Le Mans MotoGP race day
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By: Matt Beer
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Here's the full report from that race. We're back with more Live commentary when Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix weekend begins on Thursday, while MotoGP resumes at Mugello in a fortnight. See you back here then: 
Result: 1 Marquez; 2 Dovizioso; 3 Petrucci; 4 Miller; 5 Rossi; 6 P Espargaro; 7 Morbidelli; 8 Quartararo; 9 Crutchlow; 10 Rins; 11 Lorenzo; 12 A Espargaro; 13 Zarco; 14 Syahrin; 15 Oliveira; 16 Mir
Retirements: Nakagami, Iannone, Vinales, Bagnaia, Rabat, Abraham
Retirements: Nakagami, Iannone, Vinales, Bagnaia, Rabat, Abraham
Quartararo can't catch Pol Espargaro and Morbidelli, so they take sixth and seventh ahead of the top local rider.
Marquez crosses the line and takes his third win from five MotoGP races this year! That's Honda's 300th win in 500cc/MotoGP.
Petrucci is trying harder and harder to take second place from Ducati team-mate Dovizioso, but so far he hasn't done anything that hugely risks taking both out. Will things get crazy on the final lap?
Oliveira gets a time penalty too, that is likely to swap him and team-mate Syahrin around in 14th and 15th.
Aleix Espargaro is given a 1.4s penalty for corner cutting, but right now that's not going to affect his 12th place.
Petrucci's method for passing Dovizioso is basically to take massive lunges from quite some way back but avoid hitting his team-mate or giving the chasing Miller and Rossi any daylight. Dovizioso remains in second for now.
Petrucci takes a big dive at Dovizioso to try to take second from his team-mate! It didn't quite work, but that was bold stuff.
Rins is now lining up to challenge Lorenzo for 10th, which is decent progress from 19th on the grid but not really what the Suzuki man needs for what remains at present a title shot.
Petrucci is past Miller as well, so it's the two works Ducatis on the podium at the moment and the Pramac example back down to fourth. Rossi is closing back in on this Desmosedici pack too having fallen away for a spell.
Petrucci has shaken off Rossi, left the Yamaha back in fifth place, and closed back onto fellow Ducati men Dovizioso and Miller to make it a three-way fight for second.
Quartararo has rapidly demolished the gap to ninth-placed Lorenzo and is now with the muted second works Honda.
Dovizioso is through to second ahead of Miller, and that looked a bit too easy. Can Dovizioso close down Marquez? Unlikely with a gap of 3s now - and Marquez still lapping faster.
Zarco isn't exactly showing the pace he promised in race trim. He's still only 14th at home, 3.4s behind Aleix Espargaro's Aprilia ahead, and 5s clear of Oliveira.
We're halfway through the race now, and Marquez has this relatively under control. His lead is up to 1.6s.
Espargaro has fallen away from the podium group too, but is still keeping KTM up in an excellent sixth ahead of Morbidelli and Crutchlow.
Lorenzo is now lonely in ninth, with Quartararo now past Rins into 10th and both of them closing on the Honda ahead.
Lorenzo is now lonely in ninth, with Quartararo now past Rins into 10th and both of them closing on the Honda ahead.
Rossi is losing touch with the podium battle now as he's got embroiled in a fight for fourth with Petrucci. The Yamaha is back down to fifth, and the pair of them are 2s off the closely matched Miller and Dovizioso ahead now.
Marquez is steadily increasing his lead by small amounts and it now goes past eight tenths of a second a third of the way into this race.
Mir and Abraham both made it back out after a huge dash following their warm-up lap crashes, but Abraham has now been black flagged for leaving the pitlane after the leader had crossed the line to complete lap one.
Order: 1 Marquez; 2 Miller; 3 Dovizioso; 4 Rossi; 5 Petrucci; 6 P Espargaro; 7 Morbidelli; 8 Crutchlow; 9 Lorenzo; 10 Nakagami; 11 A Espargaro; 12 Rins; 13 Quartararo; 14 Zarco; 15 Oliveira; 16 Syahrin; 17 Mir
Maverick Vinales is out! He's collected by Bagnaia in a nasty looking crash that both walk away from.
Vinales was only running 14th after his poor Saturday result and an underwhelming start to this race.
Vinales was only running 14th after his poor Saturday result and an underwhelming start to this race.
Marquez is getting a touch of breathing space now as Miller has his hands full with Dovizioso for a moment. But 'breathing space' in MotoGP terms is still only two tenths of a second.
Marquez repeats Miller's move on him to take the lead back from Miller into the first chicane.
Then Miller makes the most of the Ducati's ooomph to repass Marquez down the following hill, before the Honda gets back ahead under braking.
Dovizioso and Rossi are now absolutely right with the lead battlers too.
Then Miller makes the most of the Ducati's ooomph to repass Marquez down the following hill, before the Honda gets back ahead under braking.
Dovizioso and Rossi are now absolutely right with the lead battlers too.
Miller is right with Marquez and he surges down the inside into the first chicane and grabs the lead for Pramac Ducati!
Great racing between Dovizioso and Rossi for third, with the Ducati making the most of its horsepower to secure the spot.
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