SCARPERIA, Italy: World champion Jorge Lorenzo passed fellow Spaniard Marc Marquez on the final straight of the Italian Grand Prix to win a MotoGP race that went right down to the finish Sunday.
Marquez passed Lorenzo briefly on the final corner but Lorenzo pushed his Movistar Yamaha ahead once the road became straight again and won by just 0.019 seconds.
Andrea Iannone of Italy finished a distant third, 4.742 seconds behind.
Pole sitter Valentino Rossi was right behind Lorenzo in second midway through the race when he ran into technical problems, with white smoke blowing out of his bike. The seven-time champion in the elite series had to return to his garage and retire.
Lorenzo increased his lead over Marquez to 10 points, with Rossi 37 points back in third.
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