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MOTOGP FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 14 / AUGUST 23-25, 2019 SILVERSTONE / TOWCESTER, UNITED KINGDOM P72 tion was a new lap record, and a massive 78-point lead in the championship, over non-scorer Dovizioso. Their battle allowed third- placed Maverick Vinales to edge up to within just over half-a- second, after passing Monster Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi, who qualified on the front row, on the seventh lap. Rossi was losing ground at the end, but stayed fourth, ahead of top independent team rider Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha). Quartararo was not the only one flummoxed by the short run from the start to the first cor- ner—Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati), Last-corner drama sealed off the battle of Britain. Marquez had led throughout, but for a brief spell, when his race-long shadow Rins was ahead for two corners. On the last lap, he was clearly on the limit as he contin- ued to hold him at bay. The crucial attack came in the last right-hander, when the Suzuki's conspicuously better corner grip allowed Rins to edge through on the inside, half a bike's length ahead over the line for a photo finish. The victory was by 0.013 of a second, the fourth closest in the premier class in more than 70 years. Marquez's consola- IIIMY OWN RACE: 42 ALEX RINS 1ST MOTOGP "Today has been unbelievable," said Alex Rins. "I won in Aus n, bea ng Valen no. And now I've won here, bea ng Marc. These guys are very fast and are legends of the sport. I knew it would be difficult to beat Marc today, but I really wanted to try, and it was fantas c to do it. In a couple of the sectors he was faster than me, but I could make it up in some other areas. But towards the end of the race I felt I had be er pace than him, and I told myself that I must go for it and take the chance, I saw the opportunity, and I made it happen." 93 MARC MARQUEZ 2ND MOTOGP "I am happy with the result for the championship, but not the result for the race as to lose out in the final mo- ment a er leading is not the best feel- ing," said Marc Marquez. "Spending the whole race in front is difficult here because you use more of everything. I tried to go slow for one lap to see if Rins would lead, but he didn't, and I knew Viñales was behind us, so I kept pushing. My target wasn't the race, The Quartararo/Dovizioso crash was a big one, with Dovi's bike bursting into flames.