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Miraculous

“We didn’t just have the pressure on the track” – Mir

IN THE FIGHTS that stand out in the memory, the best is usually saved for last. For some time, this historic occasion threatened to peter out into a lifeless procession. But a hard-charging Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati) produced his finest premier-class showing to date to reel in long-time leader Franco Morbidelli (Petronas SRT Yamaha) just in time for a finale to savour.

It was a last lap for the ages. The lead changed hands four times in five turns, with Morbidelli edging it by 0.093s for his third win of 2020.

“A nice, clean fight,” Miller called it. “That’s what the people want to see and that’s what we got.”

He wasn’t lying. So intense was the

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