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Rossi gratefully accepts his third place trophy on the podium, and manages a smile - to the delight of the crowd.
A less welcoming reception for Lorenzo, but Pedrosa gets a good cheer for his efforts.
A less welcoming reception for Lorenzo, but Pedrosa gets a good cheer for his efforts.
WRC: Paddon extends his overall lead over Neuville to 9.4s. He is fourth fastest through the stage.
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We also heard from the second and first place finishers, who were able to speak a bit more comfortably about their races.
"I don't remember any race hotter and more difficult than this race," said Lorenzo. "It was terrible - but it was worth the effort because the championship is closer. We will see what happens in the investigation, I cannot make a comment but it was close."
"It was really tough, [and] physically very demanding," adds the victor, Dani Pedrosa. "The bike this year moves a lot so you need to work a lot physically but all weekend the pace was very good. I think we did a very good job all weekend and I'm very happy."
"I don't remember any race hotter and more difficult than this race," said Lorenzo. "It was terrible - but it was worth the effort because the championship is closer. We will see what happens in the investigation, I cannot make a comment but it was close."
"It was really tough, [and] physically very demanding," adds the victor, Dani Pedrosa. "The bike this year moves a lot so you need to work a lot physically but all weekend the pace was very good. I think we did a very good job all weekend and I'm very happy."
WRC: Neuville 2.6s slower than Tanak, both Paddon and Ostberg are going quicker as well.
WRC: Prokop is having a good morning though, he's just 1.8s slower than Tanak.
WRC: "We went straight into the barrier," said Kubica in classic, concise Kubica fashion.
MotoGP
We've heard from Rossi, who has spoken briefly about his clash with Marquez:
"Unfortunately I lose a lot of time with Marc and at T13 I tried to go a bit wider to make him slow, because he caused me some problems," says Valentino. "Unfortunately he crash into me and I think he fell at that moment.
"I think it's a sham because we lose out to Jorge," he adds.
"Unfortunately I lose a lot of time with Marc and at T13 I tried to go a bit wider to make him slow, because he caused me some problems," says Valentino. "Unfortunately he crash into me and I think he fell at that moment.
"I think it's a sham because we lose out to Jorge," he adds.
WRC: But, again, he comes in way off the pace.
WRC: Kubica is giving it some. The Pole is 1.5s quicker than Tanak through the opening split.
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Here's what it's done to the championship standings:
1 Rossi 3122 Lorenzo 3053 Marquez 2224 Pedrosa 1905 Iannone 1886 Smith 171
1 Rossi 3122 Lorenzo 3053 Marquez 2224 Pedrosa 1905 Iannone 1886 Smith 171
WRC: Evans slower than Tanak again, this time dropping 1.9s to his M-Sport team-mate.
WRC: Tanak is in with a time of 8m0.8s, 2.3s up on Lefebvre.
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A pretty subdued looking Rossi across the line and into Parc Ferme. He fought pretty hard on track, but he may well need to fight even harder later this evening to keep his third place.
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Here's your classified top ten at the end of the race:
1 Pedrosa2 Lorenzo3 Rossi4 Smith5 Crutchlow6 Petrucci7 Aleix Espargaro8 Vinales9 Pol Espargaro10 Bradl
1 Pedrosa2 Lorenzo3 Rossi4 Smith5 Crutchlow6 Petrucci7 Aleix Espargaro8 Vinales9 Pol Espargaro10 Bradl
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That's a fifth career victory in Malaysia for Pedrosa, and his second of the season.
Smith comes home fourth ahead of Crutchlow - quite comfortably in the end - while Petrucci is a fine sixth.
Smith comes home fourth ahead of Crutchlow - quite comfortably in the end - while Petrucci is a fine sixth.
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WRC: SS20 is now underway, here's some more insight from Paul Nagle.
"The last in the loop is the powerstage in reverse from last year. The start of the stage is fast, but after about five kilometres it goes much more twisty and into first and second gear stuff. We finish the stage with a donut at the roundabout - never a bad way to end a rally!"
"The last in the loop is the powerstage in reverse from last year. The start of the stage is fast, but after about five kilometres it goes much more twisty and into first and second gear stuff. We finish the stage with a donut at the roundabout - never a bad way to end a rally!"
Checkered flag
Here comes Pedrosa, to claim a lights-to-flag victory in Malaysia ahead of Lorenzo and Rossi.
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Anyway, we're now onto the final lap. Pedrosa has a comfortable margin over Lorenzo, with Rossi a distant third.
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Plenty of discussion between the key players in the Yamaha garage at the moment. They probably weren't expecting to have to prepare another strategy today.
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A bit further back, there's a great battle between the Suzuki pair of Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro. The latter has just battled his way back through into seventh, but expect this one to rage on to the finish.
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The best battle still appears to be between Brits Smith and Crutchlow for fourth and fifth. Who knows, it might just end up being a battle for the final podium position.
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Just four laps left of this encounter, and the first three positions look pretty nailed on - for the time being, at least.
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Things not looking great for Rossi from these replays, to be honest. We'll wait to see what the stewards have to say, though.
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"I've been there but they won't speak until the end of the race. For me it's very clear that Valentino deliberately took out Marc," says Honda boss Livio Suppo.
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WRC: Quite big news in terms of the WRC2 title. Camilli has stopped on stage. He is currently third overall, which happens to be where Al-Attiyah needs to finish to take the title if Tidemand wins.
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(Yes, I'm aware I managed to shoehorn it in there anyway)
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And to think I'd prepared my favourite 'in another postcode' quote to describe their battle.
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At the front, it's not quite the battle we might have hoped for. Pedrosa, for the second time in three races, appears to have things pretty well sorted at the front - he's two seconds clear of Lorenzo.
WRC: Ogier is in and unsurprisingly he has had a relaxed run, 4.8s slower than Mikkelsen down in seventh.
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Let's have a quick look down the order, with eight laps to go:
1 Pedrosa2 Lorenzo3 Rossi4 Smith5 Crutchlow6 Petrucci7 Aleix Espargaro8 Pol Espargaro9 Vinales10 Bradl
1 Pedrosa2 Lorenzo3 Rossi4 Smith5 Crutchlow6 Petrucci7 Aleix Espargaro8 Pol Espargaro9 Vinales10 Bradl
WRC: Latvala is in 0.9s slower than Mikkelsen. There's only 0.4s between the team-mates overall now!
MotoGP
We've lost another Ducati from the front, as Dovizioso drops it from fourth. That should have promoted Cal Crutchlow, but instead it's Tech 3 rider and compatriot Bradley Smith who's now fourth after a great overtake at the final corner.
WRC: Mikkelsen is now quickest by 2.3s.
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So why was their spat so significant? Well, a fired-up Rossi came out earlier this week and wasn't particularly praising of Marquez, suggesting the Spaniard 'thinks like a child' www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/121447
WRC: Ostberg has leapfrogged Meeke overall, thanks to his spin.
WRC: Sordo goes quickest just 0.1s up on Tanak.
WRC: Meeke spun on the stage, he may have got lucky with Neuville spinning as well but he now has Paddon breathing down his neck, 5.2s adrift.
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Replays show that Rossi took at least two looks over to his left to see where Marquez was before the Honda rider dropped it
WRC: Meeke is only seventh quickest, 11.6s down on Tanak.
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That's to come, but right now there's another challenge for Rossi, who has the best part of six seconds now to claw back on team-mate Lorenzo.
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