Maverick Vinales insiste🃏d he had no regrets after risking everything to try and pass Marc Marquez♏ for victory on the final lap of the Australian MotoGP, only to crash out with a few corners to go.

Fastest during free practice and on pole after Sunday's dela𒁏yed qualifying, the Monster Yamaha rider carved his way steadily forwards from sixth to lead by lap 10 of 27.

But Marquez was instantly aware oꦕf the breakaway danger posed by Vinales and was soon tucked into his slipstream, where the Repsol Honda rider remained ♒for lap after lap.

C🌺learly sizing up a late pass, the RCV's straight-line advantage meant Marquez was even sitting up to avoid showing his hand too soon.

The newly crowne🌊d eight-time world champion then duly blasted ahead on the main straight at the start of thꦫe final lap.

Vinales had been awaiting the move and set his sights on retaliation into the Turn 10 Hairpin. But disaster struck when Vinales lost the rear of this M1 as he swept over the preceeding Lukey Heights and was pitched o✨nto the 𝓡ground.

"Actually, I'm very happy because I gave my best every single lap and today for me was victory or nothing," V🍰inales said.

"I tried to꧒ break away when I got into the lead but as soon as I saw '15 laps, Marc +0.2' I said 'okay, I'll wait for the last lap'.

"I knew if Marc was '+0' he would overtake on the straight because it's norma🍌l. He played his cards. In my mind was onl𝓡y Turn 10. That was where I was strong, but I needed to be very close to make the attack.

"I had saved a little൩ bit of tyre and in sector three I could close the gap. On the kerb or not, I planned to go in without brakes to see what happened. So if the crash wasn't [ovꦫer Lukey Heights], it might have been ten metres later!

"Today was a ra🐭ce to win, not to be second. I had the chance, so I tried."

Vinales wasn🦹't exactly sure why the rear had let go, but said it wasn't a surprise given how💜 hard he was pushing to line-up the pass.

"I shifted down one gear, locked the rear and then just fell down on the other side. Maybe I was banking the bike a little bit more,🍷 trying to go to the inside. I really don’t know. For sure it was my fault because if I rode norm𝄹ally I wouldn't have crashed," he said.

"But I need to understand the way to fight with the Yamaha. So if this time I fell down, maybe next time I can m🧜ake the attack work. We will see. Today was important to learn."

Whil෴e Vinales held his hands up for crashing out, th⛄e Yamaha's straight-line deficit was clear for all to see.

"For sure we have things to improve. You co💞uld see on the TV," he said. "So we need to keep working. I think we have very positive points but others that we have to improve.

"I'm quite happy because I could keep a good rhythm. I think of the rest maybe only Ma🐲rc was better than us. But the rest were 11-12 seconds back. So I think the consumption of the tyre was good."

Vinales' exit promoted Cal Crutchl🍌ow to second and home star Jack Miller to third.

Last year's Phillip Island winner has also now dropped s🌟even points behind Suzuki's Alex Rins in t🐭he fight for third in the world championship.