Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez secured
his sixth win of the year in a stunning fight in the Australian GP. The latter
stages of the MotoGP race saw an eight-rider fight for the win in the latter
stages with Marquez taking a close win ahead of Valentino Rossi and Maverick
Vinales of Yamaha.
Championship contender Andrea
Dovizioso of Ducati was lucky to finish within points after running wide on Lap
2 and was pushed to down to 20th before eventually finishing 13th. Marquez now
leads the championship with a 33 point lead over Dovizioso, while Vinales is
out of contention, 50 points back with two rounds to go.
Marquez started the Australian GP
on pole but couldn't hold for long as Jack Miller of Marc VDS Honda pulled
through to take the lead and started pulling away. Marquez was in second while
Vinales followed close in third place on the opening lap. Dovizioso, who looked
sharp on Lap 1 and was expected to put up a tough fight had the ran wide and
dropped to P20. Miller continued to lead for the first five laps pulling
eight-tenths clear of the field, only to be passed by the two Yamahas.
However, Marquez was quick to pass
the two Yamaha's by mid-race and soon closed in on the Tech 3 rider.
Incredibly, with 10 laps remaining, the race turned into an eight-rider fight
with Marquez Miller, Rossi, Vinales, Andrea Iannone of Suzuki, Cal Crutchlow of
LCR Honda; and Alex Rins of Suzuki following the leader.
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