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Valencia Moto2 result: 1 Rabat; 2 Rins; 3 Luthi; 4 Baldassarri; 5 Lowes; 6 Salom; 7 Zarco; 8 Pons; 9 Corsi; 10 Kallio
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After a pretty tense final lap, Rabat hangs on to beat Rins to victory by 0.3s. Nice way to sign off from Moto2 from last year's champion, although Rins pips him for second in this season's standings.
Onto the last lap - go on Rins and Rabat, give us a little thriller and remind everyone Moto2 can be just as good as Moto3 and MotoGP...
Luthi continues to hold off Baldassarri for third, with Lowes closing very slowly on them but likely to have to settle for fifth.
Rabat and Rins are setting personal best laps and still running just 0.4s with two laps to go.
Zarco has made a little progress, past Corsi and up to seventh. He's now chasing Salom.
Rabat has pulled out a little more breathing space over Rins again. The lead gap is 0.4s with four laps left.
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And inspired by that wise acronym, Rins is back to within a tenth of Rabat's tail and going for the lead.
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Rabat and Rins have now broken away from Luthi and Baldassarri, who have Lowes inching up towards them.
One hour to go till MotoGP begins...
Lowes breaks into the top five, storming past Salom. There's a two-second gap to the lead battle for the Brit now.
Zarco is sticking around in Moto2 to defend his crown rather than chasing MotoGP chances. This dominant season was by far his best at grand prix level, and he said he wants to be sure he can find that form consistently.
The worrying thing for everyone else, though, is that if Rins can be this good as a Moto2 rookie, how rapid is he going to be next year?
The worrying thing for everyone else, though, is that if Rins can be this good as a Moto2 rookie, how rapid is he going to be next year?
This is one of champion Zarco's quietest races (apart from that period when he was doing a very timid job of trying to wrap the crown up) of the year. He's still back in eighth, falling away from the Salom/Lowes/Corsi battle and fending off Axel Pons.
Still close for the lead, though Rins isn't quite putting the same pressure on Rabat now. Luthi and Lorenzo Baldassarri are tagging along too - good stuff from Forward Racing rider Baldassarri, who too his first podium at Phillip Island last month.
Up front, Rins has stuck himself to Rabat's tail.
Rins has always been tipped as a future star, but it was his team-mate Alex - brother of Marc - Marquez who won the Moto3 title last year, upstaging Rins.
But as both moved up to Moto2, it's been Rins who's starred - a regular podium finisher from the outset, while Marquez has generally floundered. He's back in 14th in this race right now.
Rins has always been tipped as a future star, but it was his team-mate Alex - brother of Marc - Marquez who won the Moto3 title last year, upstaging Rins.
But as both moved up to Moto2, it's been Rins who's starred - a regular podium finisher from the outset, while Marquez has generally floundered. He's back in 14th in this race right now.
More progress from Lowes, he passes Julian Simon for seventh.
Rins takes second from Luthi and sets off after Rabat for the lead.
Zarco loses another spot as Lowes passes him for eighth.
Back to Moto2, Rabat still leads from Luthi and Rins, while Zarco's attempt to steam back inside Corsi didn't go to well and he's down to eighth behind Luis Salom.
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Next motorsport star from elsewhere giving his verdict on the MotoGP title fight - it's McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner and European Formula 3 frontrunner George Russell:
Champion Zarco loses another spot, falling to seventh as Simone Corsi comes through.
Green flag
Rabat holds the lead again, and it's Zarco's turn for a poor start. He falls to sixth and Luthi comes through to second ahead of Rins.
Top Brit Sam Lowes - bound for MotoGP with Aprilia in 2017 - runs 10th.
Top Brit Sam Lowes - bound for MotoGP with Aprilia in 2017 - runs 10th.
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Moto2 is back under way with a second warm-up lap. Franco Morbidelli was the rider injured in that tangle, he appeared to be conscious in the run-off area and was taken away by stretcher.
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This won't be too much of a delay, the pitlane is going to reopen in five minutes, with a restart in 20 minutes from the original grid. The distance will be reduced to 18 laps to make sure MotoGP starts on time.
One of the riders from that multi-bike tangle is being carried off on a stretcher. Not clear who yet.
Red flag
There's a red flag to clear up the mess from that accident.
Rabat holds the lead at the Moto2 start, with Rins down to seventh and Zarco holding second.
In their wake, about six bikes are down in a messy first-corner crash. Looks like everyone's unhurt.
In their wake, about six bikes are down in a messy first-corner crash. Looks like everyone's unhurt.
There's still a bit of honour at stake in Moto2. After breaking his arm in a training crash - and then exacerbating it in a Moto2 crash when he came back a smidge prematurely - Rabat has fallen behind Rins for second in the championship.
It's one thing being beaten to the title when you stick around to defend it, but not even being runner-up... Well in fairness, with his MotoGP future secured, Rabat probably won't care too much. But ending the year with a win would be a good way for him to sign off after five seasons at this level.
It's one thing being beaten to the title when you stick around to defend it, but not even being runner-up... Well in fairness, with his MotoGP future secured, Rabat probably won't care too much. But ending the year with a win would be a good way for him to sign off after five seasons at this level.
Here's the full recap of how Danny Kent claimed that Moto3 title: 
Pretty fierce front row for the upcoming Moto2 race on the grid now. Last year's champion Rabat, back after recent injuries and saying farewell to the category before taking up Scott Redding's vacant Marc VDS Honda in MotoGP next year, is on pole ahead of runaway 2015 champion Johann Zarco and hugely impressive rookie Alex Rins.
There's no one to have a champagne fight with, so he sloshes it over the podium edge towards his team and family instead.
A cool thing MotoGP does - if a new champion doesn't get in the top three in the deciding race, they still get their own moment of glory on the podium. And it's Kent's turn for that right now.
Navarro remembers at the last moment to pop his hat off as the Portuguese national anthem plays for Oliveira. Not an anthem heard on too many podiums, but Oliveira's done a lot to introduce it to the motorcycle racing world this year.
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