In what was nothing but a totally exciting race, Marc Marquez won his 5th MotoGP title becoming the youngest and joining a very short list of elite riders Rossi, Doohan and Agostini. His main rival, the Italian Andrea Dovizioso launched at the start and held the lead brilliantly in his Ducati until his front tire gave up two laps from the checkered flag and he crashed out of the race and the title fight as well. Marquez put a lot of pressure from the start and he and Cal Crutchlow were the only ones that could keep up with the rhythm Dovi was imposing with Crutchlow fading out in the end as the two title contenders went into that extra gear of their own.
After Dovi´s fall, Marquez had his way clear to the win, Crutchlow barely held on to the 2nd position with Alex Rins in the Suzuki setting very fast pace in the second half of the race in a determined charge to the front. Andrea Iannone, the other Suzuki rider moved along with his team mate past Valentino Rossi but couldn´t match his team mate´s pace and crashed out as well, leaving Rossi with the 4th place of the race. Alvaro Bautista finished 5th, followed by Zarco, Viñales, Pedrosa, Petrucci and Syahrin.
Next stop is Phillip Island..
