Full Australian MotoGP race results

Marc Marquez has clinched victory ahead of Maverick Vinales who crashed on the⛎ final lap♉ while fighting against the MotoGP world champion at Australian Grand Prix.

After darting into the lead on Lap 10, pole-sitter Vinales was stalked by Marquez until the final lap with the Repsol Honda rider measuring his rival’s pace around🧔 the iconic Australian circuit.

Marquez made his move at the start of the last lap using his RC213V’s supeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrior power to charge into the lead on the main straight into Turn 1. The newly crowned MotoGP world champion then produced a defe♉nsive lap to keep Vinales at bay, with the Monster Yamaha rider looking the sweep around Lukey Heights and attack Marquez down into Turn 10 but his soft rear tyre slipped out from underneath him to send the Yamaha rider down.

With Marquez storming to his 55^th career premier class v💛ictory, to surpass Mick Doohan on the all-time list of winners, Cal Crutchlow benefitted to take second place for LCR Honda to mark his first rostrum si﷽nce Sachsenring.

Jack Miller made the most of the misfortune for Vinal🥃es by taking the final podium place at his home round for Pramac Ducati to spark jubilant scenes for the Australian – the first home rider to finish on the premier class podium since Casey Stoner back in 2012.

Earlier in the race it was a disastrous opening two corners for Danilo Petrucci and Fabio Quartararo who both tumbled out of contention early on. In the barging for position coming around Turn 2, Petrucci was edged wide by Marquez which sent the Duca𝐆ti rider into a fierce high-side, with Petrucci collecting the MotoGP rookie of the year who was drifting wide himself.

In a frantic series of opening laps the lead was traded between Crutchlow, And༺rea Iannone and Valentino Rossi as the front-running pack shuffle🐻d its order.

Vinales found his rhythm♋ on Lap 8 by passing Iannone for third place which started his charge into the lead by overtaking both Marquez and Crutchlow on consecutive laps. Having known Vinales held the best practice pace, Marquez duly followed the Monster Yamaha rider past Crutchlow, bumping the LCR Honda rider wide, with the front two stretching clear over the middle third of the race.

As Maไrquez stalked Vinales in the closing laps, the Repsol Honda rider repeated his last-lap attack which resulted in victory agaꦜinst Quartararo in Misano and Buriram.

To the Yamaha rider’s credit he risked his race to repeat his 20ജ18 victory at Phillip Island by fighting Marquez but it failed to pay off as he tumbled out of contention at Turn 10.

Behind the front two, Miller led home Pramac Ducat team-mate Francesco Bagnaia who claimed his best result of his rookie season in fourth place in front of&ไnbsp;fellow rookie Joan Mir impressing late on for fifth place for Suzuki.

Iannone grabbed Aprilia’﷽s best result at Phillip Island in sixth place in front of former Ducati team-mate And💧rea Dovizioso.

Despite a stellar opening lap to his 400^th career start, Rossi faded lateಌ on to eighth place for✃ Monster Yamaha but ahead of Suzuki’s Alex Rins and Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro.

Franco Morbidelli lost contact with the front group early meaning he could only finish in 11^th place fo𝕴r Petronas Yamaha but he kept in front of Red Bull KTM♎’s Pol Espargaro.

Johann Zarco capped his LCR Honda debut in 13^th place as stand in for the injured Takaaki Nakag💧ami who has been ruled out of the rest of the season by shoulder surgery.

With Avintia Ducati’s Karel Abraham and Hafizh Syahrin (Tech3 KTM) rounding out the points places, it was another nightmare race for Jorge Lorenzo for Repsol Honda in 16^th place&🍸nbsp;and last of the classified finishers – as Mika Kallio and Tito Rabat also failed to see the chequered fla🎉g.

Miguel Oliveira did not start the Australian MotoGP for Tech3 KTM due to a hand injury sustaine🅺d in his h♑eavy FP4 fall at Turn 1.