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| Date | 29 October 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sepang International Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 29 October 2017.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 4 |  Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | 44:51.497 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 99 |  Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | +0.743 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 |  Johann Zarco | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +9.738 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +17.763 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +29.144 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 20 | +30.380 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +30.769 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 43 |  Jack Miller | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 20 | +35.238 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +38.053 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 20 | +39.847 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 20 | +42.559 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 38 |  Bradley Smith | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 20 | +44.602 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 45 | Scott Redding | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 20 | +48.696 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 20 | +50.058 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 20 | +50.705 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 60 |  Michael van der Mark | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +56.397 | 22 | |
| 17 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 20 | +58.391 | 9 | |
| 18 | 53 | Tito Rabat | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 20 | +1:25.571 | 19 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sam Lowes | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 9 | Retired | 18 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Karel Abraham | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 8 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 76 | Loris Baz | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 5 | Accident | 17 | |
| DSQ | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 11 | Black flag | 8 | |
| Sources: [2] [3] [4] | ||||||||
Franco Morbidelli sealed the Moto2 title before the race started on Sunday after Thomas Lüthi was declared unfit and unable to start the race following a qualifying crash that left him with a broken ankle. [5]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 36 | Joan Mir | Honda | 18 | 40:14.545 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Honda | 18 | +0.724 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 18 | +0.763 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 11 |  Livio Loi | Honda | 18 | +6.868 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 18 | +11.051 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 18 | +11.090 | 19 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Romano Fenati | Honda | 18 | +11.238 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Arón Canet | Honda | 18 | +11.671 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 18 | +11.959 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | KTM | 18 | +12.062 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 |  Adam Norrodin | Honda | 18 | +12.572 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 71 |  Ayumu Sasaki | Honda | 18 | +13.581 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | KTM | 18 | +14.885 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 19 |  Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 18 | +18.736 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | 96 | Manuel Pagliani | Mahindra | 18 | +21.986 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 65 |  Philipp Öttl | KTM | 18 | +23.365 | 24 | |
| 17 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | KTM | 18 | +23.524 | 17 | |
| 18 | 41 |  Nakarin Atiratphuvapat | Honda | 18 | +25.908 | 27 | |
| 19 | 12 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mahindra | 18 | +26.173 | 26 | |
| 20 | 27 | Kaito Toba | Honda | 18 | +40.612 | 21 | |
| 21 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Peugeot | 18 | +40.772 | 22 | |
| 22 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Honda | 18 | +43.110 | 28 | |
| 23 | 4 |  Patrik Pulkkinen | Peugeot | 18 | +1:00.918 | 30 | |
| 24 | 6 | María Herrera | Mahindra | 18 | +1:01.104 | 31 | |
| Ret | 9 | Kasma Daniel | Honda | 17 | Accident | 29 | |
| Ret | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Mahindra | 16 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 8 | Nicolò Bulega | KTM | 15 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | KTM | 8 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 5 | Accident | 9 [N 1] | |
| Ret | 40 |  Darryn Binder | KTM | 3 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 13 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT | |||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded. [6]
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| Pos. | Rider | Points |
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| 1 | Franco Morbidelli | 288 |
| 2 |  Thomas Lüthi | 243 |
| 3 |  Miguel Oliveira | 216 |
| 4 | Álex Márquez | 190 |
| 5 | Francesco Bagnaia | 161 |
| 6 | Mattia Pasini | 148 |
| 7 | Takaaki Nakagami | 128 |
| 8 | Simone Corsi | 110 |
| 9 | Brad Binder | 109 |
| 10 | Xavi Vierge | 98 |
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
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| 1 | Joan Mir | 321 |
| 2 | Romano Fenati | 235 |
| 3 | Arón Canet | 192 |
| 4 | Jorge Martín | 171 |
| 5 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | 153 |
| 6 | Enea Bastianini | 130 |
| 7 | John McPhee | 123 |
| 8 | Andrea Migno | 118 |
| 9 | Marcos Ramírez | 107 |
| 10 | Philipp Öttl | 104 |
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