but there's already a lot of daylight between him and the leading trio.
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Marquez is pushing hard to catch the leading Ducatis. He posts a 1m33.271s, the best lap of the race so far by a good margin.
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Miller's down at Turn 14 from fourth place.
TV graphics now saying that on a medium rear rather than a soft rear. He's not really got going here but he's maintaining track position - if he can keep the frontrunners in sight and keep Alex Rins behind, his time should come in this race.
It was good timing from Marquez because Lorenzo and Dovizioso are running away with it - they already put a second on the rest of the pack.
Marquez sits up Miller with an aggressive move for third.
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The top 10 after the opening lap is Lorenzo, Dovizioso, Miller, Marquez, Vinales, Rins, Crutchlow, Rossi, Zarco, Pedrosa.
Lorenzo is starting to stretch his legs. Dovizioso has passed Marquez and now dives past Miller for second, aiming to prevent a Lorenzo breakaway.
It's Lorenzo from Miller, Marquez, Dovizioso, Vinales. The Yamaha rider in fifth will take it - sure he lost places but it's honestly his best start in ages.
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Lights out, away they go. Lorenzo leads into Turn 1.
Quite a few riders opting for the soft rear tyre, but most of them are closer to the back of the grid. Watch out for Vinales in third - he'll need to gun it early on to make use of the soft rubber, but he's had a lot of issues with starts and early pace.
Petrucci's Ducati GP18 is fired up, and he gets going - meaning he'll be able to take his grid slot in eighth after all.
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The warm-up lap begins, but Danilo Petrucci has stalled.
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Two wildcard riders - Michele Pirro for Ducati and Stefan Bradl for Honda - make this a 26-bike grid.
There is, however, some trepidation over debutant Christophe Ponsson, who is replacing the injured Tito Rabat at Avintia Ducati and has not ridden a MotoGP bike before this weekend.
He's been well off the pace, but made the 107 percent buffer comfortably enough - so he shouldn't be a problem for anyone assuming he gets through Turn 1 fine.
There is, however, some trepidation over debutant Christophe Ponsson, who is replacing the injured Tito Rabat at Avintia Ducati and has not ridden a MotoGP bike before this weekend.
He's been well off the pace, but made the 107 percent buffer comfortably enough - so he shouldn't be a problem for anyone assuming he gets through Turn 1 fine.
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San Marino GP grid:
1 Lorenzo; 2 Miller; 3 Vinales;
4 Dovizioso; 5 Marquez; 6 Crutchlow;
7 Rossi; 8 Petrucci; 9 Zarco;
10 Rins; 11 Pedrosa; 12 Morbidelli;
13 Iannone; 14 Pirro; 15 Bautista;
16 A Espargaro; 17 Smith; 18 Bradl;
19 Nakagami; 20 P Espargaro; 21 Redding;
22 Simeon; 23 Luthi; 24 Abraham;
25 Syahrin; 26 Ponsson.
1 Lorenzo; 2 Miller; 3 Vinales;
4 Dovizioso; 5 Marquez; 6 Crutchlow;
7 Rossi; 8 Petrucci; 9 Zarco;
10 Rins; 11 Pedrosa; 12 Morbidelli;
13 Iannone; 14 Pirro; 15 Bautista;
16 A Espargaro; 17 Smith; 18 Bradl;
19 Nakagami; 20 P Espargaro; 21 Redding;
22 Simeon; 23 Luthi; 24 Abraham;
25 Syahrin; 26 Ponsson.
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In Moto3 earlier today, Lorenzo Dalla Porta bagged his maiden win as Marco Bezzecchi crashed out, handing the championship lead to Jorge Martin.
The win in Moto2 went to championship leader Pecco Bagnaia, but it was another Italian - Romano Fenati - who stole the headlines.
In a moment of road rage after being run off the track by Stefano Manzi, Fenati grabbed Manzi's brake lever on the back straight and was swiftly black-flagged.
The Italian, who has previous for this kind of thing, in a lot of trouble, not just with the stewards but presumably with Forward Racing - which signed Fenati for 2019 but also just happens to be the team currently fielding Manzi.
Oops.
The win in Moto2 went to championship leader Pecco Bagnaia, but it was another Italian - Romano Fenati - who stole the headlines.
In a moment of road rage after being run off the track by Stefano Manzi, Fenati grabbed Manzi's brake lever on the back straight and was swiftly black-flagged.
The Italian, who has previous for this kind of thing, in a lot of trouble, not just with the stewards but presumably with Forward Racing - which signed Fenati for 2019 but also just happens to be the team currently fielding Manzi.
Oops.
Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marquez fought it out for victory in the two previous races (obviously not counting the one that didn't happen) and they look to be quickest here again.
But while Lorenzo will lead the way from pole, Dovizioso and Marquez are only on row two, behind also Jack Miller and Maverick Vinales - two riders who look rejuvenated after their respective slumps.
But while Lorenzo will lead the way from pole, Dovizioso and Marquez are only on row two, behind also Jack Miller and Maverick Vinales - two riders who look rejuvenated after their respective slumps.
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We're not yet on the finishing straight of the 2018 season, but we're very much getting there. Here's how the top 10 of riders' standings shakes out with seven races left to run.
1 Marquez, 201; 2 Rossi, 142; 3 Lorenzo, 130; 4 Dovizioso, 129; 5 Vinales, 113; 6 Petrucci, 105; 7 Zarco, 104; 8 Crutchlow, 103; 9 Iannone, 84; 10 Rins, 66.
1 Marquez, 201; 2 Rossi, 142; 3 Lorenzo, 130; 4 Dovizioso, 129; 5 Vinales, 113; 6 Petrucci, 105; 7 Zarco, 104; 8 Crutchlow, 103; 9 Iannone, 84; 10 Rins, 66.
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli.
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