Alex Marquez claimed a last-turn Virtual victory ove🌌r brot༒her and reigning MotoGP champion Marc in Sunday's Misano broadcast.

In real life, only Andrea Dovizioso and Alex Rins have snatched a MotoGP win by oveඣrtaking 🍰the reigning six-time champion at the final corner of a race.

But in the virtual world, 🉐Marc is a clear step behind 'rookie' Alex, who has now won two of the four digital races, arranged by Dorna to help fill the void i♏n the disrupted 2020 calendar.

Indeed, while the video game graphics may be impressive, Marc's tactics couldn't have been more different to real-life for most of the Misano race as he adopted a play-it-safe approach... until the final corner💮.

After failing to finish on the podium in the previous incident-packed Vi♔rtual races, and well aware other riders were faster🌃 than him, the #93's main aim at Misano was 'don't fall'.

So keen was he to stay out of trouble that - whereas at Jerez he deliberately slowed down in the closing stages to enjoy a battle for fourth with Danilo Petrucci -ꦿ when caught by Alex early in the Misano race, Marc pulled over to hand second-place behind Fabio 🎀Quartararo to his brother, rather than risk a tangle.

"I used my tactic which was try to stay on the bik✨e, this was the most important," Marc said afterwards.

Marc was the only frontrunner not to fall at least once during the hectic nine-lap contest, a clash between Alex and Quartararo then rewarding him with the race leᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤꧒ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚad with two laps to go.

But the 27-year-old was soon hunted down by the pair of youngsters🌺, putting all three nose-to-tail with just a few corners to go. But Quartararo overdid it, lowsiding at the penultimate corner (his third accident of the race).

Then, with a surpri🌊se victory in sight, Marc's discipline final♚ly broke down.

"The la⛄st corner was my mistake because, maybe I was nervous, and I pressed too much the button for the rear brake. Then I began to slide and it was like in reality, I had ✨the floating feeling and I went wide!"

Alex had the opposite tactic, successfully betting on a clean exit 🏅to defeat his brother.

"When I saw Marc in the last corner I tried to brake early and then attack in the acceleration," he said. "Marc's mentality was the opposite, he tried to attack the brake point like in reality and the♓n the floating came and I said, 'okay, I need to accelerate well' and I won!"

Marc qꦕuipped: "Alex, in the video game I accept. In reality it will be different! Now you can enjoy, we will have dinner together, but be careful!"

With fellow Virtual winners Maverick Vinales and Francesco Bagnaia finishing💛 just sixthꦿ and seventh due to accidents at Misano, Alex has now broken clear for the unofficial series lead.

"I was so nervous because Pecco and Maverick had also won a race each and we were all equal [on points], so I said 'this one I need to win'," Alex said. "But Fabio was the fastest today for sure, one second 🍃per lap faster [than everyone in qualifying]."

Quartararo rejoined to finish fourth, handing 🦋the final podium p♕osition to 'home' star Valentino Rossi who, like Marc, had not finished on the digital rostrum before.

"So far it's ꧂my best race in the MotoGP game and now I can retire from the game!" Mar🦋c joked.

"A shame that my brother beat me in the last corner but we wil♛l have a nice discussion because I don’t like to lose the race in t꧒he last corner! But anyway, if I need to lose to somebody I prefer my brother!"

Alex is now 15-points clear at the top of the standings from Vinales, with Bagnaia a further point behind. Marc is in☂ fourth place, 29 points behind his brot⛄her.