MONTMELO, Spain (AP) β Jorge Lorenzo won his fourth straight race in a Yamaha one-two finish with Valentino Rossi at the Catalonia Moto Grand Prix on Sunday, tightening the championship fight between the teammates.
The two-time former champion’s 37th career MotoGP victory left him one point behind Rossi at 138-137 in the championship standings.
Defending champion Marc Marquez crashed on the third lap while trying to overtake Lorenzo.
Lorenzo took the lead by the first bend after his third-place start on the grid. He then negotiated the 25 laps of the 4.7-kilometer (2.94-mile) Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit to win in 42 minutes, 53.208 seconds.
Rossi crossed less than a second later, followed by Honda’s Dani Pedrosa in third.
