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Replays show so many riders having big crashes, but it sounds like everyone is fine. Regardless, probably not the best race ahead of Tuesday's crucial post-season test.
So Pol Espargaro is up to eighth despite crashing earlier on - how he did that is beyond me.
The order was actually rolled back to Lap 13, which means Rins is still the race leader. Then it is Dovizioso, Rossi, Pedrosa, Zarco, Nakagami, Bautista, P. Espargaro, Redding, Syahrin, Lorenzo, Bradl, Pirro, Abraham and Torres. Smith, Vinales, Morbidelli, Iannone, Marquez, Petrucci, Luthi, Miller and A. Espargaro are all out.
Rossi attempted to pass Dovizioso but ran too wide on corner exit, which means the Ducati rider is the race leader. This is to be restarted as the 75 percent of the race is not yet completed.
Red flag
Red flag! Conditions are truly horrible.
Rins goes wide, both Dovizioso and Rossi pass the Suzuki rider! Rossi is second from 16th on the grid.
Crash
Smith crashes from sixth, he is the ninth rider to retire.
The latest crashes promote Pedrosa to fourth, Zarco to fifth and Nakagami to sixth! Somebody will have a fantastic result, just needs to finish this race.
Really nasty crash for Vinales, his bike had a violent twitch at a fast left-hander, luckily he is fine.
Crash
Vinales is off! A fast crash at Turn 14. Morbidelli also crashes from fifth.
The top four of Rins, Dovizioso, Rossi and Vinales are within five seconds, they are your victory contenders. Morbidelli is a brilliant fifth, but he is 15.3s behind the race leader.
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Top 10 (Lap 10): 1 Rins; 2 Dovizioso; 3 Rossi; 4 Vinales; 5 Morbidelli; 6 Pedrosa; 7 Zarco; 8 Smith; 9 Nakagami; 10 Bautista. 18 laps to go.
A fast crash for Iannone as well - he is struggling to walk on his own, but it looks like he escaped any serious injuries.
Crash
Now Iannone crashes out of the race from fifth at Turn 12.
Let's take a breather, shall we - Rins is still ahead with a 2.8s advantage over Dovizioso. Rossi is up to third from Vinales, Iannone and Morbidelli.
That was a fast crash for Marquez at Turn 8 and his shoulder looks hurt again.
Crash
Marquez crashes too!
Crash
Pol Espargaro crashes out while he was attacking Marquez! Luthi also off. Conditions are getting very bad.
Crash
Two Ducatis crash nearly at the same time, Pirro at Turn 10 and Petrucci, from fifth, at Turn 13.
Top 10 (5 laps): 1 Rins; 2 Dovizioso; 3 Marquez; 4 Espargaro; 5 Petrucci; 6 Rossi; 7 Vinales; 8 Iannone; 9 Zarco; 10 Morbidelli.
In just five laps, Rossi has moved ahead of Vinales despite starting 15 positions behind him.
Crash
Miller suffers his sixth crash of the weekend at Turn 3. Looked like a violent crash but his flying bike thankfully avoided the Australian.
Three laps into the race, Rins leads Dovizioso by 2.8s, Pol Espargaro is defending from Marquez as Vinales is now holding off Petrucci.
Crash
Aleix Espargaro crashes! Disaster for Aprilia.
Espargaro drops behind Marquez but the KTM man fights back and then he passes Vinales for third.
Dovizioso takes second from Vinales, but he has to make up a two-second deficit from Rins already.
It's an astonishing start from Rossi as well who is up to eighth already!
It is a great start from Rins, he has built a lead of 1.7s in just one lap!
Vinales is second, Pol Espargaro tries to take third from Dovizioso but runs a bit wide.
Great start from Rins who leads into Turn 1!
Green flag
The MotoGP season finale is a go!
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Warm-up lap underway.
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Standings (Top 10): 1 Marquez 321; 2 Dovizioso 220; 3 Rossi 195; 4 Vinales 193; 5 Rins 149; 6 Zarco 149; 7 Crutchlow 148; 8 Petrucci 144; 9 Iannone 133; 10 Lorenzo 130.
Thanks to the rain, conditions are fully wet with a doubt. We're in for a superb end to the 2018 season.
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The support categories were plenty of fun, especially Moto3 where 15-year-old Can Oncu took a historical, superb victory on his debut in the series. Miguel Oliveira made it a perfect day for KTM by dominating the Moto2 race. Let's see if Pol Espargaro can put the cherry on top in MotoGP.
Championship-wise, the fight for third is on between Rossi and Vinales. Rossi has two more points, but starts 15 places behind his teammate - unless Vinales has a worse start than all his previous bad starts combined, he should have the upper hand.
The battle for fifth could be quite exciting among Alex Rins, Johann Zarco and Petrucci, the latter two also fighting for the top independent title.
The battle for fifth could be quite exciting among Alex Rins, Johann Zarco and Petrucci, the latter two also fighting for the top independent title.
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Grid:
1 Vinales; 2 Rins; 3 Dovizioso;
4 Petrucci; 5 Marquez; 6 P. Espargaro;
7 Iannone; 8 A. Espargaro; 9 Pedrosa;
10 Miller; 11 Zarco; 12 Pirro;
13 Lorenzo; 14 Nakagami; 15 Morbidelli;
16 Rossi; 17 Luthi; 18 Abraham;
19 Bautista; 20 Bradl; 21 Syahrin;
22 Smith; 23 Torres; 24 Redding.
1 Vinales; 2 Rins; 3 Dovizioso;
4 Petrucci; 5 Marquez; 6 P. Espargaro;
7 Iannone; 8 A. Espargaro; 9 Pedrosa;
10 Miller; 11 Zarco; 12 Pirro;
13 Lorenzo; 14 Nakagami; 15 Morbidelli;
16 Rossi; 17 Luthi; 18 Abraham;
19 Bautista; 20 Bradl; 21 Syahrin;
22 Smith; 23 Torres; 24 Redding.
Speak of the devil, it just started to rain.
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