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Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle GP

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle GP

                    Sepang Circuit

Sepang Circuit

Circuit info

Length: 5.548 m / 3.447 miles

Width:  25m

Left corners: 5

Right corners: 10

Longest straight: 920 m / 0.572 miles

Constructed: 1998

Race Length:   MotoGP  Moto2   Moto3

Laps       2/3 of laps  Total Distance

20 -                  111.0 km - 68.9 miles

Introduction:

Specifically built for speed and exciting racing, the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia is one of the world’s best. The 2,300 acre complex which also houses a hotel, shopping center, golf course and other sports facilities cost around £50 m to construct and was built in just 14 months, holding its first Grand Prix in April 1999 and setting the standard for race circuits worldwide.

With four slow corners following two long straights and ten medium to high-speed corners, the wide track is particularly favorable to overtaking manoeuvres and plenty of open throttle. One of the longest laps in MotoGP is made all the more gruelling for riders by intense heat and humidity. Sepang is located around 50 km south of Kuala Lumpur city.

MotoGP Race Classification 2012 

Sepang, Sunday, October 21, 2012

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	146.8	29'29.049
2	20	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	146.5	3.774
3	16	1	Casey STONER	AUS	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	146.2	7.144
4	13	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	Ducati	145.9	10.518
5	11	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	145.4	16.759
6	10	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	145.4	17.276
7	9	8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	142.7	50.282
8	8	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	142.6	51.585
9	7	77	James ELLISON	GBR	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART	142.2	56.676
10	6	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati	142.1	57.622
11	5	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda-Suter	141.7	+1'02.805
12	4	51	Michele PIRRO	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	FTR	141.7	+1'02.891
13	3	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	139.7	+1'28.989

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Stefan Bradl meets fans, Sepang Circuit

MotoGP Race Classification 2013

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	163.3	40'45.191
2	20	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	163.1	2.757
3	16	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	162.9	6.669
4	13	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	162.6	10.351
5	11	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	Honda	161.8	22.149
6	10	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	161.8	22.301
7	9	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	161.3	30.864
8	8	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	160.4	45.111
9	7	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	159.4	59.264
10	6	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Ignite Pramac Racing	Ducati	159.3	+1'01.417
11	5	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	JPN	Avintia Blusens	FTR	159.2	+1'03.665
12	4	14	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	158.5	+1'14.256
13	3	71	Claudio CORTI	ITA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR Kawasaki	158	+1'21.603
14	2	8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Avintia Blusens	FTR	157.6	+1'27.976
15	1	5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR Kawasaki	157.5	+1'29.442
16		9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda-Suter	157.5	+1'29.551
17		23	Luca SCASSA	ITA	Cardion AB Motoracing	ART	156.4	+1'47.930
18		67	Bryan STARING	AUS	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	FTR Honda	156.1	+1'52.92

Moto2 Race Classification 2013

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	80	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	155	25'45.411
2	20	40	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	154.9	1.563
3	16	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing	Suter	154.7	2.91
4	13	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	154.6	4.814
5	11	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag carXpert	Suter	154.3	7.352
6	10	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Came Iodaracing Project	Suter	154.1	9.79
7	9	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	154.1	9.84
8	8	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	153.9	11.894
9	7	81	Jordi TORRES	SPA	Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	153.8	12.302
10	6	60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	153.5	15.524

Moto3 Race Classification 2013

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	39	Luis SALOM	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	147.1	40'42.441
2	20	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	KTM	147.1	0.069
3	16	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Mahindra Racing	Mahindra	147.1	0.408
4	13	12	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	KTM	147.1	0.782
5	11	25	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Team Calvo	KTM	147.1	1.055
6	10	8	Jack MILLER	AUS	Caretta Technology - RTG	FTR Honda	147.1	1.077
7	9	10	Alexis MASBOU	FRA	Ongetta-Rivacold	FTR Honda	146.8	5.016
8	8	94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	Kalex KTM	146.8	6.277
9	7	5	Romano FENATI	ITA	San Carlo Team Italia	FTR Honda	146.7	6.952
10	6	65	Philipp OETTL	GER	Tec Interwetten Moto3 Racing	Kalex KTM	146.5	10.962

