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MotoGP: Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) wins in Malaysia

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Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) claimed his 70th career win after taking victory at the Shell Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix. The 2018 Champion looked set to lock horns with nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), but the race would end in disaster for ‘The Doctor’, as Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) and Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) completed the podium at the Sepang International Circuit.

When the lights went out it was Rossi who got a stellar launch from P2, with pole man Zarco slightly sluggish off the line – ‘The Doctor’ got a comfortable holeshot, with Zarco managing to brake late to slot into P2. Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing) was able to leapfrog Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar) into P3 at the start, with Marquez making up one position in P6.

The premier class riders then settled, but this came after Marquez and teammate Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) exchanged paint on the opening lap. the 2018 Champion would soon start to make his way forward though, despite a hairy last corner moment at the end of the opening lap that led to Iannone crashing out directly behind the seven-time Champion.

At the front, Rossi and Zarco were off as Yamaha had a 1-2 in the opening exchanges, but Marquez hunted them down after making his way past Miller. The Honda rider was on the tailpipes of Zarco’s M1 machine and soon enough he managed to slice his way through. Turn 14 the chosen destination after a slight error from the number 5 machine, with arch-rival Rossi now in his sights. But the number 46 was in an excellent rhythm at the forefront as the gap between the duo hovered at 3/4s of a second, with Zarco beginning to lose touch at the halfway stage of the race as Rossi continued to press on – 1.1 now the gap to Marquez as 10 laps ticked over at Sepang.

With eight to go, Rossi was still pumping in the lap times to keep the gap above a second to Marquez, with Zarco now over three seconds behind his fellow Yamaha rider. However, the gap then dipped below the one-second barrier with seven to go – the seven-time Champion was hunting down the nine-time Champion with menace. As ever, Marquez was pushing the limit and there was a slight scare for the number 93 at Turn 5. A ‘mini Marquez moment’, let’s say.

Five to go at Sepang, the gap? 0.7, as we set ourselves for a grandstand finish between two of the sports all-time greats. But then, disaster for ‘The Doctor’. A return to victory after 26 races went begging as he lost the rear of his YZR-M1 at Turn 1 with four laps to go. You could hear the hearts of thousands break as he picked up his stricken Yamaha in front of the official Rossi grandstand. This left Marquez with a lonely ride home in P2, but the battle for P2 and P3 between Zarco and Rins was far from finished.

Last lap time: Zarco led onto it but Rins was soon past, with the Frenchman having no answer to the Suzuki. Rins would cross the line to take his fourth podium of the season, Zarco took his first since Jerez. After a less than impressive start, Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) recovered to string together a strong latter half of the Grand Prix to finish P4, with Pedrosa crossing the line P5 on his final racing visit to the Sepang International Circuit. It was a subdued race for one of the pre-race favourites Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team). The winner here for the last two seasons couldn’t replicate those results as he took P6, but after Rossi’s crash, the Italian has sealed P2 in the Championship.

Angel Nieto Team’s Alvaro Bautista was P7 in his penultimate MotoGP™ race, he led fellow Desmosedici rider Miller – the Australian slipped down to P8 after a good start. P9 was his teammate Danilo Petrucci, but arguably ride of the day went to a certain Malaysian: Hafizh Syahrin (Monster Yamaha Tech 3). Starting P23, the home hero was able to get a stunning start as he got himself up to P12 on the opening lap, eventually claiming P10 to close Franco Morbidelli (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) down in the battle for ‘Rookie of the Year’ – the Italian claimed P12, with Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) splitting the duo on the timesheets.

LCR Honda Castrol replacement rider Stefan Bradl claimed P13, the German finishing just ahead of teammate Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu), with Bradley Smith (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) completing the points.

Karel Abraham (Angel Nieto Team) retired early on, with Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) also retiring late on. Michele Pirro (Ducati Team) crashed – rider ok.

A scorching encounter in Sepang ends with Marquez on top once more, with Rossi left to ponder on what could have been. Valencia in a couple of weeks’ time brings to 2018 Championship to a close, don’t miss any of the action from there.

SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX

MotoGP Race Classification 2018.

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 164.0 40’32.372
2 20 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 163.9 +1.898
3 16 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 163.9 +2.474
4 13 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 163.7 +4.667
5 11 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 163.6 +6.190
6 10 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 163.3 +11.248
7 9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 163.0 +15.611
8 8 43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 162.8 +19.009
9 7 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 162.5 +22.921
10 6 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 162.2 +26.919
11 5 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 162.1 +29.503
12 4 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 162.0 +30.933
13 3 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 161.7 +35.322
14 2 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 161.5 +37.912
15 1 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 161.4 +39.675
16 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 161.3 +41.820
17 10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 161.1 +43.978
18 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 160.2 +58.288
19 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 160.1 +1’00.191
Not Classified
44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 162.1 4 Laps
51 Michele PIRRO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 160.8 15 Laps
17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 157.9 17 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 0 Lap

MotoGP World Standing 2018.

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 321
2 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 220
3 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 195
4 Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha SPA 193
5 Alex RINS Suzuki SPA 149
6 Johann ZARCO Yamaha FRA 149
7 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 148
8 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 144
9 Andrea IANNONE Suzuki ITA 133
10 Jorge LORENZO Ducati SPA 130
11 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 106
12 Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati SPA 105
13 Jack MILLER Ducati AUS 91
14 Franco MORBIDELLI Honda ITA 50
15 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia SPA 44
16 Hafizh SYAHRIN Yamaha MAL 40
17 Tito RABAT Ducati SPA 35
18 Pol ESPARGARO KTM SPA 35
19 Bradley SMITH KTM GBR 30
20 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda JPN 23
21 Scott REDDING Aprilia GBR 15
22 Karel ABRAHAM Ducati CZE 10
23 Mika KALLIO KTM FIN 6
24 Stefan BRADL Honda GER 3
25 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA Yamaha JPN 2
26 Xavier SIMEON Ducati BEL 1
27 Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA 1
28 Thomas LUTHI Honda SWI
29 Jordi TORRES Ducati SPA
30 Mike JONES Ducati AUS
31 Sylvain GUINTOLI Suzuki FRA
32 Christophe PONSSON Ducati FRA

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