MotoGP Grand Prix of San Marino 2016: Key Battles, Predictions for Race

Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi will hope a partisan crowd can push him on to cut further into the Championship lead when the MotoGP season rolls into his home track for the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday. The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider could only trim three points off Marc Marquez's lead with his third-place finish at the British Grand Prix last time out but should be positive about his chances of topping the podium at the Misano World Circuit, where he won two years ago. MotoGP's Twitter account offered up some statistics ahead of the race, which show Rossi's Yamaha team have claimed the most victories at Misano since the Grand Prix series returned to the track in 2007: Marquez finished fourth at Silverstone to see his lead a...

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