MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 18 / NOVEMBER 1-3, 2019
SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / KUAL A LUMPUR, MAL AYSIA
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With Marquez impregnable
at 262 points, Binder moved
to second with 234 past Luthi
(230)' then Navarro (210) and
Fernandez (197), who was 12th in
Malaysia.
Moto3
New Moto3 World Champion
Lorenzo Dalla Porta took a third
win in a row in a hard-fought first
race of the day at Sepang. The
Leopard Honda rider, already
the first Italian Champion in the
class since Dovizioso in 2004,
became the first to win three in
a row since the freshly retired
Marco Melandri 20 years ago.
As usual, positions, including
the lead, changed regularly. The
won the Moto3 title and Marc his
second in premier-class. Alex is
also the first to win both Moto3
and Moto2 titles.
"I don't know what to say—I'm
so tired," he said, dedicating the
win to Munandar.
For Binder, "The track was
insane; the grip was nothing."
He'd tried "to back it up a bit"
in the hope of putting Marquez
back in the hands of Luthi and
co. "But it didn't work out too
well," he said. "In the end, I won,
so I'm happy."
And for Luthi, "I really pushed,
over the limit, but in the last lap,
it was done. I couldn't follow
these guys. I am a little bit sad,
but I think we can still be proud."
Moto2
Brad Binder and Thomas Luthi
did everything they could to
keep the championship alive un-
til the last round; Alex Marquez
did everything he needed to do
to prevent that from happening.
While Binder (Red Bull KTM)
won a third victory in five races,
Marquez (EG-VDS Kalex) suc-
cessfully kept second perma-
nently out of reach of the ever-
pressing Thomas Luthi (Dynavolt
Kalex).
With Marc having tied up
MotoGP four races ago, this is
the second time two brothers
have won titles in the same year.
The last was in 2014 when Alex
Brad Binder rode
beautifully, but it
was Marquez's (73)
title day in Moto2.
