2022 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	Malaysian
Flag:	Malaysia
Official Name:	Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia
Location:	Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course Mi:	3.444
Course Km:	5.543
Race No:	19
Season No:	20
Date:	23 October
Year:	2022
Pole Rider Motogp:	Jorge Martín
Pole Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Pole Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Pole Time Motogp:	1:57.790
Fast Rider Motogp:	Jorge Martín
Fast Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Fast Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Fast Time Motogp:	1:59.634 on lap 2
First Rider Motogp:	Francesco Bagnaia
First Rider Motogp Country:	ITA
First Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Second Rider Motogp:	Enea Bastianini
Second Rider Motogp Country:	ITA
Second Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Third Rider Motogp:	Fabio Quartararo
Third Rider Motogp Country:	FRA
Third Rider Motogp Bike:	Yamaha
Pole Rider Moto2:	Ai Ogura
Pole Rider Moto2 Country:	JPN
Pole Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Pole Time Moto2:	2:06.405
Fast Rider Moto2:	Tony Arbolino
Fast Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
Fast Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Fast Time Moto2:	2:07.132 on lap 5
First Rider Moto2:	Tony Arbolino
First Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
First Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Second Rider Moto2:	Alonso López
Second Rider Moto2 Country:	ESP
Second Rider Moto2 Bike:	Boscoscuro
Third Rider Moto2:	Jake Dixon
Third Rider Moto2 Country:	GBR
Third Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Pole Rider Moto3:	Dennis Foggia
Pole Rider Moto3 Country:	ITA
Pole Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Pole Time Moto3:	2:11.411
Fast Rider Moto3:	Ayumu Sasaki
Fast Rider Moto3 Country:	JPN
Fast Rider Moto3 Bike:	Husqvarna
Fast Time Moto3:	2:12.671 on lap 3
First Rider Moto3:	John McPhee
First Rider Moto3 Country:	GBR
First Rider Moto3 Bike:	Husqvarna
Second Rider Moto3:	Ayumu Sasaki
Second Rider Moto3 Country:	JPN
Second Rider Moto3 Bike:	Husqvarna
Third Rider Moto3:	Sergio García
Third Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Third Rider Moto3 Bike:	Gas Gas

The 2022 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia) was the nineteenth round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 23 October 2022.

The Grand Prix returns to Malaysia after absences in and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the MotoGP class, the Ducati Lenovo Team secured the Teams' Championship, their second consecutive and third overall.^[1]

Background

Riders' entries

In the MotoGP class, Tetsuta Nagashima continues to replace Takaaki Nakagami in the LCR Honda, given the latter's finger injury from which he has not recovered. In the Moto2 class, Zonta van den Goorbergh missed the round after suffering a broken left wrist during FP1 of the Australian race.^[2] RW Racing GP replaced him with Azroy Anuar from the Asia Road Racing Championship. Jorge Navarro also missed the round after suffering a fractured femur during the Australian race. He was replaced by Borja Gómez, riding for Flexbox HP40.^[3] Simone Corsi, from MV Agusta Forward Racing also missed the round after injuring his right little finger during the Australian race. He was replaced by David Sanchis.^[4] Winner of 4 Cub Prix Series, Kasma Daniel from Yamaha Team Asean who competed in Asia Road Racing Championship races as a wildcard for the Petronas MIE Racing RW.^[5] Barry Baltus missed the race due to the injury. In the Moto3 class, Nicola Carraro continues in his substitution in the QJmotor Avintia Racing Team against the injured Matteo Bertelle. Syarifuddin Azman dropped wildcard for the VisionTrack Racing Team.

Free practice session

MotoGP

Combinated Free Practice 1-2-3

The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.

Fastest session lap

		Biker	Constructor
				FP1^[6]	FP2^[7]	FP3^[8]
1	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	1:59.986	2:10.572	1:58.583
2	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	2:00.767	2:09.962	1:58.772
3	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	2:01.328	2:09.353	1:58.796
4	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	2:00.733	2:09.825	1:58.806
5	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:59.951	2:09.749	1:58.920
6	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:59.875	2:11.568	1:59.003
7	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	2:00.543	2:09.753	1:59.067
8	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:59.576	2:09.960	1:59.126
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	2:01.654	2:11.433	1:59.156
10	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	2:00.771	2:09.390	1:59.167
11	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	2.00.770	2:06.610	1:59.167
12	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	2:01.048	2:08.589	1:59.236
13	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:59.479	2:10.485	1:59.322
14	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	2:01.034	2:07.553	1:59.343
15	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	2:01.247	2:09.898	1:59.405
16	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:59:623	2:10.411	1:59.618
17	73	Alex Márquez	Honda	2:01.015	2:06.896	1:59.934
18	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	2:00.552	2:10.604	1:59.952
19	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	2:01.251	2:05.710	1:59.999
20	87	Remy Gardner	KTM	2:01.704	2:10.592	2:00.126
21	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	2:01.200	2:12.414	2:00.234
22	40	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	2.01.831	2:12.878	2:00.405
23	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	2:01.831	2:10.392	2:00.475
24	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Honda	2:02.866	2:10.639	2:01.208
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Free Practice 4

