Misano MotoGP race day

16:02 So that's a wrap for our live coverage of the San Marino Grand Prix.

A third win on the trot for Ducati shows the GP18 is probably the best bike on the grid now, but the buffer Lorenzo's slow start and Dovizioso's patchy form early in the European season has afforded Marquez is simply too large.

The reigning champion is now 67 points ahead. That doesn't sound insurmountable given there's another 150 left up for grabs - but the problem is that he's always at the sharp end, and there's no reason that should change in the coming races.

Misano MotoGP: Dovizioso beats Marquez to win, Lorenzo crashes

Andrea Dovizioso scored a straightforward third win of the MotoGP season at Misano ahead of Marc Marquez, as Jorge Lorenzo crashed out of second place.

15:59 Dovizioso on whether he expected to dominate: "Not like this, no. But we did everything perfect.

"From the test we work very well and we came here with a very strong base. We find a very strange condition during the weekend, but our base now is good.

"So I'm really happy because I did everything perfect. That was the only way to win today, because Jorge was very strong, and to beat Marc it was very difficult.

"So happy because I never won in Misano, it was something I really wanted."

15:57 Marquez: "It was so difficult. So difficult, because fighting against Ducati is another world. In the warm-up I was so constant, so smooth. But then when I followed them, I was able to follow them but it's a completely different riding style and I was struggling a little bit.

"I was pushing because, when I see that Dovi was so strong today, my target was to finish second, to only lose five points. And yeah, was perfect - disappointed because Jorge crashed but we were pushing, both of us, pushing a lot because Dovi was in front.

"Happy because in this track we didn't test, they tested. We were there. Close enough to prepare for Aragon."

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15:54 Crutchlow, asked whether a home podium for his LCR team warrants a pay bonus: "I'm already on a pay bonus with the new contract.

"I'm obviously very happy. I think we showed today we had the pace to fight at Silverstone, but I brought it here to Misano, it was a lonely race of course but the team did a great job all weekend. I had a stupid crash in qualifying yesterday, and I thought a rode a good race.

"Sure, I was fortunate enough for Jorge to crash, but that's the limit in MotoGP at the moment. I set the same pace as them for a long long time, I tried to push them in the middle a little bit, couldn't get them."

15:51 Championship (top 10): 1 Marquez, 221; 2 Dovizioso, 154; 3 Rossi, 151; 4 Lorenzo, 130; 5 Vinales, 125; 6 Crutchlow, 119; 7 Zarco, 110; 8 Petrucci, 110; 9 Iannone, 92; 10 Rins, 79.

15:49 The chants ring - "Dovi! Dovi! Dovi! Dovi!". It's Ducati's third consecutive win, and its first win at Misano since Casey Stoner in 2007.

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15:46 Finishing order: 1 Dovizioso; 2 Marquez; 3 Crutchlow; 4 Rins; 5 Vinales; 6 Pedrosa; 7 Rossi; 8 Iannone; 9 Bautista; 10 Zarco; 11 Petrucci; 12 Morbidelli; 13 Nakagami; 14 A Espargaro; 15 Pirro; 16 Smith; 17 Lorenzo; 18 Miller; 19 Syahrin; 20 Abraham; 21 Redding; 22 Luthi; 23 Ponsson.

15:44 Rins a superb fourth, ahead of Vinales, Pedrosa, Rossi, Iannone, Bautista and Zarco.

Lorenzo loses out on 16th place to Smith at the end.

15:43 Marquez takes second, Crutchlow secures his first podium since Argentina in third.

15:43 Andrea Dovizioso pumps up the crowd on the final lap, and wraps up a home win for Ducati.

15:42 Lorenzo has remounted after crashing and is now fighting Smith for 16th place.

15:42 This will hand Marquez some extra championship points, as if he needed them, and will also promote Crutchlow to the podium.

15:41 The Ducati 1-2 goes up in smoke as Lorenzo brakes hard into the hairpin Turn 8, seems to make the corner but ultimately lets go off his GP18.

15:40 Lorenzo is down!

15:40 No, it's over. Dovizioso is starting to pull away again, and with two laps left to run this gap should be insurmountable.

15:38 The gap came down again this lap, but not nearly by as much. It's 1.4 seconds with three laps to go.

15:38 Lorenzo has four laps to make up a second and a half. Marquez, remarkably, is staying with him in this chase.

15:37 You know what? Something might be happening here. Lorenzo has taken half a second out of Dovizioso that time around with a lap on the 1m28s margin.

15:36 Five to go. Dovizioso has been a metronome out front, but his pace is finally starting to dip a little. Surely not enough.

15:34 Six laps to go, Lorenzo (and Marquez, who remains in tow) would need to find two seconds from somewhere to make this a fight for victory again.

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15:33 Pol Espargaro has retired in the pits. He's still clearly not fully fit after his serious Brno injury.

15:32 The three leaders come up on Ponsson, who politely gets out of the way with minimum fuss.

15:31 Lorenzo has finally found a way past Marquez. Too late to chase after Dovizioso? He made up a few tenths on this lap.

15:30 Crutchlow is continuing to close in on the pair, and will be fourth at worst (if he stays on the bike), as Rins has faded.

The Suzuki rider is still fifth but is about to fall into the clutches of Vinales, whose late-race pace is once again so much better than his initial pace.

15:29 Lorenzo is now being demonstrably held up by Marquez, but he just can't find a way past.

15:28 Bradl has crashed, Turn 1.

15:27 Marquez and Lorenzo are absolutely going at it, trading places two times in three corners, with the championship leader staying ahead. This is costing them precious time to Dovizioso - but also to fourth-placed Crutchlow.

15:26 Dovizioso is notching up low-1m33s laptimes with machine-like precision. It might be game over - but you never know, there's another 10 laps left to run.

15:25 Despite Marquez getting in front of Lorenzo, Dovizioso is continuing to pull away - and Lorenzo is now trying to retake second.

15:23 Marquez picks off Lorenzo for second and goes to work on Dovizioso's 1.5-second lead.

15:22 At some point the race leaders will come up on Ponsson, who is a minute down and continues to ship several seconds every lap.

15:21 Crutchlow now faster than the top three and starts to close in on the Lorenzo/Marquez battle. Still quite a way to go for him, mind.

15:18 The Italian continues to pull away, 1.1 seconds clear of Lorenzo now, with Marquez all over the second of the two Ducati Desmosedici GP18s.

15:18 We're not even at the halfway point of the 27-lap race - has Dovizioso gone for it too early?

15:17 Petrucci picks up a 1.1-second penalty for corner-cutting.

15:16 Dovizioso is starting to escape from Lorenzo and Marquez here. He fires in a sublime 1m32.678s and puts half a second between himself and his chasers.