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Lorenzo seals 3rd consecutive victory

YAMAHA’S Jorge Lorenzo led from the opening lap to win the Italian Grand Prix at the Mugello Circuit yesterday and close the gap on championship-leading teammate Valentino Rossi to six points with his third MotoGP victory in a row.

Ducati’s Andrea Iannone was second, after starting on pole position for the first time, while veteran great Rossi delighted his home crowd by climbing from eighth place on the grid to the podium. Rossi now has 118 points to Lorenzo’s 112.

Spain’s double world champion Marc Marquez crashed his Honda after climbing from 13th at the start to second.

Lorenzo, 28, won three in a row for the fourth time in his career.

The Spaniard, world champion in 2010 and 2012, said that it was hard to judge if he was in the best form of his life. “I’ve been in this sort of form in the past,” he said. “But the bike is in great shape.

“I’ve won three races in a row before but now I want to make it four (Catalunya in a fortnight),” added Lorenzo, who won his fourth Italian MotoGP in the last five editions.




 

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