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Lorenzo wins San Marino Grand Prix

September 15, 2013 19:28 IST

MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo won the San Marino Grand Prix for Yamaha on Sunday but Marc Marquez extended his overall lead to 34 points after finishing second.

Lorenzo wins San Marino Grand PrixLorenzo's second win in a row left the Spaniard level with Honda-riding compatriots Dani Pedrosa on 219 points and Marquez, the 20-year-old rookie who had taken the season by storm, on 253.

Pedrosa finished third at the Misano Marco Simoncelli circuit in eastern Italy with local hero Valentino Rossi ending up fourth for Yamaha for the fourth race in a row.

With five races remaining, Marquez does not need to win another race to take the title but can clinch it by finishing second in all of them.

Image: Jorge Lorenzo

Photograph: Mirco Lazzari/Getty Images

Source: REUTERS
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