MOTEGI (Japan): Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo stepped closer to his first MotoGP season title yesterday after second-ranked Dani Pedrosa crashed in practice, forcing him out of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.
With Pedrosa out of the Motegi race Spaniard Lorenzo saw his chances to win the season improve considerably, particularly if Pedrosa, who needs an operation, also misses next week’s race in Malaysia, as seems likely.
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