MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 18 / NOVEMBER 1-3, 2019
SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / KUAL A LUMPUR, MAL AYSIA
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IIIMY OWN RACE:
46 VALENTINO ROSSI
4TH MOTOGP
"I had a good start, but then on the
first straight, some riders overtook
me," Rossi said. "A er that, I was very
compe ve. I managed to set the fast-
est race lap, a new track record, and
made several overtakes un l I got close
to Dovizioso. Together with Dovizioso,
we had a good fight. It was very nice.
At the end, I managed to keep off Rins,
but I'm very sorry because I didn't
make the podium, then I would have
been even happier. Now we will do our
best in Valencia."
20 FABIO QUARTARARO
7TH MOTOGP
"It was a really tough race, and I
struggled a lot," said Fabio. "My first
lap was a disaster, and I couldn't stop
the bike—which is an issue we haven't
had all weekend. We couldn't make
the result we wanted despite having
the pace to fight for much be er, and
we have to figure out why that was the
case. We've got one more race to go
this year, and we need to focus on that
so that we can go out well at Valencia,
especially as we're going there much
more experienced than we were 12
months ago when we tested there."
moments, and in the end, he was
riding for his passion. Big hugs to
his family," Marquez said.
Dovizioso had enjoyed his bat-
tle. "It is nice to race with Valen-
tino because he is aggressive, but
also clean, he doesn't do anything
crazy." He added: "This is our
best result in the dry in Malaysia,
which is always difficult for us. We
are slow in the fast corners, but
our acceleration is really good.
My bike helped me today."
Morbidelli was sixth, four sec-
onds down. A disappointed Quar-
tararo was another three away.
Marquez had saved the day,
after a heavy fall in qualifying on
Saturday and starting from 11th on
the grid. "What I did on the first
lap was incredible, but also the
same for Dovi," said Marquez,
acknowledging, however, that:
"Vinales today was too fast for me.
I lost some time with Miller, who
always rides like this, opening the
throttle like crazy while I was try-
ing to save the tires. But I got my
target, which was the podium."
Marquez also paid tribute to
Munandar. "Everybody knows the
risks we have, to get those sweet
Marc Marquez had
no answer for the
flying Yamaha.