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Rins gets the job done for the lead at Correntaio, with Petrucci following through.
Rins and Petrucci are all over Dovizioso, who is trying to control/slow the pace out front.
Rins overtakes Petrucci for second and somehow manages to keep the spot from Petrucci and Marquez on the main straight.
Rins has taken third place from Marquez - but the top nine bikes are now 1.2s apart. As in, all of them.
Dovizioso runs wide at Bucine, allowing Petrucci through, only to slipstream back past him on the main straight.
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Rossi has crashed out out of 21st place.
Miller dives down the inside of Petrucci into Turn 1 and somehow hangs on to the spot, only to drop behind Petrucci, Marquez and Rins through the next few corners.
The top nine, from Dovizioso to Quartararo, are split by 2.5 seconds.
Dovizioso overtakes Petrucci and brakes very late into Turn 1, but hangs on to the spot. Miller is now defending hard from Marquez.
Crash
Morbidelli has crashed out.
So it is Petrucci leading a Ducati 1-2-3, with Marquez faced with a problem he hasn't had to worry about for the last few races. The Spaniard picks off Rins on the main straight.
Make that fourth as Miller edges past, and then make it fifth as Rins too overtakes the reigning champion. This was a bruising series of corners for Marquez.
Marquez is passed on the main straight, and he tries to retake the spot down the inside of Turn 1, but runs out wide and is down to third place!
Petrucci overtakes Dovizioso and challenges Marquez for the lead!
Replays show Rossi clipping Mir at Materassi, forcing both to run through the gravel.
Crash
Something's happened between Rossi and Mir, who are now both running outside of the top 20.
Suzuki's starightline deficit makes itself known this time by as both Petrucci and Miller manage to slipstream back past Rins, relegating him to fifth place.
And while I was doing that rundown, Rins has pounced on Petrucci for third place. He's now hassling Dovizioso. This is special stuff.
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Current order: 1 Marquez, 2 Dovizioso, 3 Petrucci, 4 Rins, 5 Miller, 6 Crutchlow, 7 Nakagami, 8 Bagnaia, 9 Quartararo, 10 Morbidelli, 11 P Espargaro, 12 Vinales, 13 Pirro, 14 Mir, 15 Rossi, 16 Lorenzo, 17 Zarco, 18 A Espargaro, 19 Syahrin, 20 Iannone, 21 Oliveira, 22 Abraham.
The irrepressible Rins picks off Miller for fourth, and is about to bother the two works Ducatis.
Quartararo is beginning his recovery, having fought off Bagnaia and Pol Espargaro to run eighth behind Nakagami. If he starts making some moves, he can still salvage a result.
Marquez three tenths ahead of Dovizioso out front. He's not checking out yet, but it's a real possibility.
Make that fifth place for Rins, as Petrucci re-passes Miller for third.
Superb opening lap from Rins, who has gone from 13th to seventh and has now overtaken Nakagami as well. The Suzuki man is suddenly in with a podium shot.
Dovizioso, wary of a potential Marquez breakaway, picks off Crutchlow at Bucine. Miller then passes both Crutchlow and Petrucci into Turn 1.
Petrucci is fourth after the start, qualifying hero Quartararo is all the way down in ninth place. Rossi is making little progress in 17th.
Lights green
The race is underway, Marquez leads into Turn 1 as his fellow front-row starters bog down. Crutchlow second, Dovizioso third.
Crash
One of the Avintia riders - Rabat - is in the pitlane.
The local grandstands are making their allegiances clear by kicking up a metric ton of yellow smoke, as the riders arrive to the grid to take the start.
It's going to be a 23-lap race, clocking in at 120.6 kilometres, which is the longest race distance of the campaign so far.
Green flag
The formation lap is underway.
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Marquez just one of two riders to run the hard tyre on both front and rear then, the other being Morbidelli.
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Marquez's younger brother Alex, linked to a MotoGP promotion for 2020, dominated the Moto2 race earlier today, as he and Tom Luthi closed in on championship leader Lorenzo Baldassarri.
In Moto3, Tony Arbolino beat Lorenzo Dalla Porta in a photo finish that was both spectacular and yet not the main highlight of the race - not compared to Dalla Porta passing five bikes in a single move at the Bucine corner.
In Moto3, Tony Arbolino beat Lorenzo Dalla Porta in a photo finish that was both spectacular and yet not the main highlight of the race - not compared to Dalla Porta passing five bikes in a single move at the Bucine corner.
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Riders' championship: 1 Marquez, 95; 2 Dovizioso, 87; 3 Rins, 75; 4 Rossi, 72; 5 Petrucci, 57; 6 Miller, 42; 7 Crutchlow, 34; 8 Morbidelli, 34; 9 P Espargaro, 31; 10 Vinales, 30.
At the same time, he needn't take any big risks, as all of his main title rivals disappointed in qualifying. Dovizioso was only ninth after towing Marquez to pole, Rins qualified 13th and Rossi was a dispiriting 18th.
Mugello is not among reigning champion Marquez's stronger tracks - he hasn't won here since 2014, and has been under the weather this weekend - yet there's a feeling his pace is good enough to make a break for it yet again and pre-empt any potential battle for victory.
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Italian GP grid:
1 Marquez, 2 Quartararo, 3 Petrucci,
4 Morbidelli, 5 Miller, 6 Crutchlow,
7 Vinales, 8 Bagnaia, 9 Dovizioso,
10 Nakagami, 11 P Espargaro, 12 Pirro,
13 Rins, 14 Rabat, 15 A Espargaro,
16 Abraham, 17 Lorenzo, 18 Rossi,
19 Zarco, 20 Mir, 21 Syahrin,
22 Oliveira, 23 Iannone.
1 Marquez, 2 Quartararo, 3 Petrucci,
4 Morbidelli, 5 Miller, 6 Crutchlow,
7 Vinales, 8 Bagnaia, 9 Dovizioso,
10 Nakagami, 11 P Espargaro, 12 Pirro,
13 Rins, 14 Rabat, 15 A Espargaro,
16 Abraham, 17 Lorenzo, 18 Rossi,
19 Zarco, 20 Mir, 21 Syahrin,
22 Oliveira, 23 Iannone.
Hello and welcome to Motorsport Network's live coverage of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, the sixth round of the 2019 MotoGP championship.
By: Matt Beer
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