🐠Alex Marquez claimed a last-turn Virtual victory over brother and reigning MotoGP champion Marc in Sunday's Misano broadcast.

In real🍬 life, only Andrea Dovizioso and Alex Rins have snatched a MotoGP win by overtaking the r🍌eigning six-time champion at the final corner of a race.

But in the virtual worꦓld, Marc is a clear step behind 'rookie' Alex, who has now won two of the four digital races, arranged b♈y Dorna to help fill the void in the disrupted 2020 calendar.

Indeed, while the video game graphics may be impressive, Marc's tactics couldn't have been more different to real-life for most of the Misano race as he adopted a play-it-safe approach... until the final c🤪orner.

After failing to finish on the podium in the previous incident-packed Vi👍rtual races, and well aware other riders were faster than him, the #93's main aim at Misa๊no was 'don't fall'.

So keen was he to stay out of trouble that - whereas at Jerez he deliberately slowed down in the closing stages to enjoy a battle for fourth wi🌜th Danilo Petrucci - when caught by Alex early in the Misano ꦦrace, Marc pulled over to hand second-place behind Fabio Quartararo to his brother, rather than risk a tangle.

"I used my tactic which was try to stay on the bike, this was the most importa📖nt," Marc said afte☂rwards.

Marc was the only frontrunner not to fall at least once during the hectic ninꦺe-lap contest, a clash between Alex and Quartararo then rewarding him with the race lead with two laps to go.

But the 27-year-old was soon hunted down by the pair of youngsters, putting all three nose-to-tail with just a few corners to go. But Quartararo overdid it, lowsiding at theജ penultimate corner (his third accident of the race).

Then, with a surpriseꦯ victory in sight, Mar♌c's discipline finally broke down.

"The last corner was my mistake because, maybe I was nervous, and I pressed too much the button for the rear brake. Then I began to slide and it was li꧒ke in reality, I had the floating feeling and I went wide!"

Alex had the opposite tactic, successfully betting on a clean exit to defeat hiཧs brot๊her.

"When I saw Marc in the last corner I tried to brake early and then attack in the acceleration," he said. "Marc's mentality was the opposite, h🍒e tried to attack the brake point like in reality and then the floating came and I said, 'okay, I need to accelerate well' and I won!"

Marc quipped: "Alex, in the video game I accept. In reality it will be different! Now you can enjo꧒y, we will have dinner together, but be careful!"

With fellow Virtual winners Maverick Vinales and Francesco Bagnaia finishi🎶ng just sixth and seventh due to accidents at Misano, Alex has now broken clear for the unofficial seﷺries lead.

"I was so nervous because Pecco and Maverick had also won a race each and we were all equal [on points], so I said 'this one I need to win',🍒" Alex said. "But Fabio was the fastest today for sure, one second per lap faster [than everyone in qualifying]."

Quartararo rejoined to finish fou✤rth, handing the final podium position to 'home' star Valentino Rossi who, like Marc, had not finished on the digital rostrum befor🌺e.

"So far it's my best race in 𒆙the MotoGP game and now I can retire from the game!" Marc joked.

"A shame 💃that my brother beat me in the last corner but we will have a nice discussion because I don’t like to lose the race in the last corner! But anyway, if I need to lose to somebody I prefer my brother!"

Alex is now 15-points clear at the top 🌠of the standings from Vinales,🐻 with Bagnaia a further point behind. Marc is in fourth place, 29 points behind his brother.