2018 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	Malaysian
Flag:	Malaysia
Official Name:	Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix^[1]
Location:	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Attendance:	103,984
Course Mi:	3.444
Course Km:	5.543
Race No:	18
Season No:	19
Date:	4 November
Year:	2018
Pole Rider Motogp:	Marc Márquez
Pole Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Pole Rider Motogp Bike:	Honda
Pole Time Motogp:	2:12.161
Fast Rider Motogp:	Álex Rins
Fast Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Fast Rider Motogp Bike:	Suzuki
Fast Time Motogp:	2:00.762 on lap 5
First Rider Motogp:	Marc Márquez
First Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
First Rider Motogp Bike:	Honda
Second Rider Motogp:	Álex Rins
Second Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Second Rider Motogp Bike:	Suzuki
Third Rider Motogp:	Johann Zarco
Third Rider Motogp Country:	FRA
Third Rider Motogp Bike:	Yamaha
Pole Rider Moto2:	Álex Márquez
Pole Rider Moto2 Country:	ESP
Pole Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Pole Time Moto2:	2:05.629
Fast Rider Moto2:	Luca Marini
Fast Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
Fast Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Fast Time Moto2:	2:07.423 on lap 2
First Rider Moto2:	Luca Marini
First Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
First Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Second Rider Moto2:	Miguel Oliveira
Second Rider Moto2 Country:	PRT
Second Rider Moto2 Bike:	KTM
Third Rider Moto2:	Francesco Bagnaia
Third Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
Third Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Pole Rider Moto3:	Jorge Martín
Pole Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Pole Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Pole Time Moto3:	2:11.731
Fast Rider Moto3:	Jorge Martín
Fast Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Fast Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Fast Time Moto3:	2:13.931 on lap 14
First Rider Moto3:	Jorge Martín
First Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
First Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Second Rider Moto3:	Lorenzo Dalla Porta
Second Rider Moto3 Country:	ITA
Second Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Third Rider Moto3:	Enea Bastianini
Third Rider Moto3 Country:	ITA
Third Rider Moto3 Bike:	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.

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	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
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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
22	9	Apiwat Wongthananon	KTM	17	+34.468	25
23	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	17	+1:37.387	28
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

		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

		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

	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 and References

Web site: 2018 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 5 November 2018. Motorsportmagazine.com. 20 November 2018.
Web site: SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2018. Motogp.com. 20 November 2018. 12 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200912183610/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2018/MAL/MotoGP/RAC. dead.
Web site: SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2018. PDF. Resources.motogp.com. 20 November 2018.