PHILLIP ISLAND (Australia): World champion Marc Marquez was at his superior best on Sunday after he won his 11th victory of the season at the Australian MotoGP.
But fellow Spaniard Maverick Vinales crashed on the last lap.
The Monster Energy Yamaha rider had dominated all weekend at Phillip Island and was leading for much of the race until Repsol Honda’s Marquez darted past in the dying stages.
Marquez became Honda’s most successful ever premier class rider with his 55th win and surpassed Australian great Mick Doohan.
It was an incredible, incredible victory because today we were not the fastest on the racetrack.
Marc Marquez
In desperate bid to retake the lead, Vinales pushed too hard and skidded out to hand his gifted rival, who clinched his sixth MotoGP world title in Thailand this month.
Britain’s Cal Crutchlow came second on his LCR-Honda with Australian Jack Miller third on a Ducati.
Italian veteran Valentino Rossi, racing in an amazing 400th Grand Prix, was eighth.
