MotoGP Mugello race
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By: Mitchell Adam
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Here's our report on that race, a fine win for Ducati and Andrea Dovizioso: 
It's a relatively muted scene as Rossi rides into the Yamaha garage, but a warm welcome for him from his crew too.
Dovizioso looked extremely emotional on his slowing-down lap and is now being swamped by Ducati personnel in parc ferme.
Result:
1 Dovizioso
2 Vinales
3 Petrucci
4 Rossi
5 Bautista
6 Marquez
7 Zarco
8 Lorenzo
9 Pirro
10 Iannone
11 Rabat
12 Redding
13 Folgers
14 Barbera
15 Miller
16 Abraham
17 Guintoli
18 Baz
19 Lowes
20 Smith
DNF: Crutchlow, Pedrosa, A Espargaro, P Espargaro
1 Dovizioso
2 Vinales
3 Petrucci
4 Rossi
5 Bautista
6 Marquez
7 Zarco
8 Lorenzo
9 Pirro
10 Iannone
11 Rabat
12 Redding
13 Folgers
14 Barbera
15 Miller
16 Abraham
17 Guintoli
18 Baz
19 Lowes
20 Smith
DNF: Crutchlow, Pedrosa, A Espargaro, P Espargaro
Abraham finished 16th, Suzuki stand-in Guintoli moved up steadily to 17th, Baz fended off Lowes and Smith at the back, and the Espargaro brothers joined Crutchlow and Pedrosa as retirees.
Rabat was 11th, Redding 12th, Folger 13th and Barbera and Miller were promoted into the points by Crutchlow and Pedrosa crashing.
A replay of the Pedrosa/Crutchlow crash shows Pedrosa took a look down the inside of the LCR bike for 11th and ended up losing it and skittling Crutchlow as he crashed.
Petrucci gets a heroic home podium with the underdog Pramac team, with Rossi having to settle for fourth in front of his fans.
Dovizioso gets that lead up to a full second again. He's in sight of a home win for himself and Ducati.
Dovizioso does another best-of-the-race first sector but in the middle of the lap Vinales gets the Ducati's lead down to 0.7s.
That dice with Petrucci may have gone Vinales' way in the end, but he's now got a 1.2s gap to Dovizioso to close with just three laps to go.
Vinales manages to take second back from Petrucci with the help of a slipstream down the main straight.
The Yamahas have regrouped, they're both back onto Petrucci's tail for second. Dovizioso leads by 0.8s with five laps to go.
These two Ducatis at the front have a point to prove in the dry. Dovizioso two MotoGP wins have come in the wet, Petrucci has a podium to his name but it was also in the wet, at Silverstone in 2015.
Crutchlow now passes Pedrosa for 11th, with Rabat and Redding close behind, then Miller is fending off Folger and Barbera for the final point - though Folger now overtakes him.
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