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of this battle, the Pramac Ducati
rider giving Crutchlow a hard
time, before he slipped off and
out on lap 10.
Another big gap, then an
almost race-long battle between
second Pramac Ducati rider
Yonny Hernandez and E-G VDS
Honda's Scott Redding. The
latter was challenging until the
By the end, Ecstar Suzuki's
Aleix Espargaro was still right up
behind, then CWM Honda's Cal
Crutchlow and Bradley Smith
on the other Monster Yamaha
Tech 3 machine; fifth to eighth
covered by just over a second,
and Pol Espargaro still barely a
second behind in sixth.
Danilo Petrucci had been part
A long way behind the fading
Iannone, his Ducati teammate
Andrea Dovizioso had come
forcing through from 13th on the
grid, after missing the cut to go
through to Q2. He inherited fifth
on lap four when Pol Espargaro
ran wide, and spent the rest
of the race there, fending off a
variety of lively opposition.
