( CNN ) -- Marc Marquez tied the 1997 record of Australian legend Mick Doohan for most wins in a MotoGP season with victory Sunday in a thrilling Malaysian Grand Prix . It was the 12th win of the season for Repsol Honda 's Marquez , who has already wrapped up his second straight world title . He had a race long battle with the Movistar Yamaha pair of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo , who completed the podium in Sepang . The 21-year-old Marquez slipped to as low as ninth after a poor start from pole , but the Spaniard quickly worked his way back through the field , taking the lead for good on the 11th lap . Rossi , who won last week in Australia after Marquez crashed out , tracked him for the remainder of the race but finished 2.445 seconds adrift at the checkered flag . Italian legend Rossi has a 12-point advantage over his teammate Lorenzo in the battle for second place in the championship , heading into the final round in Valencia . Marquez will get the chance to beat Doohan 's record on home soil and it is a prospect which thrills him . `` I 've equaled Mick Doohan 's record , with one race left maybe I can beat it , '' he told the official MotoGP website . `` If I had a bad result here the pressure in Valencia would be more . But now I am free in Valencia and I can do well for my fans and just enjoy it , '' he added . Marquez 's teammate , Dani Pedrosa , saw his hopes ended by going off twice and he could not complete the race . The leading three were followed home , at some distance , by Germany 's Stefan Bradl on a Honda and young British rider Bradley Smith on a Yamaha Tech 3 . Smith 's teammate , Pol Espargaro of Spain , came in sixth despite breaking a bone in his left foot in a fall during practice Saturday . Meanwhile , in the world rallying championship , Sebastien Ogier of France retained his global title with victory in the Rally of Spain Sunday . Ogier took the honors ahead of Volkswagen teammate Jari-Mari Latvala of Finland , the only man who could have denied him the title . Another Finn , Mikko Hirvonen , in a Ford Fiesta RS , was third . It was the seventh win in 12 rounds for the 30-year-old Ogier , who is only the fifth driver to achieve back-to-back title triumphs .
Marc Muller wins Malaysian MotoGP in Sepang . 12th win of season for two - time world champion . New all - time record held by Mick Doohan of Australia from 1997 . Sebastien ##ne clinches world championship title with victory in Spain .