NOW WE HAVE WINNER No.9
Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso has won a wet Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang, the Ducati rider’s first victory since 2009 and this also made him the ninth different winner of the season.
Yamaha team-mates Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo completed the podium after Andrea Iannone, Marc Marquez and Cal Crutchlow all fell from the lead group in quick succession.
Rossi has now secured second in the world championship ahead of his team-mate.
The start was delayed by 20-minutes due to a heavy rain storm.
Sepang was resurfaced, and some corners re-profiled, ahead of this year’s race.
Japan’s Hiroshi Aoyama was replacing the injured Dani Pedrosa at Repsol Honda, while Iannone made a comeback from vertebra damage at Misano.
MotoGP results:
- Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 42m 27.333s
- Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 42m 30.448s
- Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 42m 39.257s
- Hector Barbera ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 42m 47.249s
- Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 42m 48.686s
- Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 42m 50.265s
- Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 42m 53.162s
- Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 43m 0.079s
- Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 43m 1.037s
- Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 43m 1.613s
- Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 43m 3.813s
- Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 43m 3.971s
- Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 43m 4.230s
- Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 43m 12.942s
- Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 43m 17.112s
- Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 43m 19.998s
- Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 43m 20.117s
- Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 43m 22.224s
Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) DNF
Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) DNF
Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) DNF
Standings after the 17th round of 18:
Riders’ World Championship:
- Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 278 points
- Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 236 points (-42)
- Jorge Lorenzo SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 208 points (-70)
- Maverick Viñales SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 191 points (-87)
- Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 162 points (-116)
- Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 155 points (-123)
- Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 141 points (-137)
- Pol Espargaro SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 124 points (-154)
- Hector Barbera SPA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 97 points (-181)
- Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 96 points (-182)
- Aleix Espargaro SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 85 points (-193)
- Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 77 points (-201)
- Alvaro Bautista SPA Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 76 points (-202)
- Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 72 points (-206)
- Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 71 points (-207)
- Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 60 points (-218)
- Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 56 points (-222)
- Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 55 points (-223)
- Michele Pirro ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 36 points (-242)
- Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 35 points (-243)
- Tito Rabat SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 29 points (-249)
- Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 20 points (-258)
- Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 5 points (-273)
- Alex Lowes GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 3 points (-275)
- Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1 points (-277)
- Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1 points (-277)
- Mike Jones AUS Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1 points (-277)