His team-mate Valentino Rossi made a triumphant return to the top of the podium with a masterful victory over Dani Pedrosa, topping a great day for the team. Lorenzo's hard-fought 13 points mean he is now seven points off Pedrosa in second, whilst Rossi stays in third but closes the gap to just two points.

“Jorge did an incredible job today, I don't think that anyone expected him to do this well after what happened on Friday and in his current physical condition”, commented Team Manager Daniele Romagnoli. “We were luckily able to find a good set-up very quickly despite missing out on the first day, and overall I think that we can be very happy with a job well done. We found a good tyre with Michelin and it seems that Jorge was able to find a good rhythm. Thank you to the staff of the Clinica Mobile because they played a huge part in enabling Jorge to ride like this. Congratulations to Valentino for his win, I hope that we can all keep going strongly!”

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