Cape Town  – South Africa’s Brad Binder has won the Moto2 race in Valencia and with that victory takes the runner-up spot in the championship, just three points behind Alex Marquez.

Binder, who spent much of the race in second place, made his move on the last lap, getting past Tom Luthi and winning by the narrowest of margins.

Series champion Marquez crashed out of the race while in 5th position.

Binder will now make the move to MotoGP with KTM after completing his fifth victory of the year.