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Marquez forces his way past Rossi to take fourth.
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Hernandez has retired from the race, it seems.
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Marquez, after moving past Rossi at Turn 6, sets the fastest lap of the race.
The top 10: Iannone, Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Marquez, Rossi, Pedrosa, Vinales, Crutchlow, Barbera and Smith.
The balance of the order: Pol Espargaro, Aleix Espargaro, Redding, Miller, Baz, Laverty, Rabat, Bautista, Bradl.
Vinales probably needs to clear Pedrosa if he is to get back into this lead battle. Pedrosa is 1.157s behind Rossi in fifth, the tail of the lead pack.
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New fastest lap for Iannone, a 1m55.632s.
Replays show Marquez ran wide and opened the door for Rossi slightly, but got it closed enough before the Yamaha could retake fourth place.
The Ducatis almost touch at Turn 1!
Dovizioso got down the inside, but Iannone then went for a switchback at the apex. Dovi had to get out of it, bigtime.
After that contact, the Ducatis are still fighting.
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Iannone is off!
Iannone lost the Ducati on his own at Turn 13, lost the front end, he is out of the race.
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Crutchlow has crashed out of the race at Turn 4, he was seventh.
That sums up a torrid weekend for Crutchlow. That Honda has been plagued by engine-braking issues.
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So it's over to Dovizioso, if Ducati is going to win this race. Lorenzo is still right there, just 0.241s behind that last time around.
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The new order, with 14 laps to go: Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Marquez, Rossi, Pedrosa, Vinales, Barbera, P. Espargaro, Smimth, Redding.
Scratch that, Lorenzo retakes the lead around the outside!
Baz has crashed out.
Lorenzo keeps the lead along the start-finish straight. He'll be looking to break away from Dovizioso over this lap.
Marquez and Rossi are still right there with them.
Remember, Lorenzo, Marquez and Rossi are on the hard front tyre, Dovizioso the soft.
Lorenzo and Dovizioso are on the soft rear, Marquez and Rossi the medium.
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Lorenzo leads by 0.215s, with 12 laps to go.
Pedrosa and Vinales are 2.7s behind Rossi at the back of the lead chain of riders.
Rossi was the fastest of the four that last time around, but they were all covered by less than a tenth.
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New fastest lap from Lorenzo, a 1m55.375s. If this the start of a charge? He leads by three tenths now, with 11 laps to go.
Pol Espargaro is now up to seventh on his Tech3 Yamaha, having passed Barbera. Smith and Redding are still ninth and 10th.
Bradl has now crashed out of the race on his Aprilia, at Turn 15. He is walking away unhurt.
Dovizioso has taken a little bit of time back out of Lorenzo, the gap is 0.238s with nine laps to go. Marquez is keeping a watching brief, Rossi there as well.
Marquez now looks like he fancies taking second from Dovizioso.
As Rossi sets a new fastest lap, a 1m55.281s. Still just 1.155s covering the top four.
Further down the order, Laverty and Miller have been trading 12th place, it's the Northern Irishman with the position currently.
Lorenzo is now half a second clear of Dovizioso, with eight laps to go.
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