Spain's Lorenzo beats leader Marquez to win Austrian GP

IANS  |  Spielberg (Austria) 

Spanish MotoGP rider of on Sunday won beating his compatriot of in the last round of the race.

Lorenzo set the pace at the Red Bull circuit of Spielberg, clocking 39 minutes and 40.688 seconds, reports

The winning Spaniard was 0.130 second ahead of runner-up Marquez, who took the pole position on Saturday.

Italy's of finished in the third position.

Although Marquez finished second, he is still the of the 2018 MotoGP world standing with 201 points, 59 points ahead of second-placed Italy's Valentino Rossi of

Lorenzo is in the third position of the world standing with 130 points.

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First Published: Sun, August 12 2018. 19:58 IST