– Dani Pedrosa delivered a stunning display to dominate proceedings at Jerez, leading Marc Márquez home for a Repsol Honda 1-2, with Ducati's Jorge Lorenzo third, while Yamaha struggled for performance.Pedrosa was never headed over the course of the 27-lap race as he kept team-mate Márquez at bay, opening his 2017 account in imperious fashion.Pedrosa led away from pole position and quickly opened a near two-second lead over Márquez, who was running a Hard/Hard tyre strategy, as opposed to Pedrosa's Hard/Medium.Márquez, having swatted away a threat from Tech 3's Johann Zarco, began to close on Pedrosa, briefly getting the gap down to a second, but was unable to draw any...
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