2019 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2019 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth round of the 2019 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 3 November 2019. Álex Márquez won the Moto2 title after finishing in 2nd place behind his closest title rival Brad Binder. Despite taking his fourth win of the season and the second consecutive win after winning the previous round at Phillip Island seven days ago, Márquez' 2nd place-finish was enough to mathematically eliminate Binder's hopes of winning his second title overall in his career after previously winning the 2016 Moto3 World Championship due to an uncatchable margin of Márquez by 28 points over Binder with one race to go.

Malaysia  2019 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 18 of 19 races in the
2019 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 November 2019
Official nameShell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix
LocationSepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Time 1:58.303
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Time 1:59.661 on lap 3
Podium
First Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Second Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Third Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Álex Márquez Kalex
Time 2:05.244
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álex Márquez Kalex
Time 2:05.860 on lap 2
Podium
First South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Second Spain Álex Márquez Kalex
Third Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Marcos Ramírez Honda
Time 2:11.758
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Marcos Ramírez Honda
Time 2:12.845 on lap 3
Podium
First Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda
Second Spain Sergio García Honda
Third Spain Jaume Masiá KTM

It was instead Márquez' second championship title overall after winning the 2014 Moto3 World Championship. This day also marked the second time in the history of the sport, that both Márquez brothers claimed championships in the same year in their respective classes with Marc Márquez previously winning his 6th premier class title and the 4th consecutive title in Buriram.

Classification

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MotoGP

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12   Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 40:14.632 2 25
2 93   Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 +3.059 11 20
3 4   Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 20 +5.611 10 16
4 46   Valentino Rossi Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 +5.965 6 13
5 42   Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 20 +6.350 7 11
6 21   Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 20 +9.993 3 10
7 20   Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 20 +12.864 1 9
8 43   Jack Miller Pramac Racing Ducati 20 +17.252 4 8
9 9   Danilo Petrucci Ducati Team Ducati 20 +19.773 8 7
10 36   Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 20 +22.854 13 6
11 44   Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +24.821 15 5
12 63   Francesco Bagnaia Pramac Racing Ducati 20 +30.251 12 4
13 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 20 +30.447 14 3
14 99   Jorge Lorenzo Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 +34.215 18 2
15 82   Mika Kallio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +34.461 19 1
16 55   Hafizh Syahrin Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 20 +44.319 20
17 17   Karel Abraham Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 20 +47.343 16
Ret 5   Johann Zarco LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 16 Accident 9
Ret 35   Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda 14 Accident 5
DSQ

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29   Andrea Iannone Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 11 Accident 17
DNS 88   Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM Did not start
Sources: [1][2][3]
  • Miguel Oliveira withdrew from the event after Friday practice due to shoulder injury suffered at the previous round in Australia.
  • Andrea Iannone was retroactively disqualified on 31 March 2020 as part of his suspension for a failed doping test after the Malaysian Grand Prix.[4]

Moto2

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 41   Brad Binder KTM 18 38:07.843 3 25
2 73   Álex Márquez Kalex 18 +0.758 1 20
3 12   Thomas Lüthi Kalex 18 +2.683 5 16
4 97   Xavi Vierge Kalex 18 +6.646 4 13
5 9   Jorge Navarro Speed Up 18 +7.114 15 11
6 27   Iker Lecuona KTM 18 +8.582 12 10
7 7   Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 18 +9.232 22 9
8 45   Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 18 +10.180 2 8
9 23   Marcel Schrötter Kalex 18 +10.807 8 7
10 10   Luca Marini Kalex 18 +14.585 10 6
11 40   Augusto Fernández Kalex 18 +16.521 17 5
12 11   Nicolò Bulega Kalex 18 +22.333 18 4
13 54   Mattia Pasini Kalex 18 +23.326 26 3
14 87   Remy Gardner Kalex 18 +23.810 9 2
15 77   Dominique Aegerter MV Agusta 18 +24.002 24 1
16 5   Andrea Locatelli Kalex 18 +24.055 19
17 96   Jake Dixon KTM 18 +27.663 28
18 20   Dimas Ekky Pratama Kalex 18 +29.455 27
19 16   Joe Roberts KTM 18 +30.896 25
20 2   Jesko Raffin NTS 18 +37.044 16
21 65   Philipp Öttl KTM 18 +50.548 29
22 3   Lukas Tulovic KTM 18 +54.921 30
23 18   Xavi Cardelús KTM 18 +1:00.678 32
24 33   Enea Bastianini Kalex 17 +1 lap 14
Ret 22   Sam Lowes Kalex 13 Accident 7
Ret 72   Marco Bezzecchi KTM 12 Accident 20
Ret 62   Stefano Manzi MV Agusta 10 Accident Damage 13
Ret 35   Somkiat Chantra Kalex 8 Accident Damage 21[N 1]
Ret 21   Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up 7 Accident Damage 11
Ret 47   Adam Norrodin Kalex 5 Accident 31
Ret 88   Jorge Martín KTM 2 Accident 6
Ret 64   Bo Bendsneyder NTS 0 Accident 23
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 48   Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda 17 38:01.355 7 25
2 11   Sergio García Honda 17 +0.410 13 20
3 5   Jaume Masiá KTM 17 +0.803 11 16
4 79   Ai Ogura Honda 17 +0.885 14 13
5 13   Celestino Vietti KTM 17 +0.902 5 11
6 42   Marcos Ramírez Honda 17 +1.095 1 10
7 17   John McPhee Honda 17 +1.342 3 9
8 44   Arón Canet KTM 17 +2.253 12 8
9 14   Tony Arbolino Honda 17 +3.035 19 7
10 23   Niccolò Antonelli Honda 17 +7.726 18 6
11 55   Romano Fenati Honda 17 +8.008 21 5
12 75   Albert Arenas KTM 17 +10.521 4 4
13 12   Filip Salač KTM 17 +15.542 26 3
14 25   Raúl Fernández KTM 17 +15.873 20 2
15 54   Riccardo Rossi Honda 17 +15.950 29 1
16 76   Makar Yurchenko KTM 17 +16.064 28
17 84   Jakub Kornfeil KTM 17 +16.497 27
18 22   Kazuki Masaki KTM 17 +16.567 23
19 7   Dennis Foggia KTM 17 +24.161 22
20 61   Can Öncü KTM 17 +29.330 16
21 69   Tom Booth-Amos KTM 17 +1:22.202 25
Ret 40   Darryn Binder KTM 10 Accident Damage 6
Ret 71   Ayumu Sasaki Honda 8 Accident 8
Ret 16   Andrea Migno KTM 8 Accident 15
Ret 27   Kaito Toba Honda 8 Accident 17
Ret 82   Stefano Nepa KTM 7 Accident Damage 24
Ret 24   Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 5 Accident 2
Ret 19   Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 5 Accident 9
Ret 21   Alonso López Honda 5 Accident 10
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

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Notes

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  1. ^ 3-place grid penalty.

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Malaysian MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 4 November 2019.
  2. ^ "motogp.com · SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2019". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. ^ "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Iannone handed 18-month suspension". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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