Yamaha MotoGP‘s Jorge Lorenzo rode his YZR-M1 to a flawless victory today at the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France to take over the lead in the championship standings. Movistar Yamaha MotoGP's Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi repeated their 1-2 performances from Jerez at the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France, this time finishing in reversed order. Lorenzo started the 28-lap sprint exactly as he had planned. As the lights went out he had a lightning start from pole position and took the holeshot to create 0.4s lead after the first lap. Followed by Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso, he put his head down and dropped quick laps to keep a consistent gap of little more than half a second...
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