Fastest session lap

		Biker	Constructor
				Time results^[9]
1	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1:59.925
2	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:59.996
3	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	2:00.021
4	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	2:00.289
5	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	2:00.297
6	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	2:00.319
7	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	2:00.343
8	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	2:00.355
9	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	2:00.480
10	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	2:00.490
11	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	2:00.508
12	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	2:00.510
13	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	2:00.616
14	33	Brad Binder	KTM	2:00.620
15	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	2:00.660
16	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	2:00.709
17	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	2:00.781
18	40	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	2:00.784
19	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	2:00.913
20	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	2:00.994
21	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	2:01.028
22	87	Remy Gardner	KTM	2:01.029
23	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	2:01.392
24	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Honda	2:01.540
OFFICIAL MOTOGP FREE PRACTICE NR.4 TIMES REPORT

Moto2

Combinated Free Practice 1-2-3

The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.

Fastest session lap

		Biker	Constructor
				FP1^[10]	FP2^[11]	FP3^[12]
1	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	2:07.938	2:08.466	2:06.635
2	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	2:06.816	2:08.357	2:07.177
3	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	2:07.867	2:08.743	2:07.039
4	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro	2:08.695	2:08.642	2:07.086
5	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	2:08.290	2:09.899	2:07.292
6	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	2:10.014	2:16.249	2:07.339
7	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	2:08.314	2:08.304	2:07.379
8	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	2:08.444	2:08.424	2:07.443
9	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	2:08.668	2:08.093	2:07.441
10	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	2:08.191	2:08.521	2:07.472
11	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	2:07.644	2:08.896	2:07.472
12	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	2:09.264	2:26.506	2:07.707
13	18	Manuel González	Kalex	2:08.763	2:07.879	2:07.827
14	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	2:08.116	2:09.936	2:07.830
15	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	2:08.589	2:09.765	2:08.051
16	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	2:08.592	2:09.755	2:08.072
17	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	2:08.453	2:08.892	2:08.087
18	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	2:08.453	2:10.659	2:08.093
19	28	Niccolò Antonelli	Kalex	2:09.025	2:10.149	2:08.425
20	42	Marcos Ramírez	MV Agusta	2:08.993	2:10.009	2:08.650
21	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	2:08.737	2:11.040	2:08.776
22	72	Borja Gómez	Kalex	2:10.153	2:10.123	2:09.040
23	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	2:09.683	2:09.612	2:09.135
24	29	Taiga Hada	Kalex	2:10.472	2:12.388	2:09.386
25	81	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	2:10.415	2:10.162	2:09.664
26	98	David Sanchis	MV Agusta	2:10.711	2:10.281	2:09.728
27	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	2:10.142	2:12.653	2:09.851
28	27	Kasma Daniel	Kalex		2:12.071	2:11.160
29	20	Azroy Anuar	Kalex	2:11.216	2:12.020	2:11.524
	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	2:09.235	2:10.029
	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	2:09.593
OFFICIAL MOTO2 COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Moto3

