This is a good thing as it will reduce cost pressures and reduce the size of the commodity supply surge ahead, helping avoid a crash in commodity prices.
After both fly-halves had missed penalties, Clermont were ahead on the hour when Malzieu broke through Earls' weak tackle to crash over in the corner with James adding the superb conversion.
Rossi then made a move at the same corner with five laps to go and Lorenzo buckled under the pressure to crash out and leave Rossi to streak away to a 102nd career victory, some 11.766 seconds ahead of Spaniard Pedrosa.
Leon Pryce put the home side ahead again before Wilshere and Hodgson both took advantage of two passing errors by the Great Britain international to crash over the line.