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MotoGP World Standing 2013

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	298
2	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha	SPA	255
3	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	SPA	244
4	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	198
5	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Yamaha	GBR	166
6	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Honda	SPA	136
7	Stefan BRADL	Honda	GER	135
8	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	ITA	120
9	Nicky HAYDEN	Ducati	USA	102
10	Bradley SMITH	Yamaha	GBR	89
11	Aleix ESPARGARO	ART	SPA	83
12	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	ITA	50
13	Andrea IANNONE	Ducati	ITA	47
14	Colin EDWARDS	FTR Kawasaki	USA	32
15	Hector BARBERA	FTR	SPA	29
16	Randy DE PUNIET	ART	FRA	27
17	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ioda-Suter	ITA	23
18	Yonny HERNANDEZ	Ducati	COL	17
19	Hiroshi AOYAMA	FTR	JPN	13
20	Claudio CORTI	FTR Kawasaki	ITA	11
21	Ben SPIES	Ducati	USA	9
22	Alex DE ANGELIS	Ducati	RSM	5
23	Karel ABRAHAM	ART	CZE	5
24	Michael LAVERTY	PBM	GBR	3
25	Bryan STARING	FTR Honda	AUS	2
26	Javier DEL AMOR	FTR	SPA	1

Moto2 World Standing 2013

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Scott REDDING	Kalex	GBR	224
2	Pol ESPARGARO	Kalex	SPA	215
3	Esteve RABAT	Kalex	SPA	196
4	Mika KALLIO	Kalex	FIN	156
5	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	JPN	138
6	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	SWI	133
7	Johann ZARCO	Suter	FRA	123
8	Thomas LUTHI	Suter	SWI	110
9	Nicolas TEROL	Suter	SPA	108
10	Jordi TORRES	Suter	SPA	90

Moto3 World Standing 2013

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Luis SALOM	KTM	SPA	284
2	Alex RINS	KTM	SPA	270
3	Maverick VIÑALES	KTM	SPA	258
4	Alex MARQUEZ	KTM	SPA	162
5	Jonas FOLGER	Kalex KTM	GER	137
6	Miguel OLIVEIRA	Mahindra	POR	131
7	Jack MILLER	FTR Honda	AUS	89
8	Alexis MASBOU	FTR Honda	FRA	78
9	Efren VAZQUEZ	Mahindra	SPA	62
10	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	KTM	MAL	60

Motogp News

Pedrosa dedicates win to team and fans

Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa dedicated his Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix victory to his team and supporters after he bounced back in style from his Aragon DNF.

The Spanish rider was clearly elated to have got the better of his teammate Marc Marquez and his long time rival Jorge Lorenzo over the duration of the 20-lap battle at the Sepang International Circuit.

Pedrosa had qualified in fifth place on the grid, but having looked strong in free practice and having won at Sepang last year – his first ever MotoGP win in wet conditions – he was confident going into the race, rain or shine.

The race took place in the dry on this occasion and Pedrosa’s confidence was demonstrated with a great start to lead on the first corner and to take control of the race from the initial stages, having responded well to being overtaken by Lorenzo early on lap one.

Once he got out in front Pedrosa laid down a succession of ruthlessly quick laps and eventually he came home as a 2.8s winner over his colleague Marquez, who finished second.

It was Pedrosa’s first win since Le Mans in May and must have been sweeter than ever, after the difficulties of the last fortnight and the heavy bruising he suffered in his spectacular Aragon crash – which was caused inadvertently by Marquez.

Reflecting on taking the maximum 25 points, Pedrosa stated, “It’s a great feeling to come back and to win this race after the huge crash at Aragon, because physically it is very hard here.”

“I have had a hard week and almost couldn’t get out of bed. So it’s great to come back and win this for the fans and the team. It’s a shame really because I had a very good pace at Aragon and could have won, but unfortunately I crashed. So I just want to congratulate my fans, my team and my family.”

Pedrosa still has an outside chance at winning the 2013 MotoGP title, now trailing Marquez in the standings by 54 points, in third position overall, with three races remaining.

‘Half and half’ race for Rossi in Malaysia

After securing his best grid spot since 2010, Valentino Rossi could only finish fourth at Sepang, describing the race as a ‘half and half’ experience.

Rossi referred to the positives and negatives, meaning that he was pleased to have close the gap somewhat on his teammate Jorge Lorenzo, who he trailed across the line by 3.7s, but disappointed to see the advantage his Repsol Honda rivals had over him.

