2018 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

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.
Malaysia  2018 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 18 of 19 races in the
2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date4 November 2018
Official nameShell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix[1]
LocationSepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez[N 1] Honda
Time 2:12.161
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álex Rins Suzuki
Time 2:00.762 on lap 5
Podium
First Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Second Spain Álex Rins Suzuki
Third France Johann Zarco Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Álex Márquez Kalex
Time 2:05.629
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Luca Marini Kalex
Time 2:07.423 on lap 2
Podium
First Italy Luca Marini Kalex
Second Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Third Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Time 2:11.731
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Time 2:13.931 on lap 14
Podium
First Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Second Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda
Third Italy Enea Bastianini Honda

Classification

MotoGP
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 40:32.372 7[N 2] 25
2 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 20 +1.898 8 20
3 5 France Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 20 +2.474 1 16
4 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 +4.667 11 13
5 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 +6.190 10 11
6 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 20 +11.248 4 10
7 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 20 +15.611 9 9
8 43 Australia Jack Miller Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 20 +19.009 5 8
9 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 20 +22.921 6 7
10 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 20 +26.919 23 6
11 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 20 +29.503 12 5
12 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 20 +30.933 19 4
13 6 Germany Stefan Bradl LCR Honda Castrol Honda 20 +35.322 20 3
14 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 20 +37.912 22 2
15 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +39.675 17 1
16 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 20 +41.820 18
17 10 Belgium Xavier Siméon Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 20 +43.978 15
18 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 +58.288 2
19 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 20 +1:00.191 13
Ret 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 16 Lost Power 16
Ret 51 Italy Michele Pirro Ducati Team Ducati 5 Accident 14
Ret 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 3 Electronics 21
Ret 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 0 Accident 3
DNS 81 Spain Jordi Torres Reale Avintia Racing Ducati Did not start
WD 99 Spain 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 Italy Luca Marini Kalex 18 38:25.689 2 25
2 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 18 +1.194 7 20
3 42 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 18 +3.020 6 16
4 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex 18 +4.497 5 13
5 20 France Fabio Quartararo Speed Up 18 +5.250 3 11
6 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 18 +5.305 13 10
7 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 18 +7.690 1 9
8 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 18 +8.943 9 8
9 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 18 +9.687 10 7
10 36 Spain Joan Mir Kalex 18 +18.547 18 6
11 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Kalex 18 +18.816 8 5
12 5 Italy Andrea Locatelli Kalex 18 +19.739 15 4
13 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Kalex 18 +21.177 12 3
14 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter KTM 18 +21.960 17 2
15 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes KTM 18 +26.875 21 1
16 24 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex 18 +28.515 22
17 89 Malaysia Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 18 +28.802 25
18 16 United States Joe Roberts NTS 18 +29.791 23
19 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 18 +30.557 20
20 57 Spain Edgar Pons Speed Up 18 +31.069 19
21 4 South Africa Steven Odendaal NTS 18 +38.430 24
22 95 France Jules Danilo Kalex 18 +42.930 27
23 30 Indonesia Dimas Ekky Pratama Tech 3 18 +57.507 28
24 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Suter 18 +57.910 30
25 21 Italy Federico Fuligni Kalex 18 +1:03.737 31
26 50 Indonesia Rafid Topan Sucipto Suter 18 +2:04.066 32
Ret 40 Spain Augusto Fernández Kalex 8 Accident 11
Ret 66 Finland Niki Tuuli Kalex 7 Accident 26
Ret 45 Japan Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 7 Accident Damage 16
Ret 87 Australia Remy Gardner Tech 3 5 Accident Damage 4
Ret 18 Andorra Xavi Cardelús Kalex 5 Accident Damage 29
Ret 27 Spain Iker Lecuona KTM 2 Accident Damage 14
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 88 Spain Jorge Martín Honda 17 38:34.799 1 25
2 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda 17 +3.556 14 20
3 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 17 +3.757 6 16
4 75 Spain Albert Arenas KTM 17 +3.795 5 13
5 12 Italy Marco Bezzecchi KTM 17 +4.095 2 11
6 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 17 +4.106 13 10
7 40 South Africa Darryn Binder KTM 17 +4.232 11 9
8 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Honda 17 +4.704 3 8
9 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 17 +4.707 7 7
10 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 17 +4.715 10 6
11 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez KTM 17 +4.727 18 5
12 27 Japan Kaito Toba Honda 17 +5.101 19 4
13 77 Spain Vicente Pérez KTM 17 +6.392 20 3
14 41 Thailand Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 17 +7.063 23 2
15 22 Japan Kazuki Masaki KTM 17 +7.353 8 1
16 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 17 +7.478 22
17 76 Kazakhstan Makar Yurchenko Honda 17 +7.626 26
18 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki Honda 17 +13.843 9
19 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 17 +19.992 24
20 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil KTM 17 +26.678 21
21 81 Italy Stefano Nepa KTM 17 +34.184 27[N 3]
22 9 Thailand Apiwat Wongthananon KTM 17 +34.468 25
23 7 Malaysia Adam Norrodin Honda 17 +1:37.387 28[N 4]
Ret 44 Spain Arón Canet Honda 10 Accident 15
Ret 72 Spain Alonso López Honda 6 Accident 17
Ret 17 United Kingdom John McPhee KTM 6 Accident 4
Ret 10 Italy Dennis Foggia KTM 6 Accident 16
Ret 31 Italy Celestino Vietti KTM 2 Accident 12
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race
  • Bold text indicates the World Champions.

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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