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Lorenzo wins Czech GP to share lead
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SPAIN’S Jorge Lorenzo won the Czech Republic Grand Prix in Brno yesterday to go level with Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi at the top of the overall MotoGP championship standings after 11 out of 18 races.
Fellow Spaniard Marc Marquez, the reigning champion and winner of the previous two races, finished second on his Honda ahead of Rossi.
Lorenzo clocked 42 minutes, 53.042 seconds on the 22 laps of the 5.4-kilometer circuit, finishing 4.462 seconds ahead of Marquez and 10.397 seconds clear of Rossi.
Both Lorenzo and Rossi have 211 points at the top of the overall standings but Lorenzo has won five races this season against three wins for Rossi.
Marquez in third has 159 points following a lackluster start into the season.
The first non-Honda rider to win at Brno since his own victory here in 2010, Lorenzo already dominated the free practices in the southern Czech city before smashing the circuit record in qualifying on Saturday.
On the hot, dry Sunday afternoon, the 28-year-old Spaniard led all the way from the pole position start with Marquez nestled right behind him.
But unlike at Indianapolis last weekend, Marquez never got a chance to get past Lorenzo who started to broaden the gap on lap eight.
Andrea Iannone on a Ducati finished fourth ahead of 2014 Brno winner Dani Pedrosa on a Honda and fellow Italian and Ducati teammate Andrea Dovizioso.
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