Marc Marquez said he remains right in th꧋e hunt for the MotoGP World Championship after a narrow defeat at the hands of Jorge Lorenzo in a red-hot race at Mugello.

Marquez led on♛to the final straight but was outgunned by Lorenzo's Yamaha M1 on the blast to the line, losing out by 0.019 seconds.

Lorenzo extended his le🍌ad at the top to 10 points over Marquez ahead of the seven꧂th round of the championship at Catalunya on June 5, but the Honda rider says he remains firmly in the title mix.

"Today, I feel what it is like🌱 to lose the race in the last 50 metres, because all my career I never felt,"𒁏 said Marquez.

"I did a really good race because this one of the circuits where always I struggl🍎e more. I'm happy because we finished second and really close to the victory. We did a great las🐈t lap and honestly I forgot the championship and I say 'attack'.

"I feel like this but like always we are losing a little bit in acceleration and w🌳hen I arrived in the last corner, I tried to close but also to prepare my exit because I know that Lorenzo is able to overtake me before the finish line," he added.

"During all the race I was in his slipstream and I never catch him completely. I ♔could catch him on the last lap because he did a mistake with the gear on the first corner, but I tried to be there and I think it was a great show for all the fans," Marquez added.

"We are there in the championship and 10 points are not a big difference. Of course I would like to be in front but we a⭕re there."

Marquez admits he was left feeling frustrated after losing o꧂ut on the dash to the line as acceleration continues to be the Honda's Achilles heal in 2016, but the 23-year-old remains confident HRC will make significant improvements soon.

"You feel frustrated🅰 but already when I arrive in parc ferme [Shuhei] Nakamoto and all thওe Honda staff thank me for the race because they know that we are struggling," he said.

"We are working 100 per-cent to try to improve and I cannot 🃏say nothing because I know they are working really hard, but yes - I did a really good last𝓰 lap and normally always face to face with another rider I am strong.

"But this🤪 time I lose on the straight, it never happened [before] and the only ti✃me it happened was here and also in Qatar. But in the end we know that it is our weak point at the moment but we will improve on the future," he added.

"I'm happy because before the race if you say to me, 'y﷽ou will finish second and lose only five points', I will say, 'where do I ♓need to sign?'"

Marquez conceded that Valentᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚino Rossi had been unlucky to retire from the race while lying second with an engine failure, but said it was imperative to capitalise on any opportunities that m🤡ay arise.

"Of course Valentino was unlucky but in the end you must take profit about this because you never know what will happen in the future, if this luck will come back to him or not," said Marquez, who said he muted his celebr⛦ations🔜 on the podium in front of Rossi's partisan fans.

"The reaction of course was not the best one and for that reason I don't celebrate a 💮lot on the podium because I don't like this, but in t❀he end - okay, all the circuit was yellow, this is true - but I think all the circuit enjoyed the last lap and the show and this is the most important."

Marquez reflected on his near-miss when Lorenzo's Yamaha slowed suddenꦿly on the straight while he was tucked into his slipstream, causing him to⛦ catch his elbow protection as the pair touched.

"Always I was struggling on the slipstr🅷eam and suddenly I saw that Loren💦zo's bike stop and I didn't know what happened," he said.

"The bit that you see [coming off] was my elbow protection that 𝄹went out, but I was planning to attack on the first corner already and this created a little bit of confusion.

"Then, after ꦦthis, everything was normal but yes from the back it was scary but lucky that we don't crash because I crashed already one time there and it was hard."