2014 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2014 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 17 of 18 races in the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	26 October 2014
Official name	Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Marc Márquez	Honda
Time	1:59.791
Fastest lap
Rider	Marc Márquez	Honda
Time	2:01.150 on lap 2
Podium
First	Marc Márquez	Honda
Second	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha
Third	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider	Esteve Rabat	Kalex
Time	2:07.429
Fastest lap
Rider	Mika Kallio	Kalex
Time	2:07.949 on lap 5
Podium
First	Maverick Viñales	Kalex
Second	Mika Kallio	Kalex
Third	Esteve Rabat	Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider	Jack Miller	KTM
Time	2:12.450
Fastest lap
Rider	Álex Rins	Honda
Time	2:13.731 on lap 2
Podium
First	Efrén Vázquez	Honda
Second	Jack Miller	KTM
Third	Álex Rins	Honda

The 2014 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 26 October 2014.

In MotoGP, world champion Marc Márquez took his 12th win of the season, matching Mick Doohan's record of most premier class victories in a single season, from 1997.^[1] The podium was completed by the two Movistar Yamaha riders; Valentino Rossi finished in second place and Jorge Lorenzo finished in third place. Márquez's result was also good enough for Honda to claim the manufacturers' championship, with a race to spare.^[2] Dani Pedrosa was also in contention during the race, but suffered two crashes and had to retire from the race. The result sealed fourth place in the championship for Pedrosa. Andrea Iannone not competed this race due his injured after his crashed while free practice session. Pol Espargaró also crashed during free practice session - makes his bike on flame.

In the Moto2 category, a third-place finish for Esteve Rabat was enough for the Marc VDS Racing Team rider to clinch the Moto2 world championship with a race to spare.^[3] Rabat had started the race from pole position,^[4] but eventually trailed his title rivals Maverick Viñales and Mika Kallio home. It was Viñales' third victory in four races,^[5] and ensured that the battle for the runner-up placing in the championship would go down to the final race in Valencia; Kallio held the advantage by 15 points over Viñales.

In Moto3, Efrén Vázquez took his second victory of the season – and of his career^[6] – ahead of Jack Miller and Álex Rins.^[7] Championship leader Álex Márquez finished only fifth, reducing his championship lead over Miller to eleven points.^[8] Post-race, Marquez's Estrella Galicia 0,0 team protested the results and the riding manner of Miller, riding for the rival Ajo Motorsport team.^[8] Race directors ultimately decided that no further action was warranted.^[9]

Classification

MotoGP

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	20	40:45.523	1	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	20	+2.445	6	20
3	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	20	+3.508	3	16
4	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	20	+21.234	4	13
5	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	20	+22.283	9	11
6	44	Pol Espargaró	Yamaha	20	+34.668	12	10
7	68	Yonny Hernández	Ducati	20	+38.435	13	9
8	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	20	+48.839	5	8
9	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	20	+50.792	16	7
10	45	Scott Redding	Honda	20	+59.088	17	6
11	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	20	+1:15.949	11	5
12	70	Michael Laverty	PBM	20	+1:17.966	20	4
13	63	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia	20	+1:27.773	21	3
14	23	Broc Parkes	PBM	20	+1:44.244	22	2
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	Forward Yamaha	19	Retirement	18
Ret	9	Danilo Petrucci	ART	14	Retirement	19
Ret	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	12	Accident	2
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Honda	11	Accident	15
Ret	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	6	Accident	14
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	Ducati	4	Retirement	8
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Forward Yamaha	1	Collisions	7
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	1	Collisions	10
DNS	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Moto2

