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German GP

2016 MotoGP German GP

Germany
Jul 15, 2016 to Jul 17, 2016
Sachsenring, DE
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MotoGP German GP

Sachsenring MotoGP - Race

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And Marquez picks off Lorenzo for ninth with the greatest of ease.
Stopwatch
Now fastest lap for Marquez, who is on slicks.
Rossi may be closing down Dovizioso, but he's bringing Barbera and Crutchlow with him.
Stopwatch
Fastest lap for Iannone, but he's 55s off the lead.
Laverty also in, 11 laps to go here.
Redding pits the Pramac Ducati from seventh.
Rossi has Dovizioso's lead down to just 1.1s.
Crutchlow is on a charge too, he's right on Barbera's tail for P3.
So, what can Rossi do about Dovizioso? Has he been busy conserving his tyre?
Crash
Pol Espargaro has crashed at Turn 2.
And one corner later, Crutchlow is ahead of Miller for fourth.
Rossi now takes second back from Barbera.
In comes Smith now from P16, not much to lose for the Brit.
Looks like the #93 may be on slicks... big gamble if so.
Marquez pits for his second bike, as does Pol Espargaro. 13 laps to go.
Dovizioso is two seconds to the good. Remember, he hasn't won since Donington Park 2009, another wet race.
Lap 16 order: Dovizioso, Barbera, Rossi, Miller, Crutchlow, Pedrosa, Redding, Marquez, Bautista, P Espargaro.
Baz meanwhile is back in the pits, whatever the team tried on the second bike clearly didn't work.
Our leader Dovizioso is being very careful to avoid the dry racing line and stay on the damp patches.
Iannone is on intermediate tyres in P17, but he's well off the pace.
And the pitlane is full of crews preparing second bikes for changes.
Barbera is ahead of Rossi now for second!
Crutchlow is now ahead of Pedrosa for fifth.
Loris Baz has been in to change bikes as well now.
We're just shy of half-distance, this could turn the race on its head again.
The track looks like it may just be drying in places...
His teammate Dovizioso meanwhile leads Rossi by 1.7s, and Barbera is closing on the latter.
He's on the second bike, that was a very late decision to peel into the pits by the Italian.
Mechanical problem
Iannone has a problem, he's into the pits.
Marquez is just behind Iannone now, that excursion doesn't seem to have dulled his pace.
Amid all that excitement, Pedrosa is now fifth, Crutchlow sixth, Redding seventh and Iannone eighth.
He's pitted for the second bike, while his crew deals with the brewing inferno that was his primary bike.
Mechanical problem
Now we can see that Petrucci's Pramac Ducati has a fire, that has to be the end of the race for him.
And Barbera has cleared Miller for what is now the fight for the bottom step of the podium.
Dovizioso now with 1.6s in hand over Rossi at the front.
The Spaniard keeps it upright after going well off track at Turn 8, he recovers to rejoin in ninth.
Marquez is off track, through the gravel!
The likeable Italian has dropped it at Turn 3, and allows Dovizioso into the lead.
Crash
Petrucci is out of the lead!
Lap 10 order: Petrucci, Dovizioso, Rossi, Miller, Barbera, Marquez, Pedrosa, Crutchlow, Redding, Iannone.

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