Combined Free Practice 1-2-3

Fastest session lap

		Biker	Constructor
				FP1^[13]	FP2^[14]	FP3^[15]
1	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	2:12.226	2:12.348	2:13.307
2	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	2:12.296	2:13.292	2:12.752
3	44	David Muñoz	KTM	2:13.944	2:12.614	2:12.418
4	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	2:13.131	2:14.209	2:12.559
5	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	2:13.092	2:13.799	2:12.721
6	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	2:13.357	2:13.593	2:12.801
7	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	2:12.851	2:13.680	2:12.892
8	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	2:12.990	2:15.190	2:12.701
9	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	2:13.221	2:14.134	2:13.020
10	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	2:16.199	2:13.038	2:15.184
11	99	Carlos Tatay	CFMoto	2:13.950	2:14.365	2:13.063
12	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	2:13.877	2:13.066	2:13.406
13	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	2:13.303	2:13.405	2:13.111
14	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	2:13.868	2:13.218	2:13.487
15	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	2:13.292	2:13.589	2:13.864
16	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	2:14.619	2:13.442	2:13.848
17	63	Syarifuddin Azman	Honda	2:13.448	2:14.941	2:15.007
18	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	2:13.716	2:14.154	2:13.654
19	31	Adrián Fernández	KTM	2:14.839	2:13.696	2:13.900
20	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	2:14.512	2:14.863	2:13.712
21	17	John McPhee	Husqvarna	2:15.139	2:13.755	2:14.058
22	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	2:14.780	2:14.485	2:13.886
23	9	Nicola Carraro	KTM	2:14.596	2:15.042	2:13.978
24	23	Elia Bartolini	KTM	2:14.136	2:14.479	2:13.995
25	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	2:14.988	2:14.060	2:14.069
26	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	2:15.516	2:14.284	2:14.180
27	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	2:14.544	2:14.515	2:14.223
28	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	2:15.463	2:14.863	2:14.588
29	67	Alberto Surra	Honda	2:15.357	2:14.750	2:14.773
30	64	Mario Aji	Honda	2:15.721	2:15.741	2:15.775
31	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	2:16.032	2:16.029	2:16.576
OFFICIAL MOTO3 COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

		Biker	Constructor				Row
				Q1^[16]	Q2^[17]
1	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:57.790	1	1
2	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:58.246	2
3	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:58.878	1:58.454	3
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:58.490	4	2
5	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:58.575	5
6	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:58.579	6
7	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:58.654	7	3
8	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:58.766	8
9	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:58.645	1:58.862	9
10	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:58.935	10	4
11	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:59.145	11
12	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:59.215	12
13	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:59.053	N/A	13	5
14	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1:59.064	N/A	14
15	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	1:59.256	N/A	15
16	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:59.278	N/A	16	6
17	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	1:59.363	N/A	17
18	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:59.690	N/A	18
19	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:59.699	N/A	19	7
20	87	Remy Gardner	KTM	1:59.803	N/A	20
21	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	2:00.008	N/A	21
22	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	2:00.077	N/A	22	8
23	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Honda	2:00.803	N/A	23
24	40	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	2:10.717	N/A	24
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto2

Fastest session lap

		Biker	Constructor				Row
				Q1^[18]	Q2^[19]
1	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:06.405	1	1
2	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:06.488	2
3	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:06.652	3
4	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:06.701	4	2
5	18	Manuel González	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:06.705	5
6	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:06.738	6
7	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:06.896	7	3
8	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:06.934	8
9	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:06.950	9
10	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro	Qualified in Q2	2:06.952	10	4
11	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	2:07.062	2:07.011	11
12	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:07.096	12
13	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:07.181	13	5
14	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:07.203	14
15	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	2:07.204	2:07.281	15
16	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	Qualified in Q2	2:07.535	16	6
17	28	Niccolò Antonelli	Kalex	2:07.670	2:08.248	17
18	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	2:08.148		18
19	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	2:07.679	N/A	19	7
20	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	2:07.711	N/A	20
21	42	Marcos Ramírez	MV Agusta	2:07.893	N/A	21
22	29	Taiga Hada	Kalex	2:08.055	N/A	22	8
23	81	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	2:08.148	N/A	23
24	98	David Sanhcis	Kalex	2:08.350	N/A	24
25	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	2:08.440	N/A	25	9
26	72	Borja Gómez	MV Agusta	2:08.525	N/A	26
27	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	2:08.686	N/A	27
28	20	Azroy Anuar	Kalex	2:08.738	N/A	28	10
29	27	Kasma Daniel	Kalex	2:09.641	N/A	29
OFFICIAL MOTO2 QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto3

Fastest session lap

		Biker	Constructor				Row
				Q1^[20]	Q2^[21]
1	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:11.411	1	1
2	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	Qualified in Q2	2:11.635	2
3	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	Qualified in Q2	2:11.674	3
4	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:11.751	4	2
5	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:11.836	5
6	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:11.843	6
7	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	Qualified in Q2	2:11.907	7	3
8	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:11.934	8
9	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:11.960	9
10	44	David Muñoz	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:12.051	10	4
11	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:12.136	11
12	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:12.403	12
13	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	2:12.632	2:12.432	13	5
14	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:12.441	14
15	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	2:12.819	2:12.517	15
16	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	2:12.903	2:12.612	16	6
17	99	Carlos Tatay	CFMoto	Qualified in Q2	2:13.362	17
18	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	2:12.677	2:13.662	18
19	31	Adrián Fernández	KTM	2:12.909	N/A	19	7
20	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	2:12.944	N/A	20
21	63	Syarifuddin Azman	Honda	2:13.091	N/A	21
22	17	John McPhee	Husqvarna	2:13.240	N/A	22	8
23	9	Nicola Carraro	KTM	2:13.241	N/A	23
24	23	Elia Bartolini	KTM	2:13.403	N/A	24
25	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	2:13.444	N/A	25	9
26	67	Alberto Surra	Honda	2:13.471	N/A	26
27	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	2:13.585	N/A	27
28	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	2:14.031	N/A	28	10
29	64	Mario Aji	Honda	2:14.260	N/A	29
30	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	2:14.802	N/A	30
31	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	2:15.019	N/A	31	11
OFFICIAL MOTO3 QUALIFYING RESULTS

