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That's it for our live coverage of the Spanish Grand Prix, another masterclass from Marc Marquez. To be continued at Le Mans, Fabio Quartararo's home circuit, a traditional Yamaha track and one of the most exciting venues on the calendar.
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Marquez: "It was more difficult about mentality than physical. After the mistake in Austin is not easy to arrive here and lead the race from the beginning until the end. But I am convince about my performance and the bike, I'm feeling really good. This weekend I felt really good, really smooth and riding like I want. We were disappointed in Austin but now we must enjoy this victory and we are leading the championship again."
Rins: "For sure doesn't look easy and was not easy, I need to start on better position. Anyway I am really happy, second position here in Jerez."
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Vinales: "We've been struggling a lot with the starts, finally we found out a method that is working really good, I win some places in the start so I am really happy. The team is working good, I need confidence. We are getting back, here in Jerez is a track I really struggle, always I've been not doing really good results but today was incredible. For me, being on the podium is like a victory in Jerez. So pleased, the team did a good job, in FP3 we were 16th and we recover a lot of places so it's been tough but we work really hard."
Marquez may lead the championship by one point but there is no denying he's been by far the best rider of 2019 so far. He was second in Qatar, dominated in Argentina and was also easily the strongest in Austin. Either something changes or Marquez will win the title even easier than last year.
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Championship standings:
1 Marquez 70
2 Rins 69
3 Dovizioso 67
4 Rossi 61
5 Petrucci 41
6 Vinales 30
7 Miller 29
8 Nakagami 29
9 Crutchlow 29
10 Morbidelli 25
1 Marquez 70
2 Rins 69
3 Dovizioso 67
4 Rossi 61
5 Petrucci 41
6 Vinales 30
7 Miller 29
8 Nakagami 29
9 Crutchlow 29
10 Morbidelli 25
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Race results: 1 Marquez; 2 Rins; 3 Vinales; 4 Dovizioso; 5 Petrucci; 6 Rossi; 7 Morbidelli; 8 Crutchlow; 9 Nakagami; 10 Bradl; 11 A. Espargaro; 12 Lorenzo; 13 P. Espargaro; 14 Zarco; 15 Rabat; 16 Abraham; 17 Smith; 18 Oliveira; 19 Syahrin. DNF: Miller, Mir, Quartararo, Bagnaia.
Ducati duo Dovizioso and Petrucci complete the top five ahead of Rossi.
Rins takes second and Vinales secures third, his first podium of 2019.
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Marquez wins the Spanish Grand Prix!
No overtake there either.
Vinales survived the main straight for the last time, but there is still the backstraight for Dovizioso to make a move.
Meanwhile, the last lap of the race has started.
Miller crashed while trying to overtake Aleix Espargaro at the final corner. He doesn't look pleased but it didn't seem like Espargaro did anything naughty.
Crash
Miller falls at Turn 13.
Four laps to go, Dovizioso is now very close to Vinales. It feels like it's a matter of time before he slipstreams past the Yamaha.
Crash
Mir crashes from ninth!
At the front, Marquez's lead is 3.9s. Rins is set to take second but Vinales has Dovizioso and Petrucci right behind him for the final podium position.
Rossi now passes Morbidelli and Crutchlow in one lap and moves up to sixth!
Rossi also made little progress in this race, but finally pulled off a move on Miller for eighth.
Lorenzo update: He is up to 14th - thanks to Quartararo's retirement - but is currently defending from Pol Espargaro.
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Top 10 (Lap 18): 1 Marquez; 2 Rins; 3 Vinales; 4 Dovizioso; 5 Petrucci; 6 Morbidelli; 7 Crutchlow; 8 Miller; 9 Rossi; 10 Mir.
Morbidelli is down to sixth as Dovizioso and Petrucci pass him in quick succession.
Morbidelli now falls behind Vinales, and Dovizioso is also all over him.
Ten laps to go, Marquez is now leading by four seconds. Rins is looking safe in second as well.
Just as that happened, Rins passed Morbidelli and is now up to second.
What a nightmare for the Frenchman.
Crash
Quartararo's bike slows from second!
Stopwatch
Fastest lap from Marquez, his 1m38.181s extends his lead to over two seconds.
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Top 10 (Lap 14): 1 Marquez; 2 Quartararo; 3 Morbidelli; 4 Rins; 5 Vinales; 6 Dovizioso; 7 Petrucci; 8 Crutchlow; 9 Miller; 10 Rossi.
Quartararo is only one tenth slower than Marquez as he rapidly pulls away from Morbidelli.
Rins up to fourth after a Turn 13 overtake on Vinales. The Suzuki man is very much in the podium fight now.
Quartararo passes his teammate for second. Let's see if he can keep up with Marquez.
Morbidelli is not only struggling to keep up with Marquez, Quartararo and Vinales are also all over him suddenly.
Marquez now goes half a second faster than Morbidelli and extends his lead to over one second.
Marquez still hasn't shaken off the Yamahas behind. The whole field is generally running pretty close together, but everybody keeps a bit of distance to the rider ahead.
Not going well for Lorenzo, who is still 15th and is losing touch with Bradl ahead of him.
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Top 10 (Lap 7): 1 Marquez; 2 Morbidelli; 3 Quartararo; 4 Vinales; 5 Rins; 6 Dovizioso; 7 Petrucci; 8 Crutchlow; 9 Miler; 10 Rossi.
Stopwatch
1m38.197s, another fastest lap from Rins as he is closing on Vinales.
Crash
Pramac Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia is the first retirement of the race after a crash at Turn 2.
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