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	40	Maverick Viñales	Kalex	19	40:46.754	4	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	Kalex	19	+2.694	2	20
3	53	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	19	+8.054	1	16
4	5	Johann Zarco	Caterham Suter	19	+10.590	8	13
5	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	19	+10.663	9	11
6	60	Julián Simón	Kalex	19	+10.769	7	10
7	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	19	+15.657	3	9
8	12	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	19	+18.839	5	8
9	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	19	+19.486	12	7
10	23	Marcel Schrötter	Tech 3	19	+24.887	11	6
11	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	19	+28.234	16	5
12	88	Ricard Cardús	Tech 3	19	+30.338	24	4
13	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	19	+30.533	34	3
14	44	Roberto Rolfo	Suter	19	+30.548	19	2
15	81	Jordi Torres	Suter	19	+34.769	22	1
16	20	Florian Marino	Kalex	19	+36.613	20
17	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Suter	19	+38.869	23
18	95	Anthony West	Speed Up	19	+42.201	26
19	19	Xavier Siméon	Suter	19	+47.876	14
20	25	Azlan Shah	Kalex	19	+52.950	29
21	10	Thitipong Warokorn	Kalex	19	+53.163	30
22	97	Román Ramos	Speed Up	19	+59.999	31
23	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	NTS	19	+1:03.331	28
24	18	Nicolás Terol	Suter	19	+1:08.275	27
25	46	Decha Kraisart	Tech 3	19	+1:16.996	32
26	4	Randy Krummenacher	Suter	18	+1 lap	25
Ret	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	15	Retirement	13
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	Speed Up	14	Retirement	15
Ret	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	12	Retirement	10
Ret	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	10	Accident	18
Ret	96	Louis Rossi	Kalex	8	Accident	17
Ret	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	6	Accident	6
Ret	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Caterham Suter	6	Accident	33
Ret	8	Gino Rea	Suter	0	Accident	21
DNS	70	Robin Mulhauser	Suter		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Efrén Vázquez	Honda	18	40:41.002	4	25
2	8	Jack Miller	KTM	18	+0.213	1	20
3	42	Álex Rins	Honda	18	+0.385	17	16
4	52	Danny Kent	Husqvarna	18	+0.803	7	13
5	12	Álex Márquez	Honda	18	+0.831	5	11
6	10	Alexis Masbou	Honda	18	+1.073	11	10
7	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	18	+1.916	13	9
8	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	18	+2.089	3	8
9	98	Karel Hanika	KTM	18	+7.336	12	7
10	33	Enea Bastianini	KTM	18	+9.520	10	6
11	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	Kalex KTM	18	+17.407	19	5
12	99	Jorge Navarro	Kalex KTM	18	+17.610	20	4
13	38	Hafiq Azmi	KTM	18	+29.592	16	3
14	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Mahindra	18	+29.745	28	2
15	2	Remy Gardner	KTM	18	+37.467	29	1
16	43	Luca Grünwald	Kalex KTM	18	+37.505	24
17	95	Jules Danilo	Mahindra	18	+37.792	26
18	65	Philipp Öttl	Kalex KTM	18	+38.773	30
19	4	Gabriel Ramos	Kalex KTM	18	+55.583	34
20	88	Hafiza Rofa	KTM	18	+1:36.170	31
Ret	17	John McPhee	Honda	17	Accident	2
Ret	21	Francesco Bagnaia	KTM	12	Retirement	15
Ret	32	Isaac Viñales	KTM	11	Accident	8
Ret	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	11	Retirement	6
Ret	9	Scott Deroue	Kalex KTM	8	Accident	33
Ret	3	Matteo Ferrari	Mahindra	8	Accident	23
Ret	55	Andrea Locatelli	Mahindra	7	Accident	27
Ret	41	Brad Binder	Mahindra	6	Retirement	25
Ret	31	Niklas Ajo	Husqvarna	4	Retirement	14
Ret	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Honda	1	Accident	22
Ret	16	Andrea Migno	Mahindra	1	Accident	18
Ret	13	Jasper Iwema	Mahindra	1	Retirement	32
Ret	93	Ramdan Rosli	KTM	1	Retirement	21
Ret	44	Miguel Oliveira	Mahindra	0	Accident	9
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

References

1. "Marquez matches Doohan record with victory at Sepang". Crash.net (Crash Media Group). 26 October 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
2. "Honda claim 63rd Constructor's Championship in Sepang". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 26 October 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
3. "Tito Rabat clinches 2014 Moto2 championship at Sepang". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). 26 October 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
4. Lewis, Lisa (25 October 2014). "Rabat secures pole at sweltering Sepang". Crash.net (Crash Media Group). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
5. "Viñales impresses again as victories continue". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 28 October 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
6. "Vazquez on breathtaking Sepang race win". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 28 October 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
7. Lewis, Lisa (26 October 2014). "Vazquez wins - Miller, Marquez slug it out at Sepang". Crash.net (Crash Media Group). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
8. "Vazquez wins at Sepang as Moto3 title fight goes on to Valencia". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 26 October 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
9. McLaren, Peter (27 October 2014). "Estrella protest against Miller, Kent rejected". Crash.net (Crash Media Group). Retrieved 29 December 2014.

External links

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 21 October 2014.