Moto3™: Joan Mir (Leopard Racing) takes win number ten of the year

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Joan Mir (Leopard Racing) backed up his win and Championship title from Phillip Island with another impressive performance at Sepang International Circuit, taking the win after catching and passing early leader Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini Moto3). Martin took second – just – after dueling with Enea Bastianini (Estrella Galicia 0,0) to the line. Bastianini was just 0.039 off the Spaniard over the line to complete the podium. Mir now has 11 wins to extend his lead in the record books in the “most wins in Moto3™” category, and is the first rider to win ten races in a year in the lighweight category since Marc Marquez in 2010.

It was Martin who got the holeshot from second on the grid, and the Spaniard shot away into the lead early – six tenths inside the lap record second time around. In clear air and breaking the slipstream effect early, it seemed it could be a done deal – but Mir was soon on the chase. The new Champion reeled in his compatriot and sliced past as soon as he was on the scene – but he wasn’t able to escape. Bastianini was then able to catch the pair and the three were together on track until a close moment between the number 33 and the number 88 allowed Mir to make a break for it.

Not needing a second invitation, the Majorcan was then able to hold onto it and leave the two behind to duel it out for the remaining spots on the podium, with that decided at the final corner in favour of Martin.

Livio Loi (Leopard Racing) put in another impressive ride after bouncing back from a broken collarbone earlier in the season, and the Belgian had a lonely ride to fourth. He was ahead of an incredible group battle for fifth as John McPhee (British Talent Team) made his move on the final lap to take the reins in that fight, crossing the line in P5 by just 0.039 over Andrea Migno (Sky Racing Team VR46).

Romano Fenati (Marinelli Rivacold Snipers) took seventh ahead of his rival for second in the standings Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia 0,0), thereby confirming himself as the runner up in 2017. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) was able to move up from his grid position for ninth, with Bo Bendsneyder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completing the top ten.

Adam Norrodin (SIC Racing Team) had an eventful home race as he was running up at the front for some time before a crash, remounting in a flash and getting back in the action in fourteenth. By the end of the race, the Malaysian was able to take eleventh and just beat rookie teammate Ayumu Sasaki at the flag – but it was a solid double points finish and a positive home weekend for the Sepang International Circuit Racing Team.

RBA Racing Team duo Juanfran Guevara and Gabriel Rodrigo took P13 and P14 respectively, with Manuel Pagliani (CIP) completing the points scorers.

SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX

Moto3 Race Classification 2017

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	36	Joan MIR	SPA	Leopard Racing	Honda	148.7	40’14.545
2	20	88	Jorge MARTIN	SPA	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	Honda	148.7	+0.724
3	16	33	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	148.7	+0.763
4	13	11	Livio LOI	BEL	Leopard Racing	Honda	148.3	+6.868
5	11	17	John MCPHEE	GBR	British Talent Team	Honda	148.0	+11.051
6	10	16	Andrea MIGNO	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM	148.0	+11.090
7	9	5	Romano FENATI	ITA	Marinelli Rivacold Snipers	Honda	148.0	+11.238
8	8	44	Aron CANET	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	148.0	+11.671
9	7	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	ITA	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	Honda	148.0	+11.959
10	6	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NED	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	148.0	+12.062
11	5	7	Adam NORRODIN	MAL	SIC Racing Team	Honda	147.9	+12.572
12	4	71	Ayumu SASAKI	JPN	SIC Racing Team	Honda	147.9	+13.581
13	3	58	Juanfran GUEVARA	SPA	RBA BOE Racing Team	KTM	147.8	+14.885
14	2	19	Gabriel RODRIGO	ARG	RBA BOE Racing Team	KTM	147.6	+18.736
15	1	96	Manuel PAGLIANI	ITA	CIP	Mahindra	147.4	+21.986
16		65	Philipp OETTL	GER	Südmetall Schedl GP Racing	KTM	147.3	+23.365
17		42	Marcos RAMIREZ	SPA	Platinum Bay Real Estate	KTM	147.3	+23.524
18		41	Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT	THA	Honda Team Asia	Honda	147.1	+25.908
19		12	Marco BEZZECCHI	ITA	CIP	Mahindra	147.1	+26.173
20		27	Kaito TOBA	JPN	Honda Team Asia	Honda	146.2	+40.612
21		84	Jakub KORNFEIL	CZE	Peugeot MC Saxoprint	Peugeot	146.2	+40.772
22		14	Tony ARBOLINO	ITA	SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	146.1	+43.110
23		4	Patrik PULKKINEN	FIN	Peugeot MC Saxoprint	Peugeot	145.0	+1’00.918
24		6	Maria HERRERA	SPA	Aspar Mahindra Moto3	Mahindra	145.0	+1’01.104
Not Classified
		9	Kasma Daniel KASMAYUDIN	MAL	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Honda	146.2	1 Lap
		48	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	ITA	Aspar Mahindra Moto3	Mahindra	146.2	2 Laps
		8	Nicolo BULEGA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM	147.3	3 Laps
		23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	ITA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	148.2	10 Laps
		95	Jules DANILO	FRA	Marinelli Rivacold Snipers	Honda	147.4	13 Laps
		40	Darryn BINDER	RSA	Platinum Bay Real Estate	KTM	144.9	15 Laps
		24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	JPN	SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	75.8	17 Laps

