World champion Valentino Rossi won a thrilling duel with Jorge Lorenzo to win the Catalan MotoGP, squeezing past his Yamaha team mate on the final corner to snatch his second victory of the year.
Spaniard Lorenzo started from pole with Rossi in second and the pair swapped the lead several times at a sweltering Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona before the Italian timed his final charge to perfection.
After six races in the 17-race season, Rossi and Lorenzo are tied on 106 points with Ducati rider Casey Stoner, who came in third on Sunday.
'I wasn't expecting him to take me at that point but he was more courageous than me and deserved the win,' Lorenzo said in a television interview.
