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Aussie Miller stays alive in Moto3 title race

Spaniard Esteve Rabat sealed the Moto2 championship with a round to spare at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday with a third-place finish behind winner Maverick Vinales.

Rabat takes an unassailable 37-point lead in the championship into the final round at Valencia over second-placed Finn Mika Kallio, who was runner-up at Sepang, over two seconds behind a third Kalex rider in Vinales.

The Moto3 series will head into the final round at Valencia with Alex Marquez, the younger brother of MotoGP champion Marc Marquez, taking an 11-point lead over Australian Jack Miller after finishing fifth at Sepang behind winner Efren Vazquez.

Miller was beaten to the finish line by Spanish Honda rider Efran Vazquez, who clinched his second title of the season by passing Miller at the final turn.

Vazquez, who also won in Indianapolis, finished the race in 40 minutes 41.002seconds.

Miller came second just 0.213 seconds behind.



(Writing by Ian Ransom; Editing by Sudipto Ganguly)