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Cycle News 2019 Issue 44 November 5

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MOTOGP FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 18 / NOVEMBER 1-3, 2019 SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / KUAL A LUMPUR, MAL AYSIA P66 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.

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