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Tuesday, Oct 20th 2015

Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix MotoGP 2015   Round 17 Repsol Honda Team en route to Malaysia looking for the hat-trick With Marc Marquez’ victory in Phillip Island, and Dani Pedrosa’s win in Motegi, the Repsol Honda Team are headed to Sepang, Malaysia looking to complete a hat-trick of victories in the fly away races. The Malaysia GP is the penultimate round of the season and Sepang is a circuit that the MotoGP riders know very well, as pre-season testing takes place there each February. The 2,300 acre Sepang International Circuit is one of the World’s best motorsport facilities, 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 favourable 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 50km south of Kuala Lumpur city. Marc has been victorious here in 2014 (MotoGP) and 2010 (125cc), but has also scored two DNF’s (2012 and 2009). Despite crashing out last year, Dani has enjoyed great success at the Malaysian circuit achieving nine podiums including four victories – 2013, 2012 (MotoGP), 2004 (250cc), 2003 (125cc).

Marc Marquez  93 Championship Standing: 3rd - 222 points "After a wonderful victory in Australia we are on our way to Malaysia and hoping to continue this good run for Honda, and end the season on a high. We do a lot of testing at Sepang and it’s a circuit I enjoy and where our bike tends to work well. As always, getting the best setup is key especially in the braking so we will have to work hard on Friday and Saturday to prepare for the race."

Marc Marquez Statistics Date of Birth 17/02/1993 Birthplace Lleida, (Catalonia) – Spain Height 168 cm Weight 59 kg Hobbies Mountain Biking, Video games Racing Number 93 First Race 1998 “Enduro per nens” Grand Prix Debut 2008 125cc Portugal GP (KTM 125 FRR) GPs raced 130 GP pole positions 58 (14 in 125cc, 14 in 250cc, 30 in MotoGP) Total GP podiums 77 (14 x 125cc, 25 x Moto2, 38 x MotoGP) Total GP wins 50 (10 x 125cc, 16 x Moto2, 24 x MotoGP) First GP Win 2010 125cc Italian GP (Derbi RSA 125) World titles 4 (1 x 125cc - 2010, 1 x Moto2 - 2012, 2 x MotoGP - 2013, 2014) Previous Results in Sepang 2014 1st (MotoGP), 2013 2nd (MotoGP), 2012 DNF (Moto2), 2011 DNS (Moto2), 2010 1st (125cc), 2009 DNF (125cc) More Statistics

Dani Pedrosa  26 Championship Standing: 5th - 165 points "I’m reasonably happy with the result in Phillip Island but now we are on our way to Sepang and hoping to step back on the podium. Obviously we all know this track very well from the testing we do there each year, and understand how physically demanding it is due to the intense weather. This track has a bit of everything - fast and slow corners, hard braking and long straights - so it will be important to get a good setup to give ourselves the best chance come Sunday."

Dani Pedrosa Statistics Date of Birth 29/09/1985 Birthplace Sabadell, (Catalonia) – Spain Height 160 cm Weight 51kg Hobbies Cycling, Motocross, Windsurfing, Cinema Racing number 26 First race 1997 Pocket bike race Grand Prix debut 2001. 125cc Japanese GP, Suzuka – (Honda RS125R) GPs raced 240 GP pole positions 45 (9 in 125cc, 9 in 250cc, 27 in MotoGP) Total GP podiums 138 (17 x 125cc, 24 x 250cc, 98 x MotoGP) Total GP wins 50 (8 x 125cc, 15 x 250cc, 27 x MotoGP) First GP win 2002. 125cc Dutch GP, Assen – (Honda RS125R) World titles 3 (1 x 125cc - 2003, 2 x 250cc - 2004, 2005) Previous Results in Sepang 2014 DNF (MotoGP), 2013 1st (MotoGP), 2012 1st (MotoGP), 2011 DNS (MotoGP), 2010 DNS (MotoGP), 2009 2nd (MotoGP), 2008 2nd (MotoGP), 2007 3rd (MotoGP), 2006 3rd (MotoGP), 2005 DNF (250cc), 2004 1st (250cc), 2003 1st (125cc), 2002 3rd (125cc), 2001 4th (125cc) More Statistics

Rider Standings Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor 1 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA 296 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 2 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA 285 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 3 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA 222 Repsol Honda Team Honda 4 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA 188 Ducati Team Ducati 5 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA 165 Repsol Honda Team Honda 6 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR 158 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 7 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA 153 Ducati Team Ducati 8 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR 107 LCR Honda Honda 9 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA 97 Pramac Racing Ducati 10 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA 96 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 11 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA 88 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 12 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA 84 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 13 REDDING Scott 45 GBR 78 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 14 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL 49 Pramac Racing Ducati 15 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA 30 Avintia Racing Ducati 16 BAZ Loris 76 FRA 28 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 17 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA 28 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 18 MILLER Jack 43 AUS 17 LCR Honda Honda 19 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA 16 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 20 BRADL Stefan 6 GER 11 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 21 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE 9 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 22 NAKASUGA Katsuyuki 21 JPN 8 Yamaha Factory Racing Team Yamaha 23 PIRRO Michele 51 ITA 8 Ducati Team Ducati 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 DE ANGELIS Alex 15 RSM 2 E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART

Team Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 581 2 Repsol Honda Team 392 3 Ducati Team 341 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 254 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 172 6 Pramac Racing 146 7 LCR Honda 124 8 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 78 9 Avintia Racing 38 10 Athina Forward Racing 37 11 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 30 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 362 2 Honda 310 3 Ducati 237 4 Suzuki 120 5 Forward Yamaha 33 6 Aprilia 28 7 ART 2

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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.

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 59.791s (166.5km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) Race Lap 2m 01.150s (164.7km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) Race Time 40m 45.191s (163.3 km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2013) 2014 Race Winner Marc Marquez (Honda) Sepang International Circuit Klia Pahang Malaysia –  View in Google Maps

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