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persuade Petrucci to settle for a bril-
liant second.
Lorenzo had perked up towards the
finish, getting back ahead of Pedrosa
and closing slightly on Dovizioso.
A long way back, a big and var-
ied battle for sixth. Smith had been
eventually deposed at half distance by
teammate Pol, only for the Spaniard to
had gained a little gap by the end.
More to the point, he had closed
steadily on Rossi: a gap of just under
four seconds when Marquez fell was
just 1.6 seconds five laps later, and
Rossi was getting worried. He'd got
the message earlier and upped his
pace, but was still losing ground.
He was fast enough, however, to
Dani Pedrosa (26)
ultimately lost the
position to Lorenzo
(99) to finish fifth.
