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Pol Espargaro is now up to seventh on his Tech3 Yamaha, having passed Barbera. Smith and Redding are still ninth and 10th.
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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.
Rossi was the fastest of the four that last time around, but they were all covered by less than a tenth.
Pedrosa and Vinales are 2.7s behind Rossi at the back of the lead chain of riders.
Lorenzo leads by 0.215s, with 12 laps to go.
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Lorenzo and Dovizioso are on the soft rear, Marquez and Rossi the medium.
Remember, Lorenzo, Marquez and Rossi are on the hard front tyre, Dovizioso the soft.
Marquez and Rossi are still right there with them.
Lorenzo keeps the lead along the start-finish straight. He'll be looking to break away from Dovizioso over this lap.
Baz has crashed out.
Scratch that, Lorenzo retakes the lead around the outside!
The new order, with 14 laps to go: Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Marquez, Rossi, Pedrosa, Vinales, Barbera, P. Espargaro, Smimth, Redding.
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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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That sums up a torrid weekend for Crutchlow. That Honda has been plagued by engine-braking issues.
Crutchlow has crashed out of the race at Turn 4, he was seventh.
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Iannone lost the Ducati on his own at Turn 13, lost the front end, he is out of the race.
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Iannone is off!
After that contact, the Ducatis are still fighting.
Dovizioso got down the inside, but Iannone then went for a switchback at the apex. Dovi had to get out of it, bigtime.
The Ducatis almost touch at Turn 1!
Replays show Marquez ran wide and opened the door for Rossi slightly, but got it closed enough before the Yamaha could retake fourth place.
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New fastest lap for Iannone, a 1m55.632s.
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.
The balance of the order: Pol Espargaro, Aleix Espargaro, Redding, Miller, Baz, Laverty, Rabat, Bautista, Bradl.
The top 10: Iannone, Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Marquez, Rossi, Pedrosa, Vinales, Crutchlow, Barbera and Smith.
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Marquez, after moving past Rossi at Turn 6, sets the fastest lap of the race.
Hernandez has retired from the race, it seems.
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Marquez forces his way past Rossi to take fourth.
Pedrosa and Vinales are a little bit further back, then it's Crutchlow in eighth.
The top five riders - the Ducatis, Yamahas and Marquez - have broken away from the pack.
Lorenzo has tucked back into third, right behind Dovizioso, just ahead of his team-mate Rossi.
Those Ducatis have serious straightline speed, were the best part of 10km/h up on the next brands during practice.
Both Ducatis fly past Lorenzo on the front straight at the end of the first lap. Iannone leads Dovizioso!
Bautista ran off the road at Turn 1 on his Aprilia.
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