title: 2017 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 2017 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
  
  The 2017 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 29 October 2017.
  
  ## Classification
  
  ### MotoGP
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | 44:51.497 | 3 | 25 |
  | 2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | +0.743 | 6 | 20 |
  | 3 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +9.738 | 2 | 16 |
  | 4 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +17.763 | 7 | 13 |
  | 5 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +29.144 | 1 | 11 |
  | 6 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 20 | +30.380 | 13 | 10 |
  | 7 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +30.769 | 4 | 9 |
  | 8 | 43 | Jack Miller | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 20 | +35.238 | 11 | 8 |
  | 9 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +38.053 | 5 | 7 |
  | 10 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 20 | +39.847 | 12 | 6 |
  | 11 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 20 | +42.559 | 15 | 5 |
  | 12 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 20 | +44.602 | 16 | 4 |
  | 13 | 45 | Scott Redding | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 20 | +48.696 | 14 | 3 |
  | 14 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 20 | +50.058 | 20 | 2 |
  | 15 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 20 | +50.705 | 10 | 1 |
  | 16 | 60 | Michael van der Mark | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +56.397 | 22 | |
  | 17 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 20 | +58.391 | 9 | |
  | 18 | 53 | Tito Rabat | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 20 | +1:25.571 | 19 | |
  | Ret | 22 | Sam Lowes | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 9 | Retired | 18 | |
  | Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 8 | Accident | 21 | |
  | Ret | 76 | Loris Baz | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 5 | Accident | 17 | |
  | DSQ | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 11 | Black flag | 8 | |
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  * Álex Rins was disqualified for taking a shortcut to enter the pit lane following a crash.
  
  ### Moto2
  
  Franco Morbidelli sealed the Moto2 title before the race started on Sunday after Thomas Lüthi was declared unfit and unable to start the race following a qualifying crash that left him with a broken ankle.
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 19 | 40:28.955 | 2 | 25 |
  | 2 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 19 | +2.387 | 7 | 20 |
  | 3 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 19 | +6.878 | 1 | 16 |
  | 4 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 19 | +21.774 | 9 | 13 |
  | 5 | 42 | Francesco Bagnaia | Kalex | 19 | +22.086 | 5 | 11 |
  | 6 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 19 | +23.410 | 10 | 10 |
  | 7 | 40 | Fabio Quartararo | Kalex | 19 | +23.488 | 3 | 9 |
  | 8 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 19 | +24.976 | 13 | 8 |
  | 9 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Kalex | 19 | +25.044 | 14 | 7 |
  | 10 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 19 | +27.199 | 21 | 6 |
  | 11 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 19 | +28.614 | 16 | 5 |
  | 12 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | Speed Up | 19 | +29.125 | 15 | 4 |
  | 13 | 5 | Andrea Locatelli | Kalex | 19 | +31.978 | 20 | 3 |
  | 14 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Kalex | 19 | +44.346 | 26 | 2 |
  | 15 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 19 | +45.088 | 23 | 1 |
  | 16 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 19 | +51.358 | 25 | |
  | 17 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Suter | 19 | +59.328 | 6 | |
  | 18 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Kalex | 19 | +1:24.767 | 28 | |
  | Ret | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 11 | Accident | 19 | |
  | Ret | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Kalex | 10 | Accident | 17 | |
  | Ret | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 7 | Retirement | 11 | |
  | Ret | 26 | Dimas Ekky Pratama | Kalex | 1 | Accident | 27 | |
  | Ret | 87 | Remy Gardner | Tech 3 | 1 | Accident | 24 | |
  | Ret | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 1 | Accident | 4 | |
  | Ret | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
  | Ret | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Suter | 0 | Accident | 12 | |
  | Ret | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 18 | |
  | Ret | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 22 | |
  | DNS | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | | Injury | | |
  | WD | 6 | Tarran Mackenzie | Suter | | Withdrew | | |
  | WD | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | | Withdrew | | |
  | OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||
  
  * Thomas Lüthi did not start the race following a crash at the end of qualifying that left him injured, whilst both Kiefer Racing riders Tarran Mackenzie and Dominique Aegerter withdrew following the death of team boss Stefan Kiefer on October 27.
  
