Moto2: Lorenzo wins as Dovizioso retires
Aprilia's Jorge Lorenzo won the 250cc San Marino Grand Prix and increased his lead over Honda rival Andrea Dovizioso to 55 points in the championship after the Italian retired with no points
Dovizioso is now in third on the table after San Marino's Alex de Angelis's fifth place put him one point ahead of the Italian.
Dovizioso, from second on the grid, took the lead from pole-sitter Lorenzo right at the start, and after the Spaniard briefly let Hector Barbera into second place, the pair of Dovizioso and Lorenzo kept position until two thirds of the race.
On lap 17 and and 18 the duo switched position seven times, but at the beginning of lap 19 Dovizioso's engine seized forcing him to retire, allowing Lorenzo to comfortably win with 3.5 seconds over KTM's Hiroshi Aoyama in second.
Aprilia's Barbera finished third seven seconds behind the winner, after KTM's Mika Kallio highsided and retired from that position on lap 22.
Barbera was closely challenged by the sister bikes of Thomas Luthi and de Angelis in fourth and fifth respectively.
Honda's Shuhei Aoyama finished the race in sixth after a race-long battle with Gilera's Roberto Locatelli, whose seventh place is his best result since his horrific practice accident in the second event of the season.
Aprilia's Alvaro Bautista ended up eighth after falling from third place on the tenth lap.
The Hondas of Yuki Takahashi and Julian Simon round up the top ten.
Pos Rider Make Time
1. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 42:54.427
2. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM + 3.578
3. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 7.041
4. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 7.213
5. Alex de Angelis Aprilia + 7.664
6. Shuhei Aoyama Honda + 36.234
7. R.Locatelli Gilera + 36.918
8. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 36.936
9. Yuki Takahashi Honda + 37.142
10. Julian Simon Honda + 40.293
11. Jules Cluzel Aprilia + 51.72
12. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia + 56.62
13. R.Wilairot Honda +1:00.060
14. Karel Abraham Aprilia +1:01.500
15. Eugene Laverty Honda +1:09.950
16. Efren Vazquez Aprilia +1:10.059
17. Imre Toth Aprilia + 1 lap
18. Omar Menghi Aprilia + 1 lap
Not classified:
Rider Make Laps
Mika Kallio KTM 23
Alex Baldolini Aprilia 19
Andrea Dovizioso Honda 19
Dan Linfoot Aprilia 17
Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 13
Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 4
Marco Simoncelli Gilera 3
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