Warm up practice

MotoGP

Johann Zarco set the best time and was the fastest rider.^[22]

Moto2

Augusto Fernández finished at the top of the standings.^[23]

Moto3

The first places in the ranking are occupied by Jaume Masià.^[24]

Race

MotoGP

		Biker	Team	Constructor		Time/Retired		Points
1	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	20	40:14.332	9	25
2	23	Enea Bastianini	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	20	+0.270	2	20
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	20	+2.773	12	16
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	20	+5.446	4	13
5	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	20	+11.923	5	11
6	43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	20	+13.472	14	10
7	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	20	+14.304	3	9
8	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+16.805	13	8
9	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	20	+18.358	18	7
10	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	20	+21.591	10	6
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	20	+23.235	7	5
12	35	Cal Crutchlow	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	20	+24.641	15	4
13	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+24.918	19	3
14	44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	20	+25.586	17	2
15	25	Raúl Fernández	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+27.039	22	1
16	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	20	+30.427	8
17	73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	20	+33.322	21
18	87	Remy Gardner	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+33.691	20
19	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	20	+41.838	11
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	10	Accident	24
Ret	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	10	Accident	16
Ret	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	6	Accident	1
Ret	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	4	Accident	23
Ret	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	1	Ride-Height System	6
Fastest lap Jorge Martín (Ducati) – 1:59.634 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2

		Biker	Constructor		Time/Retired		Points
1	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	18	38:25.233	2	25
2	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro	18	+11.411	10	20
3	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	18	+11.802	4	16
4	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	18	+13.206	6	13
5	18	Manuel González	Kalex	18	+14.770	5	11
6	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	18	+17.166	14	10
7	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	18	+20.222	9	9
8	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	18	+24.279	3	8
9	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	18	+24.407	19	7
10	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	18	+24.482	16	6
11	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	18	+30.636	18	5
12	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	18	+33.595	15	4
13	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	18	+34.448	13	3
14	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	18	+34.927	12	2
15	29	Taiga Hada	Kalex	18	+43.757	22	1
16	81	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	18	+44.940	23
17	42	Marcos Ramírez	MV Agusta	18	+45.182	21
18	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	18	+48.818	25
19	27	Kasma Daniel	Kalex	18	+53.121	29
20	72	Borja Gómez	Kalex	18	+54.465	26
21	28	Niccolò Antonelli	Kalex	18	+54.812	17
22	20	Azroy Anuar	Kalex	18	+55.685	28
Ret	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	17	Accident	1
Ret	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	9	Accident	8
Ret	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	9	Rider In Pain	27
Ret	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	8	Mechanical	11
Ret	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	5	Accident	20
Ret	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	1	Accident Damage	7
Ret	98	David Sanchis	MV Agusta	0	Accident	24
WD	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex		Withdrew
DNS	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex		Did not start
Fastest lap Tony Arbolino (Kalex) – 2:07.132 (lap 5)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

• Barry Baltus was declared unfit to compete due to an ankle injury suffered in a collision with Arón Canet during FP1.

Moto3

		Biker	Constructor		Time/Retired		Points
1	17	John McPhee	Husqvarna	17	38:04.589	22	25
2	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	17	+0.048	7	20
3	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	17	+0.146	3	16
4	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	17	+0.245	4	13
5	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	17	+0.319	11	11
6	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	17	+0.371	1	10
7	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	17	+5.817	5	9
8	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	17	+6.034	13	8
9	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	23	+6.230	14	7
10	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	17	+6.732	25	6
11	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	17	+6.789	20	5
12	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	17	+9.148	2	4
13	23	Elia Bartolini	KTM	17	+13.416	24	3
14	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	17	+13.682	6	2
15	23	Adrián Fernández	KTM	17	+14.659	19	1
16	63	Syarifuddin Azman	Honda	17	+14.812	21
17	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	17	+14.990	17
18	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	17	+20.530	15
19	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	17	+28.240	27
20	9	Nicola Carraro	KTM	17	+28.285	23
21	64	Mario Aji	Honda	17	+43.055	29
22	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	17	+43.250	28
23	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	17	+54.110	31
Ret	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	15	Accident	18
Ret	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	12	Accident	9
Ret	99	Carlos Tatay	CFMoto	12	Accident	16
Ret	67	Alberto Surra	Honda	8	Accident	26
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	4	Accident	8
Ret	44	David Muñoz	KTM	3	Accident	10
Ret	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	1	Accident	12
Ret	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	1	Accident	30
Fastest lap Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna) – 2:12.671 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^{[25] [26] [27]}

