 Melandri is harassing Rossi all throughout the lap, Pedrosa doing likewise to Hayden.Exiting the fast right-handed Turn 12, Melandri tries to go up the inside of Rossi but the Italian holds on going into the long straight before the Sachsen Kurve.Melandri then tries a move around the outside of this corner, with Rossi blocking the inside off and forcing him all the way onto the kerb.