DOVIZIOSO EDGES MARQUEZ FOR THIRD WIN
MILAN: Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso won the San Marino Motogp on Sunday for the Ducati rider’s third success of the season, holding off world championship leader Marc Marquez of Honda.
The 32-year-old Dovizioso finished 2.822sec ahead of the Spaniard on the Misano track on Italy’s Adriatic coast with Britain’s Cal Crutchlow snatching third for Honda after pole sitter Jorge Lorenzo of Ducati crashed with two laps to go.
Four-time world champion Marquez extends his overall world championship lead to 67 points ahead of Dovizioso, who moves up two places to take second spot from Italian Valentino Rossi, who finished in seventh place.
Rossi drops to third overall, with Lorenzo now in fourth.
“I’m happy to have beaten Marquez and to win here where I had never managed to before,” said Dovizioso, who was born 60 kilometres up the road from the Misano track.
Dovizioso — runner-up last season to Marquez — set the early pace after starting from the second row on the grid.
He overtook his Ducati teammate Lorezno on the sixth lap and never looked back.
Lorenzo and Marquez closed the gap until the pole starter fell, leaving the way open for Dovizioso to follow on from his wins in the season-opening race in Qatar and the Czech Motogp last month.
“We’ve done good work towards the title,” said Marquez.
“It was a very difficult race. Fighting against the Ducatis is another world. I had ridden well in the warm up, but I struggled to stay with them.
“I pushed to be second, I’m sorry for Jorge’s fall, but we were both pushing a lot.”
Ducati’s Jack Miller had started on the front row but crashed out with Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales, also on the front row, dropping to fifth.
“I was lucky enough to be third thanks to Lorenzo’s fall,” said Crutchlow, who moves up two spots to sixth in the overall standings.
Italy’s Francesco Bagnaia, of Kalex, won the Moto2 category ahead of Miguel Oliveira of KTM, to extend his lead on the Portuguese rider to eight points in the overall standings.
(The 13th leg of the 19-race world championship) Motogp 1. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita/ducati) 42min 05.106sec, 2. Marc Marquez (Esp/honda) at 2.822sec, 3. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/LCR Honda) 7.269, 4. Alex Rins (Esp/suzuki) 14.687, 5. Maverick Vinales (Esp/yamaha) 16.016, 6. Dani Pedrosa (Esp/honda) 17.408, 7. Valentino Rossi (Ita/yamaha) 19.086, 8. Andrea Iannone (Ita/suzuki) 21.804, 9. Alvaro Bautista (SPA/ Ducati Angel Nieto Team) 23.919, 10. Johann Zarco (Fra/yamaha Tech3) 27.559 1. Marc Marquez (Esp/honda) 221pts, 2. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita/ducati) 154, 3. Valentino Rossi (Ita/yamaha) 151, 4. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/ Ducati) 130, 5. Maverick Vinales (Esp/yamaha) 124, 6. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/LCR Honda) 119, 7. Johann Zarco (Fra/yamaha Tech3) 110, 8. Danilo Petrucci (Ita/ducati Pramac) 110, 9. Andrea Iannone (Ita/suzuki) 92, 10. Alex Rins (Spa/suzuki) 79 1. Francesco Bagnaia (Ita/kalex) 41min 02.106sec, 2. Miguel Oliveira (POR/KTM) at 3.108sec, 3. Marcel Schroetter (Ger/kalex) 4.094, 4. Mattia Pasini (Ita/kalex) 6.320, 5. Joan Mir (Esp/kalex) at 6.728 1. Francesco Bagnaia (Ita/kalex) 214, 2. Miguel Oliveira (POR/KTM) 206, 3. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) 119, 4. Lorenzo Baldassari (ITA/ Kalex) 116, 5. Joan Mir (Esp/kalex) 114 LONDON: A superb unbeaten 86 by Ravindra Jadeja and a debut half century by Hanuma Vihari put India back in contention on the third day of the fifth Test against England at The Oval on Sunday.
Having begun the day in a hole on 174-6 in reply to England’s firstinnings 332, India were eventually all out for 292 having clawed to within 40 of parity.
India’s resistance frustrated James Anderson’s quest to grab the three wickets he needs to overtake Australia’s Glenn Mcgrath’s alltime Test-wicket record of 563 for a fast bowler. It also delayed the start of England opener Alastair Cook’s 291st and final Test innings.
England’s record Test-run scorer, who scored 71 in the first innings of his record-extending 161st Test, walked out in the sunshine to a loud and prolonged standing ovation as he prepared to bring down the curtain on his 12-year Test career, having announced his international retirement.
There was no sentiment from the Indian bowlers, however, as they gave Cook a torrid time before tea.
He played and missed several times and took 13 balls to get off the mark with a four nudged off his legs from Jasprit Bumrah, reaching 13 at tea. Fellow opener Keaton Jennings was on seven as England reached 20-0 to stretch their lead to 60.
Jadeja and the 24-year-old Vihari survived a Testing morning as Anderson and Stuart Broad swung the ball both ways under grey skies. But they showed great composure and picked off bad balls in a seventhwicket partnership of 77. Vihari was eventually out 10 minutes before lunch when he tickled an edge behind off Moeen Ali.
Four-time world champion Marquez extends his overall world championship lead to 67 points ahead of Dovizioso, who moves up two places to take second spot from Italian Valentino Rossi, who finished in seventh place
England 1st Innings ................. 332 India 1st Innings (overnight: 174-6) KL Rahul b Curran ............................... 37 S Dhawan lbw b Broad ........................... 3 C Pujara c Bairstow b Anderson .......... 37 V Kohli c Root b Stokes ........................ 49 A Rahane c Cook b Anderson ................. 0 H Vihari c Bairstow b Ali ...................... 56 R Pant c Cook b Stokes ........................... 5 R Jadeja not out .................................. 86 I Sharma c Bairstow b Ali ....................... 4 M Shami c Broad b Rashid ..................... 1 J Bumrah run out ................................... 0 Extras (b4, lb10) .............................. 14 Total (all out, 95 overs) .............. 292 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-70, 3-101, 4-103, 5-154, 6-160, 7-237, 8-249, 9-260 Bowling: Anderson 21-7-54-2; Broad 20-6-50-1; Stokes 16-2-56-2; Curran 111-49-1; Ali 17-3-50-2; Rashid 10-2-19-1 England 2nd Innings A Cook not out .................................... 13 K Jennings not out ................................ 7 Total (0 wkts, 9 overs, 39 mins) ... 20 Bowling: Bumrah 3-2-5-0; Sharma 3-15-0; Shami 2-0-8-0; Jadeja 1-0-2-0