Sepang (Malaysia) (AFP)

Spaniard Maverick Vinales, who fell in the final round last week in Australia as he battled for victory with Marc Marquez, took his revenge by winning ahead of his fellow Malaysian MotoGP GP on Sunday.

Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha-SRT), who took a bad start in pole position, is only 7th. Johann Zarco (Honda-LCR) fell four laps from the finish, touched by Joan Mir (Suzuki), while claiming the top 10.

Second on the grid at the Sepang circuit, Vinales immediately took control of the operations to win the penultimate round of the season alone.

"At Phillip Island, I had the win and I made a mistake here, I knew I had a chance if I took the first place." He had to push, push and push again to dig. gap, "said the pilot Yahama. "When I saw Marc, I said to myself: again, but this time I kept in my pocket just in case."

The Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati), who completes the podium, and Marquez have made very good starts to erase their tenth and eleventh positions on the grid.

- "Not an excuse" -

Fell in qualifying on Saturday, the Honda driver did not seem embarrassed by his contusions to the knees, elbows and shoulders. "I felt bad all over the waking but it was better until the celebrations (the title of his brother Alex in Moto2, ed), where I did not pay enough attention, he said. was not an excuse, on the bike I forget everything and the title of my brother motivated me to make a podium and celebrate with him. "

"I did not have the speed to stay with Marc, for his part recognized" Dovi "But we can be happy because we had never done so good on the dry in Malaysia and the gap is not is not huge. "

Marquez has 17 podium finishes in 2019. Never has a rider been so much on the box in one season. With 395 points, the world champion also beats the previous record of 383 units registered by Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo in 2010.

In the Championship, if the driver of 26 years and Dovizioso are assured of the first two places, the fight for the third remains open. It is now Vinales who occupies with 7 points ahead of his compatriot Alex Rins (Suzuki). There is still a maximum of 25 to take at the final GP in Valencia (Spain) on November 17th.

"Congratulations to the team for the progress they've made over the past four or five races, especially the pace in the first round (...) that was missing so far," said Maverick, the man in the shape of the moment.

- "Hard to be the brother of" -

His Italian teammate Valentino Rossi (Yamaha), 4th, and Rins, 5th, fail just seconds from the podium in Sepang.

In Moto2, South Africa's Brad Binder (KTM) beat Alex Marquez (Kalex), the champion for the second time after winning the Moto3 title in 2014. "It's hard to be the brother of and he's a lot of pressure, "said Marc," today he's had a champion race, he's not the brother of Alex Marquez. "

In Moto3, the Italian Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Honda), crowned last week, won.

All these drivers dedicated their performances to the Indonesian Afridza Munandar, who died of an accident Saturday during an Asia Talent Cup race on the same circuit.

"Everyone here knows and understands the risks we are taking, we are doing it to achieve certain goals and then benefiting from it, so today we value it," said Marquez.

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