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MotoGP Austin race

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New fastest lap for Marquez, a 2m04.913s and his lead is out to more than one second. Statement made.
Crutchlow ran wide at Turn 12 that last lap, dropping to 1.554s behind Zarco.
Iannone is now up to eighth, after passing Miller. The Italian is looking for his first points with Suzuki after a troubled start to the season.
Rossi is still hanging with the Hondas, 0.6s behind. Zarco is a further 2.024s back, then it's Crutchlow, Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Miller and Iannone, who has passed Folger.
Marquez responds to the renewed threat from Pedrosa by lapping two tenths quicker that last time around. He's 0.536s up with eight laps to go.
Reports that the front-right of Espargaro's hard front tyre was completely chewed up, and he's been forced to retire.
Bad little spell for Aprilia. Aleix Espargaro has pitted and Sam Lowes has crashed.
Pedrosa looks down the inside of his Honda team-mate at Turn 12 and retakes the lead fleetingly, but Marquez gets the best of the exit.
Pedrosa has caught Marquez and we have another fight for the lead.
Crash
Rossi has been served a 0.3s penalty for "gaining an advantage" through Turn 4 after being forced wide by Zarco a few laps ago. Rossi did come out of the other side of the track a bit further ahead of Zarco than he was. That 0.3s will be added at the end of the race, but he's currently 1.154s clear at the moment.
Bautista has crashed but rejoined the race.
Lorenzo has Miller and Folger for company, as he looks to keep seventh place. Team-mate Dovizioso is another 1.6s up the road.
He doesn't go on with it, though, losing three tenths in the final sector to Pedrosa. But he's still half-a-second clear.
Marquez is bolting, fastest of all through the first three sectors of the lap.
Pol Espargaro is coasting, with telltale blue smoke coming from the back of his KTM.
Crutchlow is pulling away from Dovizioso now, and losing on fourth-placed Zarco.
Yesterday's viral hero after that last-corner save, Loris Baz has crashed out of 16th.
Pedrosa has half a look down the inside at Turn 12, but Marquez is clear, leading by 0.332s by the end of the lap.
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Marquez gets past Pedrosa and makes it stick this time at Turn 7, slicing down the inside.
Rossi is eight tenths behind Marquez, and has now put a bit of a gap between himself and Zarco. Then it's Crutchlow, Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Miller, Folger and Iannone as the top 10.
Marquez gets ahead of Pedrosa briefly at Turn 11, down the inside, but Pedrosa got the better of the exit going back down the front straight to reclaim the lead.
Marquez has now really closed up on team-mate Pedrosa.
New fastest lap for Marquez, a 2m05.105s. He's now 0.520s behind Pedrosa, who lapped only fractionally slower that last time around.
Zarco looks to capitalise as Rossi runs wide at Turn 1, forcing the Italian wide. Rossi rejoins the circuit and keeps third place.
Stopwatch
Zarco sets the fastest lap of the race, a 2m05.190s.
Crutchlow in fifth hasn't been able to shake the Ducatis yet, with Dovizioso 0.263s behind that last time around, while Lorenzo has drifted and now has Miller closing on him.
Zarco is matching Rossi's pace in fourth place. Remember, he led the first six laps on debut in Qatar, and charged through to finish fifth in Argentina a fortnight ago.
Honda is giving Marquez the pitboard that Vinales is out of the race.
Rossi is lurking behind the Yamaha pair in third place. Big question is how much quicker Marquez might be able to lap than Pedrosa at the moment.
Vinales has been delivered back to the Yamaha garage by a scooter. That's his first fall/DNF in a MotoGP race since Argentina last year.
Pedrosa leads Marquez by 0.251s, with Rossi another 0.744s behind in third. Early days, but if the results stay like this Rossi would take the championship lead.
That elevates Zarco to fourth and Crutchlow to fifth, while Dovizioso is sixth ahead of Lorenzo.
Vinales has crashed at Turn 18. The first blip in his glittering Yamaha career so far. Looks like he ran wide and lost the front end.

By: Mitchell Adam

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