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MotoGP™: Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) became the ninth different winner in MotoGP™ in 2016

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Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) took his second ever victory at the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix, as he navigated the torrential conditions of Sepang to emerge as the ninth winner of 2016: an all time first for the MotoGP™ World Championship to write another chapter in the ever-changing history books of the premier class. After dueling for the lead earlier in the race, Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) came home P2, with teammate Jorge Lorenzo completing the podium.

Lorenzo got the best start off the front row, but it was Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) from Row 2 who moved through the furthest – up to second around Turn 1 – with Lorenzo ahead and the front runners shuffling. With Rossi pushed down to P4, the front group of the Movistar Yamahas, Ducati Team and Marquez were joined in the fight at the front by Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Aleix Espargaro – before the Spaniard then slid out at Turn 1; able to rejoin but down the order.

Rossi fought his way back into the lead before Andrea Iannone (Ducati Team) struck to take P1 – despite still recovering from a cracked vertebra from a crash in Misano – and the Maniac held firm. Teammate Dovizioso was holding off Marquez in third and fourth, with Jorge Lorenzo stalked by Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) just behind.

A duel broke out at the front between Rossi and Iannone, with the Maniac true to form and hitting back as the Doctor attacked, before a Turn 15 move saw Iannone take back the lead and power out of the corner ahead – with the speed of the Desmosedici GP16 unthreatened on the main straight.

Dovizioso and Marquez were far from out of the fight, with both moving back to gain on the Italian duo in the lead. Lorenzo was the rider finding himself out of podium contention as he fell down to sixth, moving back into the top five as Phillip Island winner Crutchlow then fell at Turn 2 – the first shot of melodrama in the Malaysian GP.

Two more high profile crashes then rocked the front group, as reigning World Champion Marquez lost his Honda at Turn 11 and slid out – rejoining in the points but out of contention for the victory – followed by early superstar Andrea Iannone at Turn 9, who was unable to rejoin but walked away unscathed.

Dovizioso vs Rossi: Italy vs Italy: Yamaha vs Ducati became the duel at the front – and Rossi was beginning to suffer with the front tyre. With a handful of laps remaining, the rider from Tavullia ran wide at Turn 1 and left his compatriot able to get through, with ‘DesmoDovi’ needing no further invitation to start building a gap.

Keeping it calm and on the road, the number four Ducati crossed the line an incredible margin clear by the penultimate lap, before letting that advantage eke away on his way to the flag – keeping everything minimal risk. Rossi kept his YZR M1 upright in second, as Lorenzo took a solid result in the wet to complete the podium, with the caution that at the start saw the Mallorcan overtaken then converted into a good haul of points as he kept it on the road.

Dovizioso’s spectacular win, as well as marking the ninth different victor of the year, is his second premier class victory – the first being Donington Park in 2009 – and the second win this season for the Borgo Panigale factory, after a long drought since 2010.

Loris Baz and Hector Barbera (Avintia Racing) were the unsung heroes further back on track as the drama ahead stole the spotlight, with Baz showing incredible wet weather pace once again, into fourth with five laps to go. Barbera then overtook his teammate, with the two crossing the line to complete the top five in another Brno-esque triumph for the team.

Maverick Viñales (Team Suzuki Ecstar) had an uncharacteristically quiet race as the Silverstone winner struggled slightly in the wet conditions, nevertheless taking a solid P6 and good haul of points. Alvaro Bautista shone for Aprilia Racing Team Gresini once again in Malaysia with a well-deserved seventh place for the Noale factory, ahead of Assen winner Jack Miller (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS), Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Yakhnich), who completed the top ten.

World Champion Marc Marquez – despite his crash – crossed the line eleventh to retain Phillip Island as his only DNF in a stunning year on his scorecard.

The paddock now return to Valencia and home turf for Marquez, as he prepares to ride at home for the first time since taking his third premier class crown – but the one remaining race now begs the question:

Can there be a tenth?

SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX

MotoGP Race Classification 2016.

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 148.8 42’27.333
2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 148.6 +3.115
3 16 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 148.1 +11.924
4 13 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 147.6 +19.916
5 11 76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 147.6 +21.353
6 10 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 147.5 +22.932
7 9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 147.3 +25.829
8 8 43 Jack MILLER AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 146.9 +32.746
9 7 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 146.8 +33.704
10 6 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 146.8 +34.280
11 5 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 146.7 +36.480
12 4 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 146.7 +36.638
13 3 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 146.7 +36.897
14 2 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 146.2 +45.609
15 1 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 145.9 +49.779
16 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Repsol Honda Team Honda 145.8 +52.665
17 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 145.8 +52.784
18 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 145.6 +54.891
Not Classified
29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 148.2 7 Laps
35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 147.9 8 Laps
68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 144.6 8 Laps

MotoGP World Standing 2016.

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 278
2 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 236
3 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 208
4 Maverick VIÑALES Suzuki SPA 191
5 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 162
6 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 155
7 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 141
8 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha SPA 124
9 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 97
10 Andrea IANNONE Ducati ITA 96
11 Aleix ESPARGARO Suzuki SPA 85
12 Eugene LAVERTY Ducati IRL 77
13 Alvaro BAUTISTA Aprilia SPA 76
14 Scott REDDING Ducati GBR 72
15 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 71
16 Stefan BRADL Aprilia GER 60
17 Jack MILLER Honda AUS 56
18 Bradley SMITH Yamaha GBR 55
19 Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA 36
20 Loris BAZ Ducati FRA 35
21 Tito RABAT Honda SPA 29
22 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati COL 20
23 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA Yamaha JPN 5
24 Alex LOWES Yamaha GBR 3
25 Hiroshi AOYAMA Honda JPN 1
26 Nicky HAYDEN Honda USA 1
27 Mike JONES Ducati AUS 1

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