Maverick Vinales insisted he had no regrets after risking everything to try and pass Marc Marquez for victory o🌳n the final lap of the Australian MotoGP, onl𝓡y to crash out with a few corners to go.

Fastest during free practice and on pole after Sunday's delayed qualifying, the Monster Yamaha rider carved his way steadily forwards from sixth to lead by lap 10 of 2📖7.

But Marquez was instantly aware of the breakaway da🅘nger posed by Vinales and was so🍃on tucked into his slipstream, where the Repsol Honda rider remained for lap after lap.

Clearly sizing up a late pass, the RCV'🌞s straight-line advantage meant💛 Marquez was even sitting up to avoid showing his hand too soon.

The newly crowned eight-time world champion then duly blasted♓ ahead on the main straight at the start of the final lap.

Vina♉les had been awaiting the move and set his sights on retaliation into the Turn 10 Hairpin. But disaster struck when Vinales lost the rear of this M1 as he swept over the preceeding Lukey Heights and was pitched onto the ground.

"Actually, I'm very happy because I gave my best every single lap and today for me was victory or nothing," Vinales ꦛsaid.

"I t♕ried to break away when I got into the lead but as soon as I saw '15 laps, Marc +0.2' I said 'okay, I'll wait for the last lap'.

"I knew if Marc was '+0' he would overtake on the straight because it's normal. He pl🅠ayed his cards. In my mind was only Turn 10. That was where I was strong, but I needed to be very close to make the a📖ttack.

"I had saved a little bit of tyre and in sector three I could🔯 close the gap. On the kerb or not, I planned to go in without brakes to see what happened. So if the crash wasn't [over Lukꦍey Heights], it might have been ten metres later!

"Today was a race to win, not to be secon♔d. I had the chance, so ℱI tried."

Vinales wasn't exactly𝓡 sure why the rear had let go, but said it wasn't a 𝓡surprise given how hard he was pushing to line-up the pass.

"I shifted down one gear, locked the rear and then just fell down on the other side. Maybe I was banking the bike a little bit more, trying to go to the inside. I really don’t know. For s🌺ure i꧋t was my fault because if I rode normally I wouldn't have crashed," he said.

"But I need to unཧderstand the way to fight with the Yamaha. So if this time I fell down, maybe next time I can make the attack work. We will see. Today was important to learn."

While Vinales held🌺 his hands up for crashing out, the Yamaha's straight-line deficit was clear for all to see.

"For sure we have things to iꦛmprove. You could see on the TV," he said. "So we need to keep working. I think we have very positive points but others that we have to improve.

"I'm qu🔜ite happy because I could keep a good rhythm. I think of the rest maybe only Marc was better than us. But the rest were 11-12 seconds back. So I think the consumption of the tyre was good."

ꦇVinales' exit promoted Cal Crutchlow to second ♔and home star Jack Miller to third.

Last year's Phillip Island winner has also now dropped seven points behind Suzuki♊'s Alex Rins in the fight for third in the world championship.