Valentino Rossi dropped initially to fourth off the line from his second place grid position, tucked in behind Marc Marquez on the first lap.

The nine-time World Champion made a move on Marquez at turn 10 but was unable to pass and settled back into fourth. Rossi spent several laps holding off the advances of Alvaro Bautista, narrowly escaping an incident when the Spanish rider overshot turn one, just missing Rossi as he ran wide.

The rest of the race proved to be a lonely one as he held his position in fourth, crossing the line just over ten seconds behind winner Pedrosa. It is his seventh fourth place finish of 2013 and he has now finished in the top four at the last ten races.

"Today was half and half for me," Rossi explained. "For sure we improved and made another step, improving the setting of the bike and I was able to be very close to Jorge. It looks like today our competitors had an advantage here; they were able to keep a better rhythm than us."

"Starting from second I hoped to arrive on the podium but I knew the top three guys were very strong. At the beginning of the race I lost some time as I had a problem with the front brakes. We continue to work and push and fight to be in with the top three."

Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha Factory Team Director added, "The weekend didn't go as we expected. We suffered a drop off in tyre life and the riders couldn't ride as they needed to. We tried hard to make the best setting to be fast and consistent but unfortunately we still needed something more. We won’t give up until the end and fortunately there is one race in a week’s time. We would like to have our revenge so we are really looking forward to Phillip Island."

Lorenzo: ‘We were not competitive enough’

Following Sunday’s draining 20-lap MotoGP™ race at the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix, Jorge Lorenzo said he had given it his best shot at Sepang but he could not compete with his Repsol Honda rivals.

Lorenzo made an excellent start to the race as he so often does, overtaking Dani Pedrosa early on lap one after his rival had taken the hole-shot. 

Having started in fourth on the grid, Lorenzo held the lead in the early stages before Pedrosa made his move and took over at the front, the Honda rider eventually running away with the victory by 2.7s.

However, it was Marc Marquez who followed Pedrosa across the line in second after he had become involved in a great battle with Lorenzo for the runner-up spot mid-race. 

Following the fall-out from Pedrosa’s Aragon crash, Lorenzo had been critical of Marquez’ riding style but the two had a phenomenal fight at Sepang, almost colliding on more than one occasion - though both riders rode clean and highly determined races. 

Marquez would ultimately get the better of the Yamaha Factory man to extend his championship lead to 43 points with three rounds to go. Lorenzo cited tyre degradation and a lack of advantage on braking and acceleration for his inability to fend off Marquez and he must sense that his premier class title is slipping from his grasp.

Lorenzo spoke philosophically post race, saying, "I enjoyed the battle (with Marquez) because it was good fun and went on for a while. I’m happy with the podium because a podium is a podium, but I’m slightly disappointed too because I wanted to beat Dani and if possible win the race."

He explained, "Today in the heat we were not competitive enough. At the beginning like always we were not so bad but once the rear tyre dropped we weren’t strong enough on braking and the other guys recovered so much ground. In the middle of the race we also started to lose out on acceleration too. Third place was the best result possible and we did everything we could."

Casey Stoner set for Phillip Island return

One year after retiring from MotoGP™, Australian hero Casey Stoner will return to the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit to join fellow Aussie World Champions Wayne Gardner and Mick Doohan for a lap of honour at the 2013 Tissot Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.
There are only three riders who have been recognised with their own stretch of bitumen at the renowned Phillip Island track and it is fitting that all three will ride together in a once-in-a-lifetime display for fans at next month’s MotoGP™ event.

Stoner has completed hundreds of laps around the 4.445km circuit on race weekends but 2013 will be something different for the two-time World Champion.

"The 2012 Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix was a fairytale ending to my MotoGP™ career," he said. "It will be nice to take to the track with Mick and Wayne this year without the pressure of competing. I look forward to enjoying it and mixing with the fans that have supported me throughout my career."

Stoner has won the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix for the last six years in a row and in 115 MotoGP™ outings started on pole 39 times, set 29 fastest laps and took 69 podium finishes. He won 38 times; only Rossi, his great compatriot Giacomo Agostini and Mick Doohan stand above him on the all-time premier class winners’ list.

Stoner will be joined by Gardner and Doohan on 20 October, just moments before the start of the 2013 Tissot Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix in which a new King of Phillip Island will be crowned.

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