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second. Five laps later he had doubled it.
And effectively, the job was done.
By now the pursuit had changed slightly.
For the first two laps, Petrucci had been
second, but ran wide a couple of times
and dropped to fifth. Miller had taken
over, pushing Marquez hard but
worried he was using too much
tire. "I tried to get in front of Marc
to slow the pace a bit … but he
got back ahead in a couple of
laps, and then he could chip
away by a tenth every lap,"
Miller said.
By now Andrea
Dovizioso (Mission Winnow
Ducati) had come through after
finishing the first lap seventh,
passing fast-starting Rossi for
third on lap four and dragging
him up to Miller's back wheel.
Rossi was losing touch slightly
when the recovering Petrucci caught
and passed him just before half dis-
tance. "It was a difficult race," Rossi said.
"I was losing too much in the straight and ac-
celeration from the slow corners." The bike
was good to ride but just too slow… a worry
for the season to come, he agreed.
Andrea Dovizioso leads the Ducati
train with Danilo Petrucci and Jack
Miller in tow. He stayed there for
second place, but only just.
Masterclass
every possible
thrown at the riders, one
top—Marc Marquez
