Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Jack Miller enjoyed a fierce battle with Estrella Galicia's Alex Marq🙈uez in Qatar, emerging o🦂n top to claim his maiden Moto3 victory.

The💛 pair broke away in the opening laps at the desert-based track and swapped places for much of the race until the cha🤪sing pack reeled them in during the closing stages.

However, 19-year-old Miller took advantage when Marquez rཧan ൩wide on a dramatic final lap and pulled a slight gap to take his first podium on the top spot.

The Australian's victory denied Honda the Moto3 win tജhey have been searching for all weekend as the manufacturer's wait for a first class win since 2012 continues.

Miller also became the first non-Spanish rider to win a Grand Prix in any class since S🔥cott Redding won the Moto2 round at Silverstone last year.

Marquez had been ri🥂ght in contention until the final lap before a mistake🍌 dropped him to fourth, although he managed to recover to claim second place on the line, 0.233 seconds behind Miller.

The experience of Erfen Vazquez served him well as an expertly timed s💯lipstream mꦑove enabled him to steal third place for Racing Team Germany from Miguel Olivera by a tyre's width.

Olivera finished as the top Mahindra performer behin🌌d the Honda/KTM battle, while A🎶lex Rins - quickest in practice - finished fifth, recovering from a poor start to force his way back into contention.

Pole man𓆉 Rins had been as low as 12th on the opening la🎃p before staging a determined fight back.

Team Calvo's Jakub Kornfeil was next in sixth just ahead of Frenchman Alexis Masbou for Ongetta-R🌠ivacold, with Kornfeil's team-mate Issac Vinales securing eighth.

The batꦜtle of the Italians was won by Go&Fun rider Niccolo Antonelli in ninth beating fellow c𝔉ountryman Francesco Bagnaia of Sky Racing Team VR46 into tenth position.

John McPhee was the leading British rider in 11th for Racing Team Germany, with Danny Kent completing the race in 14th for Red Bull Huꦍsqva♓rna.

The remaining points went to Team Sky rider Romano Fenati in 12th and top rookie Karel Hanikಞa in 14th for Red Bulꦯl KTM Ajo, while Brad Binder earned the final point for Ambrogio Racing.

SIC-AJO's Hafiq Azm𒁃i and Team Calvo's Eric ඣGranado collided on the first lap and Team Italia's Matteo Ferrari was also ruled out on the opening lap following a spill.

Other non-finishers included Niklas Ajo and Juanfran Guevara, wh༒ile Mahindra's Arthur Sissis did not make the grid after suffering tonsillitis.