2018 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2018 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 18 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 November 2018
Official name	Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix [1]
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez [N 1] Honda Time 2:12.161 Fastest lap Rider Álex Rins Suzuki Time 2:00.762 on lap 5 Podium First Marc Márquez Honda Second Álex Rins Suzuki Third Johann Zarco Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Álex Márquez Kalex Time 2:05.629 Fastest lap Rider Luca Marini Kalex Time 2:07.423 on lap 2 Podium First Luca Marini Kalex Second Miguel Oliveira KTM Third Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Jorge Martín Honda Time 2:11.731 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martín Honda Time 2:13.931 on lap 14 Podium First Jorge Martín Honda Second Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda Third Enea Bastianini Honda

The 2018 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 4 November 2018.

Marc Márquez, doing a wheelie to celebrate winning the MotoGP race.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	20	40:32.372	7 [N 2]	25
2	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	20	+1.898	8	20
3	5	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	20	+2.474	1	16
4	25	Maverick Viñales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	20	+4.667	11	13
5	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	20	+6.190	10	11
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	20	+11.248	4	10
7	19	Álvaro Bautista	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	20	+15.611	9	9
8	43	Jack Miller	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	20	+19.009	5	8
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	20	+22.921	6	7
10	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	20	+26.919	23	6
11	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	20	+29.503	12	5
12	21	Franco Morbidelli	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	20	+30.933	19	4
13	6	Stefan Bradl	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	20	+35.322	20	3
14	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	20	+37.912	22	2
15	38	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+39.675	17	1
16	12	Thomas Lüthi	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	20	+41.820	18
17	10	Xavier Siméon	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	20	+43.978	15
18	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	20	+58.288	2
19	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	20	+1:00.191	13
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	16	Lost Power	16
Ret	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati Team	Ducati	5	Accident	14
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	3	Electronics	21
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	0	Accident	3
DNS	81	Jordi Torres	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati		Did not start
WD	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati Team	Ducati		Withdrew
[1] [2] [3]

• Jordi Torres suffered a broken finger in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.
• Jorge Lorenzo withdrew from the event following Friday practice due to effects of wrist injury suffered at the Thailand GP and was replaced by Michele Pirro.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	18	38:25.689	2	25
2	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	18	+1.194	7	20
3	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	18	+3.020	6	16
4	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	18	+4.497	5	13
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	Speed Up	18	+5.250	3	11
6	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	18	+5.305	13	10
7	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	18	+7.690	1	9
8	41	Brad Binder	KTM	18	+8.943	9	8
9	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	18	+9.687	10	7
10	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	18	+18.547	18	6
11	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	18	+18.816	8	5
12	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	18	+19.739	15	4
13	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	18	+21.177	12	3
14	77	Dominique Aegerter	KTM	18	+21.960	17	2
15	22	Sam Lowes	KTM	18	+26.875	21	1
16	24	Simone Corsi	Kalex	18	+28.515	22
17	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex	18	+28.802	25
18	16	Joe Roberts	NTS	18	+29.791	23
19	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	18	+30.557	20
20	57	Edgar Pons	Speed Up	18	+31.069	19
21	4	Steven Odendaal	NTS	18	+38.430	24
22	95	Jules Danilo	Kalex	18	+42.930	27
23	30	Dimas Ekky Pratama	Tech 3	18	+57.507	28
24	32	Isaac Viñales	Suter	18	+57.910	30
25	21	Federico Fuligni	Kalex	18	+1:03.737	31
26	50	Rafid Topan Sucipto	Suter	18	+2:04.066	32
Ret	40	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	8	Accident	11
Ret	66	Niki Tuuli	Kalex	7	Accident	26
Ret	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	7	Accident Damage	16
Ret	87	Remy Gardner	Tech 3	5	Accident Damage	4
Ret	18	Xavi Cardelús	Kalex	5	Accident Damage	29
Ret	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	2	Accident Damage	14
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Jorge Martín	Honda	17	38:34.799	1	25
2	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	17	+3.556	14	20
3	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	17	+3.757	6	16
4	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	17	+3.795	5	13
5	12	Marco Bezzecchi	KTM	17	+4.095	2	11
6	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	17	+4.106	13	10
7	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	17	+4.232	11	9
8	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	17	+4.704	3	8
9	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	17	+4.707	7	7
10	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	17	+4.715	10	6
11	42	Marcos Ramírez	KTM	17	+4.727	18	5
12	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	17	+5.101	19	4
13	77	Vicente Pérez	KTM	17	+6.392	20	3
14	41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	17	+7.063	23	2
15	22	Kazuki Masaki	KTM	17	+7.353	8	1
16	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	17	+7.478	22
17	76	Makar Yurchenko	Honda	17	+7.626	26
18	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	17	+13.843	9
19	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	17	+19.992	24
20	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	17	+26.678	21
21	81	Stefano Nepa	KTM	17	+34.184	27 [N 3]
22	9	Apiwat Wongthananon	KTM	17	+34.468	25
23	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	17	+1:37.387	28 [N 4]
Ret	44	Arón Canet	Honda	10	Accident	15
Ret	72	Alonso López	Honda	6	Accident	17
Ret	17	John McPhee	KTM	6	Accident	4
Ret	10	Dennis Foggia	KTM	6	Accident	16
Ret	31	Celestino Vietti	KTM	2	Accident	12
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

• Bold text indicates the World Champions.

MotoGP Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 321 2 Andrea Dovizioso 220 3 Valentino Rossi 195 4 Maverick Viñales 193 5 5 Álex Rins 149 1 6 Johann Zarco 149 2 7 Cal Crutchlow 148 2 8 Danilo Petrucci 144 1 9 Andrea Iannone 133 1 10 Jorge Lorenzo 130

Moto2 Pos. Rider Points 1 Francesco Bagnaia 304 2 Miguel Oliveira 272 3 Brad Binder 201 4 Lorenzo Baldassarri 162 1 5 Álex Márquez 157 1 6 Joan Mir 155 2 7 Luca Marini 147 1 8 Marcel Schrötter 138 1 9 Xavi Vierge 131 10 Fabio Quartararo 128

Moto3 Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Martín 240 2 Marco Bezzecchi 214 3 Fabio Di Giannantonio 205 4 Enea Bastianini 166 5 Lorenzo Dalla Porta 151 6 Arón Canet 128 7 Gabriel Rodrigo 116 8 Jakub Kornfeil 115 9 Albert Arenas 107 10 Marcos Ramírez 95

Notes

1. Marc Márquez, who set the fastest time in qualifying, received a grid penalty which promoted Johann Zarco to the pole position grid slot.
2. 6-place grid penalty.
3. 12-place grid penalty.
4. Pit lane start penalty.

References

1. "2018 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
2. "SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
3. "SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

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