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings

		Rider	Points
	1	Francesco Bagnaia	258
	2	Fabio Quartararo	235
	3	Aleix Espargaró	212
	4	Enea Bastianini	211
	5	Jack Miller	189

Constructors' Championship standings

		Constructor	Points
	1	Ducati	432
	2	Aprilia	248
	3	Yamaha	243
	4	KTM	220
	5	Suzuki	174

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Ducati Lenovo Team	447
	2	Aprilia Racing	334
	3	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	306
	4	Prima Pramac Racing	302
	5	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	271

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings

		Rider	Points
1	1	Augusto Fernández	251.5
1	2	Ai Ogura	242
	3	Arón Canet	200
2	4	Tony Arbolino	175.5
1	5	Celestino Vietti	165

Constructors' Championship standings

		Constructor	Points
	1	Kalex	452.5
	2	Boscoscuro	187.5
	3	MV Agusta	5

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Red Bull KTM Ajo	403.5
	2	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	370
	3	Flexbox HP40	283
	4	Inde GasGas Aspar Team	238.5
	5	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	230.5

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings

		Rider	Points
	1	Izan Guevara	294
	2	Sergio García	241
	3	Dennis Foggia	233
	4	Ayumu Sasaki	227
	5	Deniz Öncü	180

Constructors' Championship standings

		Constructor	Points
	1	Gas Gas	364
	2	Honda	317
	3	KTM	303
	4	Husqvarna	268
	5	CFMoto	127

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team	535
	2	Leopard Racing	361
	3	Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max	324
	4	Red Bull KTM Ajo	274
	5	Red Bull KTM Tech3	221

External links

• Web site: MotoGP Official Website . 17 October 2022 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2 down, 1 to go: Ducati claim Teams' title in Sepang. motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 25 October 2022. 26 October 2022.
2. Web site: Motorcycle racer Van den Goorbergh sustains a broken wrist in Australia. 14 October 2022. paudal.com. 20 October 2022. 21 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221021030010/https://www.paudal.com/2022/10/14/motorcycle-racer-van-den-goorbergh-sustains-a-broken-wrist-in-australia/. dead.
3. Web site: Borja Gómez sustituirá a Jorge Navarro en Sepang. 14 October 2022. motogp.com. 21 October 2022.
4. Web site: Moto2: David Sanchis, esordio mondiale a Sepang per l'infortunato Corsi . 20 October 2022. corsedimoto.com. 21 October 2022.
5. Web site: Wildcard Kasma Daniel ready for another milestone race in Malaysian GP . 20 October 2022 .
6. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2022 . www.motogp.com.
7. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2022 . www.motogp.com.
8. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 3 Classification 2022 . www.motogp.com.
9. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 4 Classification 2022 .
10. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA Moto2 Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2022 . www.motogp.com.
11. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA Moto2 Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2022 . www.motogp.com.
12. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA Moto2 Free Practice Nr. 3 Classification 2022 . www.motogp.com.
13. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA Moto3 Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2022. www.motogp.com.
14. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA Moto3 Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2022. www.motogp.com.
15. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA Moto3 Free Practice Nr. 3 Classification 2022. www.motogp.com.
16. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2022 . www.motogp.com.
17. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2022 . www.motogp.com.
18. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2022 . www.motogp.com.
19. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2022 . www.motogp.com.
20. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA Moto3 Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2022 . www.motogp.com.
21. Web site: PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA Moto3 Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2022 . www.motogp.com.
22. Web site: Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia MotoGP Warm Up Classification 2022. www.motogp.com.
23. Web site: Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia Moto2 Warm Up Classification 2022. www.motogp.com.
24. Web site: Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia Moto3 Warm Up Classification 2022. www.motogp.com.
25. Web site: MotoGP Standings. 23 October 2022. resources.motogp.com. PDF. 23 October 2022.
26. Web site: Moto2 Standings. 23 October 2022. resources.motogp.com. PDF. 23 October 2022.
27. Web site: Moto3 Standings. 23 October 2022. resources.motogp.com. PDF. 23 October 2022.