Summary World champion held off fellow Spaniard Marc Marquez in a dramatic tussle to win British MotoGP.
SILVERSTONE (Reuters) - World champion Jorge Lorenzo held off fellow Spaniard Marc Marquez in a dramatic tussle to win the British MotoGP at Silverstone on Sunday.
World championship leader Marquez, who dislocated his shoulder in the morning s warm-up session, started on pole on his Honda but Yamaha s Lorenzo made an early move to overtake him.
Marquez, bidding for his fifth win in a row, fought back to regain the lead on the last lap before Lorenzo nipped past him again to seal victory on the line by less than a tenth of a second.
Honda s Dani Pedrosa finished third to complete a Spanish sweep of the podium.
