Misano MotoGP race day

15:55 Marquez: "Honestly speaking, yesterday was the extra motivation [after the Rossi incident]... Really nice to win here in Italy, but even nicer to have a 93-point lead in the championship."

15:53 Quartararo: "Was a tough race. I give my 100 percent, I think I make a good race. Marc had two times the experience of the last lap... I can say that was the best moment of my career fighting with a seven-time world championship. So was a great moment."

15:51 Vinales: "I tried my best. But the feeling was not very good, I lost the front many times".

15:51 Marquez now stands 93 points clear heading to Aragon. The championship can't be won next week, but he sure can put one hand on it.

15:49 Marquez and Quartararo embrace in parc ferme. Class acts, the pair of them.

15:49 Marquez is celebrating that like he's won the title. So important for his points tally, of course, but it comes firmly in enemy territory and in the wake of two last-corner defeats in Austria and Britain.

15:47 Quartararo is visibly heartbroken after that. But, he held Marc Marquez at bay for 26 laps in just his 13th race. The kid once hailed as the next Marquez just made his biggest announcement yet that he is the one to challenge the Marquez MotoGP dominance.

15:45 Marquez finally wins a last-lap duel this year. Important for his title aspirations.

15:44 Zarco finishes 11th ahead of A.Espargaro, Rabat, Lorenzo, Syahrin, Oliveira, Abraham and Nakagami.

15:44 Quartararo tried to carry the speed at Turn 14 but Marquez was still in the way and he had to check up.

15:43 Quartararo did all he could, but it's second for him ahead of Vinales. Rossi fourth from Morbidelli, Dovizioso, Espargaro, Mir, Miller, Petrucci.

15:43 Marquez wins!

15:43 Quartararo is forced to sit up as Marquez plants the Honda at Turn 14

15:42 Marquez a moment out of Turn 10.

15:42 Marquez jams it up the inside at Turn 8 and somehow stops it!

15:42 Quartararo back through at Turn 4. He holds the line. Quartararo back in front!

15:41 Marquez goes for the move at Turn 1.

15:41 Onto the final lap. Quartararo is one lap away from an historic debut win. But can Marquez deny him?

15:40 Marquez wide at Turn 4 a little bit. Won't be close enough for a lunge at Turn 8.

15:40 Two laps to go. What has Marquez got in reserve?

15:39 Marquez a bit wide into Turn 10.

15:39 Marquez got a real good run out of Turn 6 but couldn't make it work into Turn 8.

15:38 Vinales has found a third wind. He's 1.5s behind the top two with three laps to go.

15:38 Quartararo looks like he strayed just slightly outside of track limits at Curvone. Needs to be careful does Fabio.

15:37 Tense faces in Honda, tense faces at SRT. Are we set up for another last-lap thriller?

15:37 Crutchlow - third here last year - has crashed out at Turn 8. Miserable end to a miserable weekend.

15:36 Marquez so close at Turn 10. He definitely thought about a move there, but Quartararo is putting his Yamaha where it needs to be.

15:36 The nature of this circuit arguably doesn't suit the 2019 Honda so much, as Marquez will need to work the rear a bit harder to turn the bike to make up for it's lack of front-end turning. Just like at Silverstone with Rins and Suzuki, Quartararo is able to use the Yamaha's sweet handling chassis to maximise corner speed and look after the tyres a bit more.

15:34 And just as we were singing his praises, Pirro has crashed. He's remounted but is out of the points.

15:34 Six laps to go. Marquez a little bit closer to Quartararo as they start the lap.

15:33 Vinales's deficit to Marquez is back to 2.1s, so I think that is game over for his hopes of winning.

15:32 The Honda visibly closes in between Turn 10 and 11 with its power, but just doesn't have the turning ability of the Yamaha to follow Quartararo close enough into the braking zone of Turn 14.

15:31 Eight laps remaining and Quartararo still leads Marquez, with Vinales just edging closer to the top two but not really making the inroads he needs.

15:30 A bit further back, wildcard Pirro is running 10th on the Ducati ahead of works rider Petrucci.

15:30 Vinales now 1.8s behind Marquez. This could force the Honda to make a move soon.

15:29 A dejected Rins trundles back to his Suzuki garage.

15:29 Quartararo operating laps between 1m33.8s-1m34.1s. Really nice pace. I suspect Marquez will be similar.

15:28 Vinales is now 1.9s behind Marquez. Still 10 laps to go, but how hard is he working that tyre to get back into contention? He really needs the top two to start battling soon to make this doable for Vinales.

15:27 Rossi botches a move on Morbidelli for fourth at Turn 8 and lets the SRT rider straight back through.

15:27 Marquez's points lead would be 88 if it stays like this.