Jorge Lorenzo wins in Italy while Marquez fails to score

ByReuters

Updated 03/06/2018 at 13:37 GMT

Spain's Jorge Lorenzo led a Ducati one-two in the Italian team's home grand prix at the Mugello circuit on Sunday while MotoGP leader Marc Marquez crashed and failed to score.

Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) - GP of Italy 2018

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The win ended a long drought for the three-times MotoGP champion, who has struggled since joining the factory team at the start of 2017 and whose last victory was for Yamaha in Valencia at the end of 2016.

Italian team mate Andrea Dovizioso was second, with compatriot Valentino Rossi third for Yamaha, making the 39-year-old great the first rider to score more than 5,000 points in the top category.

Rossi, who started on pole position, moved up to second place overall and is now 23 points adrift of Marquez.

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