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vaulted past the Monster Yama-
has of Bradley Smith and Pol
Espargaro in one lap, and two
laps later also Danilo Petrucci
(Pramac Ducati) and Vinales.
Next came Aleix Espargaro,
the Suzuki soon to expire in a
cloud of smoke, and next it was
Marquez.
By lap 12 he was fifth and
closing rapidly on the leaders.
Both Barbera and Redding suc-
cumbed on lap 14, and now he
started working on Iannone.
He took the lead on lap 16 and
two laps later was almost two
seconds ahead.
As he sped up, the others
were running into trouble, and
when Rossi took second on lap
18, the Ducatis were fading fast.
Redding had already lost touch
Aleix Espargaro leads teammate
Maverick Vinales in the Suzuki battle.
The former's engine went bang not
long after.
