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Navarro has had an increasingly cracking season too.
The top three from the race are on the podium now, Oliveira ahead of Navarro, then Kornfeil in a surprise third.
Coming up next, some Moto2 - where MotoGP bound Tito Rabat marked his return from injury with pole - then the countdown to the big one: Rossi vs Lorenzo (and vs Marquez...?) in MotoGP.
Kent has swapped to a golden helmet and has a team-mate with a golden #1 on it for his ride back to parc ferme. He looks absolutely overwhelmed.
No wild celebrations for Oliveira in parc ferme, that win doesn't mean so much with a title lost. But some fond embraces for him from the Ajo Motorsport team. Its man has been absolutely brilliant in recent races.
Back back to the matter in hand right now...
Meanwhile, the entire motorsport world seems to be having its say about the MotoGP title fight today. Here's who Nico Rosberg is rooting for...
Result: 1 Oliveira; 2 Navarro; 3 Kornfeil; 4 Binder; 5 Bastianini; 6 Vinales; 7 McPhee; 8 Ono; 9 Kent; 10 Oettl
Oh and Kornfeil ended up third thanks to Antonelli's last lap game of skittles with the podium fight.
Four wins in five races for Oliveira - no title for the Portuguese rider but a brilliant breakthrough season for him. He hadn't won at all prior to 2015.
Oliveira and Navarro stop in the run-off area to congratulate Kent.

In the Leopard garage, Kent's tearful family are overwhelmed.
Kent is Britain's first grand prix motorcycle racing world champion since Barry Sheene's 1977 500cc title.
Ono did beat Kent over the line, but it didn't matter - Antonelli tumbling into Vazquez and Fenati handed them both three places anyway.
Checkered flag
Oliveira wins, but Kent is ninth and claims the Moto3 world championship!
Crash
Big crash in the lead pack as Antonelli takes out Fenati and Vazquez!
Ono overtakes Kent for 11th again.
Oliveira fights back through to the lead.
Ono passes Kent, then waves him back through. Or, just a thought, why not sit behind him...?
Onto the last lap, Navarro leads Vazquez and Oliveira, Kent is 11th.
Either Ono missed that hint from the pitwall or he's not fussed. He remains stuck to Kent's tail.
Oliveira third, Kent 11th...
Vazquez grabs the lead from Oliveira, who drops back to third behind Navarro - and now Navarro takes the lead.
Oliveira has Navarro, Vazquez and Fenati tucked up very tight behind him as they begin the penultimate lap.
Anyway, four laps to go, Oliveira leads, Kent 11th. That will make Kent champion if it stays that way.
Those laps of focusing on fending off team-mate Ono for 11th have dropped Kent right back from the group ahead, he's 2.9s off Vinales in 10th.
Navarro is back up to second and closing in on Oliveira for the lead. Leopard crew members are waving at Ono to lay off challenging Kent for 11th.
Meanwhile Oliveira is preserving that 0.3s lead while Vazquez, Navarro and Fenati tussle for second behind him.
Ono gets alongside Kent on the pits straight but doesn't repass.
In the process of that little shuffle with Ono, Kent has fallen 1.5s behind the top 10.
Ono looks like he's trying to repass Kent. That won't be popular in the garage.
Kent passes Ono, who tucks in behind him. That's 11th place for Kent with seven laps left. Title in the bag right now...
Oliviera has got his lead up to 0.3s now. Not big but the most comfortable he's been for a while.
Ono is now down to 11th, just ahead of team-mate Kent. Will he do his Leopard stablemate a favour?
Vazquez dips out of Oliveira's slipstream and takes the lead, then loses it back to Oliveira a few corners later.

The pack has closed once more, first to Kent in 12th now all in a line, then 3s back to Oettl in 13th.

By: Matt Beer

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