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The Repsol Honda rider had a wobbly start but kept his patience to jump up the positions, closing in on the early leader, Frenchman Fabio Quartarato (Yamaha).
After watching him closely for about two laps, he delivered a final blow in lap 8. The race was already won.
While for Márquez the win was a cause for celebration, Lorenzo had to bid farewell, cheered on by his former team at Ducati and then
Márquez's victory and Lorenzo's 13th spot in
Ducati's
Márquez languished in sixth to begin with and only jumped Maverick Viñales to get into fifth at the end of lap 1.
The Spaniard was second just one lap later and so began closing the gap Quartararo had managed to open up.
By lap 6, Márquez was on the Frenchman's tail and started marking him closely to judge the best moment to overtake.
Repsol Honda thus walks away with the triple crown this year, winning individual, team and manufacturer categories.
Márquez is now a six-time world champion in MotoGP and this year alone has made pole position in every
"Marc Márquez, statistically, the greatest single season in MotoGP history," MotoGP tweeted.
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