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Pedrosa dominates in Malaysia as Marquez crashes out after controversial clash with Rossi

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Race Report Sunday, Oct 25th 2015

  Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix

MotoGP 2015   Round 17

Pedrosa dominates in Malaysia as Marquez crashes out after controversial clash with Rossi

Pole man Dani Pedrosa led every lap of today’s Malaysian GP to take his second win of the season and seal the hat-trick of victories for the Repsol Honda Team in the fly away races. Unfortunately teammate Marc Marquez was involved in an incident with Valentino Rossi and crashed out on lap five.

Dani made a strong start off the line with Marc closely behind him however, after a small mistake on lap two Marc was passed by Lorenzo in turn four demoting him to third place and in front of Rossi. As Dani took control at the front, Marc and Rossi fought fiercely for third place and on lap four the two riders passed each other nine times, with Marc leading as they began lap five.

Again they battled and passed one another five times with Rossi in front as they exited turn thirteen. With Marc on the outside, Rossi slowed them both down into turn fourteen and then extended his leg into Marc’s bike causing him to crash. Dani remained untouchable at the front, winning comfortably with a margin of 3.6 seconds over Lorenzo.

After the podium ceremony, Rossi and Marc were called to Race Direction for a hearing. Their decision – after speaking with both riders – was to give three penalty points to Valentino, resulting in him starting the final race of the season from the back of the grid, as he already has one penalty point after an incident in Misano. Yamaha appealed this decision and the FIM had their own hearing with both riders but the appeal was declined and the penalty stands.

With his victory, Dani moves up into 4th in the Championship Standings with just one race of 2015 remaining in Valencia.

Dani Pedrosa  26

1st  Championship Standing: 4th - 190 points

"I am very happy because it was a very nice Grand Prix! We had a good feeling from Friday, we were able to manage the weekend well and above all we had a bike that worked very well during every practice. The setup we used at this circuit in February during testing helped me a lot and I'm very happy to take this win for my team, who have been behind me all the way. I am especially pleased to finish the season very positively, as it has been a hard year but we are now recovering well and we’re in good form. Australia is always the hardest race of the year for me, but that turned out fine and I'm really glad we completed the fly aways like this."

Dani Pedrosa

Marc Marquez  93

DNF  Championship Standing: 3rd - 222 points

"We were having a good race up until the incident. At the beginning I made a mistake, but then I regained confidence. Valentino overtook me, I followed him for half a lap, and I saw that I could go faster than him, so I tried overtake him back. We started a fight between us and I always passed without making any contact with him. At Turn 14 he passed me on the inside, I sat the bike up, he kept going straight ahead and I saw him looking at me. I didn’t know what to do. Then he kicked out at me, knocking my brake lever, and I crashed. I will leave the sanction in the hands of Race Direction. All I know is that I scored zero points and ended up in the gravel, but thankfully I'm fine. Both what Valentino said to Race Direction and what he did on the track has made me disappointed. I’ve never seen anything like it: a rider kicking another rider. It might be down to nerves, but I want to try to forget about all this and the important thing is that I'm fine physically. I hope, for the sake of the sport that this ends here."

Marc Marquez

Livio Suppo

Team Principal / Communications and Marketing Director

"For the Repsol Honda Team what happened today is something we never want to see in racing, as it is unacceptable that a rider would intentionally create a dangerous situation causing the crash of another rider. We love motorsport and we like to see riders competing for victory, but there must be a limit and mutual respect of each other."

Livio Suppo

Results Session

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA 25 Repsol Honda Team Honda 40'37.691
2 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA 20 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +3.612
3 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA 16 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha +13.724
4 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR 13 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha +23.995
5 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR 11 LCR Honda Honda +28.721
6 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA 10 Pramac Racing Ducati +36.372
7 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA 9 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki +39.290
8 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA 8 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki +39.436
9 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA 7 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha +42.462
10 BRADL Stefan 6 GER 6 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia +44.601
11 REDDING Scott 45 GBR 5 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda +47.690
12 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL 4 Pramac Racing Ducati +52.112
13 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA 3 Avintia Racing Ducati +52.360
14 ELIAS Toni 24 SPA 2 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha +53.619
15 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA 1 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia +53.631
16 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA 0 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda +1'01.431
17 MILLER Jack 43 AUS 0 LCR Honda Honda +1'02.828
18 DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA 0 Avintia Racing Ducati +1'05.075
19 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE 0 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda +1'09.877
20 WEST Anthony 13 AUS 0 AB Motoracing Honda +1'24.749
21 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA 0 Ducati Team Ducati DNF
22 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA 0 Repsol Honda Team Honda DNF
23 BAZ Loris 76 FRA 0 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha DNF
24 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA 0 Ducati Team Ducati DNF
25 CUDLIN Damian 55 AUS 0 E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART DNF

Rider Standings

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor
1 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA 312 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
2 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA 305 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
3 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA 222 Repsol Honda Team Honda
4 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA 190 Repsol Honda Team Honda
5 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA 188 Ducati Team Ducati
6 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR 171 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha
7 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA 153 Ducati Team Ducati
8 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR 118 LCR Honda Honda
9 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA 107 Pramac Racing Ducati
10 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA 103 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha
11 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA 97 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki
12 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA 92 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki
13 REDDING Scott 45 GBR 83 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda
14 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL 53 Pramac Racing Ducati
15 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA 33 Avintia Racing Ducati
16 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA 29 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia
17 BAZ Loris 76 FRA 28 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha
18 BRADL Stefan 6 GER 17 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia
19 MILLER Jack 43 AUS 17 LCR Honda Honda
20 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA 16 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda
21 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE 9 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda
22 PIRRO Michele 51 ITA 8 Ducati Team Ducati
23 NAKASUGA Katsuyuki 21 JPN 8 Yamaha Factory Racing Team Yamaha
24 DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA 8 Avintia Racing Ducati
25 AOYAMA Hiroshi 7 JPN 5 AB Motoracing Honda
26 TAKAHASHI Takumi 72 JPN 4 Team HRC with NISSIN Honda
27 ELIAS Toni 24 SPA 2 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha
28 DE ANGELIS Alex 15 RSM 2 E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART

Team Standings

Pos. Team Points
1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 617
2 Repsol Honda Team 417
3 Ducati Team 341
4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 274
5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 189
6 Pramac Racing 160
7 LCR Honda 135
8 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 83
9 Avintia Racing 41
10 Athina Forward Racing 39
11 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 37
12 Aspar MotoGP Team 25
13 Team HRC with NISSIN 4
14 E-Motion IodaRacing Team 2
15 AB Motoracing 0

Constructor Standings

Pos. Team Points
1 Yamaha 382
2 Honda 335
3 Ducati 247
4 Suzuki 129
5 Forward Yamaha 35
6 Aprilia 34
7 ART 2

Location Information

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 centre, golf course and other sports facilities cost around £50m to construct and was built in just 14 months, holding its… read more.

Sepang Circuit
Length 5.543 kilometres / 3.444 miles
Width 25 metres
Left corners 5
Right corners 10
Longest straight 0.920 kilometres / 0.572 miles
Constructed 1998

Circuit Records

Pole Position 1m 59.053s (167.6km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2015)
Race Lap 2m 00.606s (165.4km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2015)
Race Time 40m 37.691s (163.7 km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2015)
2015 Race Winner Dani Pedrosa (Honda)

Sepang International Circuit Klia Pahang Malaysia –  View in Google Maps

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