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Alex Rins and Alex Marquez Score Moto3 1-2 For Honda, Aussie Jack Miller 3rd

Author: Aaryn Minerds

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Monday, September 15th, 2014

8:50 AM

Alex Rins and Alex Marquez Score Moto3 1-2 For Honda, Aussie Jack Miller 3rd

Moto3 Honda riders Alex Rins and Alex Marquez raced to a thrilling Moto3 1-2 result for their Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda team overnight at the Misano, Italy round of the MotoGP championship.

Starting from the front row of the grid, Rins took the lead on the fourth of 23 laps when he passed Red Bull KTM Ajo's Jack Miller, and with Marquez slotting into second shortly after the duo rapidly drew clear of the pack, taking Miguel Oliveira (Mahindra) with them, until the Portuguese rider crashed on the 12th lap.

Rins opened up an advantage of 1.2 seconds after ten laps, but Marquez closed up again, and took the lead on the penultimate lap. Rins reversed the positions next time round, and narrowly held on for the win.

‰ÛÏIt was a very nice race, although it dragged on a bit for me because, from the beginning, I spent a long time riding by myself at the front." Rins commented. "Initially I could open a small gap over my teammate, but in the last three laps he managed to catch me.

"Eventually I was able to think about the right strategy, just how it happened to me last year, and in the end it went well. I was able to take the win, so I‰Ûªm very happy.‰Û

Australia's Jack Miller raced to 3rd place at Misano and continues to lead the Moto3 Championship - Credit: Gold and Goose

Title points leader Miller finished three seconds behind the leading two riders in a lonley third position, losing four points of his advantage to his closest challenger Marquez, who is now just nine behind, with third-placed Rins another 11 points behind Miller.

"I‰Ûªm happy to have been able to get on the podium, especially after the little mistake I made on the fourth lap." Miller commented after the race. "I was having a good race, I felt comfortable and luckily I was able to stay on the bike.

"When Efren (Vazquez) and Isaac (ViÌ±ales) passed me, I had to work very hard to reduce the small advantage that they had. I went step-by-step, but it was not enough to get the win.

"I pushed hard and with five laps to go I tried to keep up the pace, but the tires were shot by then. We have to be satisfied with the final result of this race." Miller concluded.

Round 14 is at Aragon on September 28, the race preceding the three rounds in Japan, Australia and Malaysia before the finale, traditionally held in back in Valencia.

Moto3 Round 13 Results:
1 Alex Rins 39'50.694 ESP HONDA Estrella Galicia 0'0
2 Alex Marquez 0.042 ESP HONDA Estrella Galicia 0'0
3 Jack Miller 3.403 AUS KTM Red Bull KTM Ajo
4 Isaac ViÌ±ales 4.459 ESP KTM Calvo Team
5 Enea Bastianini 4.485 ITA KTM Junior Team GO&FUN Moto3
6 Brad Binder 4.671 ZAF MAHINDRA Ambrogio Racing
7 Alexis Masbou 9.406 FRA HONDA Ongetta-Rivacold
8 Andrea Locatelli 9.543 ITA MAHINDRA San Carlo Team Italia
9 Juanfran Guevara 9.706 ESP KALEX KTM Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3
10 Efren Vazquez 10.043 ESP HONDA SaxoPrint-RTG
11 Romano Fenati 10.108 ITA KTM SKY Racing Team By VR46
12 Danny Kent 12.552 GBR HUSQVARNA Red Bull Husqvarna Ajo
13 John McPhee 14.414 SCO HONDA SaxoPrint-RTG
14 Zulfahmi Khairuddin 15.485 SEPANG HONDA Ongetta-AirAsia
15 Jorge Navarro 16.175 ESP KALEX KTM Marc VDS Racing Team
16 Niccolo Antonelli 20.954 ITA KTM Junior Team GO&FUN Moto3
17 Jakub Kornfeil 22.129 CZE KTM Calvo Team
18 Alessandro Tonucci 22.157 ITA MAHINDRA CIP Moto3
19 Philipp Oettl 37.372 GER KALEX KTM Interwetten Paddock Moto3
20 Bryan Schouten 42.795 NED MAHINDRA CIP Moto3
21 Eric Grando 43.323 BRA KTM Calvo Team
22 Miguel Oliveira 43.961 PORTUGUESE MAHINDRA Mahindra Racing
23 Hafiq Azmi 55.212 MAL KTM SIC-AJO
24 Ana Carrasco 55.269 ESP KALEX KTM RW Racing GP
26 Jules Danilo 55.994 FRA MAHINDRA Ambrogio Racing
28 Gabriel Ramos 1'06.814 VEN KALEX KTM Kiefer Racing
29 Scott Deroue DNF DUT KALEX KTM RW Racing GP
30 Andrea Locatelli DNF ITA MAHINDRA San Carlo Team Italia
31 Niklas Ajo DNF FIN HUSQVARNA Avant Tecno Husqvarna Ajo
32 Gabriel Ramos DNF VEN KALEX KTM Kiefer Racing
33 Karel Hanika DNF BRNO KTM Red Bull KTM Ajo
34 Francesco Bagnaia DNF ITA KTM SKY Racing Team By VR46
35 Matteo Ferrari DNF ITA MAHINDRA San Carlo Team Italia

Moto3 Championship Standings
1 Jack Miller 195 pts
2 Alex Marquez 186 pts
3 Alex Rins 175 pts
4 Efren Vazquez 151 pts
5 Romano Fenati 140 pts
6 Alexis Masbou 134 pts
7 Isaac ViÌ±ales 112 pts
8 Enea Bastianini 98 pts
9 Miguel Oliveira 84 pts
10 Danny Kent 77 pts
11 Brad Binder 77 pts
12 Jakub Kornfeil 67 pts
13 John McPhee 53 pts
14 Niklas Ajo 45 pts
15 Francesco Bagnaia 42 pts
16 Juanfran Guevara 40 pts
17 Niccolo Antonelli 30 pts
18 Karel Hanika 24 pts
19 Livio Loi 17 pts
20 Zulfahmi Khairuddin 16 pts

Top Image: Alex Rins narrowly lead home team-mate Alex Marquez to win the Moto3 race at Misano

Credit: Honda Racing