Moto2™ : Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) leads KTM 1-2 in the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix

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Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) took back-to-back wins for the first time in Moto2™ with a stunning demolition job at Sepang International Circuit, over five seconds clear at one point and putting in a faultless ride to the flag despite the late threat of rain. Rookie teammate Brad Binder made it another 1-2 for the Austrian factory as he took his second Moto2™ podium in second, able to get past new Moto2™ World Champion Franco Morbidelli in the latter stages. The number 21 – who has led the standings all year – completed the rostrum.

Earlier in the day it was announced that key title rival Tom Lüthi (CarXpert Interwetten) had been declared unfit to race, so Morbidelli’s 29 point advantage going into the Malaysian GP was enough to secure the crown. But celebrations waited until after the flag, when the customary number one was stuck to the front of Morbidelli’s EG 0,0 Marc VDS machine on the way back to parc ferme.

Behind the fastest three in front, Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Racing Team) made a late charge to take advantage of the late rain flags and make it into fourth, three tenths ahead of Francesco Bagnaia (Sky Racing Team VR46) after the Rookie of the Year initially mounted a podium challenge then completed the top five. It was an even closer finish for sixth, with local hero Hafizh Syahrin (Petronas Raceline Malaysia) just catching and getting the better of front row starter Fabio Quartararo (Pons HP 40) by 0.078 seconds.

Xavi Vierge (Tech 3 Racing) and Isaac Viñales (BE-A-VIP SAG Team) were two more close finishers, just 0.068 apart in P8 and P9 respectively. Tetsuta Nagashima (Teluru SAG Team) completed the top ten after a solid ride for his best finish so far.

Simone Corsi and Augusto Fernandez (Speed Up), Andrea Locatelli (Italtrans Racing Team), Iker Lecuona and Jesko Raffin (Garage Plus Interwetten) completed the points scorers – with a number of high profile DNFs in the race, including one for Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS).

Now the title is wrapped up and a little more history has been made, it’s back to European soil for the final circus of the season in Valencia.

SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX

Moto2 Race Classification 2017

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	156.0	40’28.955
2	20	41	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	155.9	+2.387
3	16	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	155.6	+6.878
4	13	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	154.7	+21.774
5	11	42	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	154.6	+22.086
6	10	55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	MAL	Petronas Raceline Malaysia	Kalex	154.6	+23.410
7	9	40	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Pons HP40	Kalex	154.5	+23.488
8	8	97	Xavi VIERGE	SPA	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	154.5	+24.976
9	7	32	Isaac VIÑALES	SPA	BE-A-VIP SAG Team	Kalex	154.4	+25.044
10	6	45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	Teluru SAG Team	Kalex	154.3	+27.199
11	5	24	Simone CORSI	ITA	Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	154.2	+28.614
12	4	37	Augusto FERNANDEZ	SPA	Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	154.2	+29.125
13	3	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	154.0	+31.978
14	2	27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	Garage Plus Interwetten	Kalex	153.2	+44.346
15	1	2	Jesko RAFFIN	SWI	Garage Plus Interwetten	Kalex	153.2	+45.088
16		57	Edgar PONS	SPA	Pons HP40	Kalex	152.8	+51.358
17		23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Suter	152.3	+59.328
18		15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	150.8	+1’24.767
Not Classified
		7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	Forward Racing Team	Kalex	153.7	8 Laps
		62	Stefano MANZI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	154.6	9 Laps
		49	Axel PONS	SPA	RW Racing GP	Kalex	148.6	12 Laps
		26	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	INA	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	145.6	18 Laps
		87	Remy GARDNER	AUS	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	145.3	18 Laps
		73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	131.9	18 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
		30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex		0 Lap
		11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Suter		0 Lap
		10	Luca MARINI	ITA	Forward Racing Team	Kalex		0 Lap
		89	Khairul Idham PAWI	MAL	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex		0 Lap

Moto2 World Standing 2017

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Franco MORBIDELLI	Kalex	ITA	288
2	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	SWI	243
3	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	POR	216
4	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	SPA	190
5	Francesco BAGNAIA	Kalex	ITA	161
6	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	ITA	148
7	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	JPN	128
8	Simone CORSI	Speed Up	ITA	110
9	Brad BINDER	KTM	RSA	109
10	Xavi VIERGE	Tech 3	SPA	98
11	Hafizh SYAHRIN	Kalex	MAL	96
12	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	SWI	82
13	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	SPA	60
14	Luca MARINI	Kalex	ITA	59
15	Fabio QUARTARARO	Kalex	FRA	56
16	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	ITA	50
17	Marcel SCHROTTER	Suter	GER	47
18	Sandro CORTESE	Suter	GER	43
19	Jesko RAFFIN	Kalex	SWI	26
20	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	AUS	23
21	Axel PONS	Kalex	SPA	22
22	Xavier SIMEON	Kalex	BEL	16
23	Yonny HERNANDEZ	Kalex	COL	16
24	Stefano MANZI	Kalex	ITA	14
25	Isaac VIÑALES	Kalex	SPA	14
26	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	Kalex	JPN	14
27	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	MAL	10
28	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	ITA	8
29	Ricard CARDUS	KTM	SPA	7
30	Joe ROBERTS	Kalex	USA	6
31	Alex DE ANGELIS	Kalex	RSM	5
32	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Speed Up	SPA	4
33	Danny KENT	Suter	GBR	3
34	Edgar PONS	Kalex	SPA	2
35	Iker LECUONA	Kalex	SPA	2
36	Ikuhiro ENOKIDO	Kalex	JPN	2
37	Tarran MACKENZIE	Suter	GBR	1
38	Federico FULIGNI	Kalex	ITA	1
39	Julian SIMON	Kalex	SPA
40	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA		INA
41	Ryo MIZUNO	Kalex	JPN
42	Karel HANIKA	Kalex	CZE
43	Axel BASSANI	Speed Up	ITA
44	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	RSA
45	Jake DIXON	Suter	GBR

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of MotoGP.com

Moto2™ : Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) leads KTM 1-2 in the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix

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SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX

Moto2 World Standing 2017

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