Moto3 World Standing 2017

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Joan MIR	Honda	SPA	321
2	Romano FENATI	Honda	ITA	235
3	Aron CANET	Honda	SPA	192
4	Jorge MARTIN	Honda	SPA	171
5	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Honda	ITA	153
6	Enea BASTIANINI	Honda	ITA	130
7	John MCPHEE	Honda	GBR	123
8	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	ITA	118
9	Marcos RAMIREZ	KTM	SPA	107
10	Philipp OETTL	KTM	GER	104
11	Nicolo BULEGA	KTM	ITA	81
12	Livio LOI	Honda	BEL	80
13	Juanfran GUEVARA	KTM	SPA	78
14	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Honda	JPN	66
15	Bo BENDSNEYDER	KTM	NED	61
16	Gabriel RODRIGO	KTM	ARG	54
17	Adam NORRODIN	Honda	MAL	42
18	Niccolò ANTONELLI	KTM	ITA	36
19	Darryn BINDER	KTM	RSA	35
20	Jules DANILO	Honda	FRA	29
21	Ayumu SASAKI	Honda	JPN	29
22	Jakub KORNFEIL	Peugeot	CZE	26
23	Marco BEZZECCHI	Mahindra	ITA	20
24	Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT	Honda	THA	16
25	Albert ARENAS	Mahindra	SPA	14
26	Jaume MASIA	KTM	SPA	13
27	Dennis FOGGIA	KTM	ITA	10
28	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	Mahindra	ITA	9
29	Manuel PAGLIANI	Mahindra	ITA	8
30	Kaito TOBA	Honda	JPN	7
31	Danny KENT	KTM	GBR	6
32	Alex FABBRI	Mahindra	RSM	3
33	Tony ARBOLINO	Honda	ITA	2
34	Maria HERRERA	Mahindra	SPA	1
35	Tim GEORGI	KTM	GER
36	Tom BOOTH-AMOS	KTM	GBR
37	Patrik PULKKINEN	Peugeot	FIN
38	Tom TOPARIS	KTM	AUS
39	Raul FERNANDEZ	Mahindra	SPA
40	Maximilian KOFLER	KTM	AUT
41	Aaron POLANCO	Honda	SPA
42	Kasma Daniel KASMAYUDIN		MAL
43	Gabriel MARTINEZ-ABREGO	KTM	MEX
44	Aleix VIU	KTM	SPA

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of MotoGP.com

Moto3™: Joan Mir (Leopard Racing) takes win number ten of the year

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SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX

Moto3 World Standing 2017

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