  ### Moto3
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 36 | Joan Mir | Honda | 18 | 40:14.545 | 1 | 25 |
  | 2 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Honda | 18 | +0.724 | 2 | 20 |
  | 3 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 18 | +0.763 | 8 | 16 |
  | 4 | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 18 | +6.868 | 6 | 13 |
  | 5 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 18 | +11.051 | 3 | 11 |
  | 6 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 18 | +11.090 | 19 | 10 |
  | 7 | 5 | Romano Fenati | Honda | 18 | +11.238 | 7 | 9 |
  | 8 | 44 | Arón Canet | Honda | 18 | +11.671 | 12 | 8 |
  | 9 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 18 | +11.959 | 11 | 7 |
  | 10 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | KTM | 18 | +12.062 | 4 | 6 |
  | 11 | 7 | Adam Norrodin | Honda | 18 | +12.572 | 15 | 5 |
  | 12 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Honda | 18 | +13.581 | 14 | 4 |
  | 13 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | KTM | 18 | +14.885 | 18 | 3 |
  | 14 | 19 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 18 | +18.736 | 5 | 2 |
  | 15 | 96 | Manuel Pagliani | Mahindra | 18 | +21.986 | 20 | 1 |
  | 16 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 18 | +23.365 | 24 | |
  | 17 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | KTM | 18 | +23.524 | 17 | |
  | 18 | 41 | Nakarin Atiratphuvapat | Honda | 18 | +25.908 | 27 | |
  | 19 | 12 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mahindra | 18 | +26.173 | 26 | |
  | 20 | 27 | Kaito Toba | Honda | 18 | +40.612 | 21 | |
  | 21 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Peugeot | 18 | +40.772 | 22 | |
  | 22 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Honda | 18 | +43.110 | 28 | |
  | 23 | 4 | Patrik Pulkkinen | Peugeot | 18 | +1:00.918 | 30 | |
  | 24 | 6 | María Herrera | Mahindra | 18 | +1:01.104 | 31 | |
  | Ret | 9 | Kasma Daniel | Honda | 17 | Accident | 29 | |
  | Ret | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Mahindra | 16 | Accident | 23 | |
  | Ret | 8 | Nicolò Bulega | KTM | 15 | Retirement | 16 | |
  | Ret | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | KTM | 8 | Accident | 10 | |
  | Ret | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 5 | Accident | 9 | |
  | Ret | 40 | Darryn Binder | KTM | 3 | Accident | 25 | |
  | Ret | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 13 | |
  | OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||
  
  ## Championship standings after the race
  
  ### MotoGP
  
  Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.
  
  | Pos. | Rider | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Marc Márquez | 282 |
  | 2 | Andrea Dovizioso | 261 |
  | 3 | Maverick Viñales | 226 |
  | 4 | Valentino Rossi | 197 |
  | 5 | Dani Pedrosa | 185 |
  | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
  | 1 | Honda | 332 |
  | 2 | Ducati | 303 |
  | 3 | Yamaha | 301 |
  | 4 | Suzuki | 87 |
  | 5 | Aprilia | 64 |
  
  * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
  
  ### Moto2
  
  | Pos. | Rider | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Franco Morbidelli | 288 |
  | 2 | Thomas Lüthi | 243 |
  | 3 | Miguel Oliveira | 216 |
  | 4 | Álex Márquez | 190 |
  | 5 | Francesco Bagnaia | 161 |
  | 6 | Mattia Pasini | 148 |
  | 7 | Takaaki Nakagami | 128 |
  | 8 | Simone Corsi | 110 |
  | 9 | Brad Binder | 109 |
  | 10 | Xavi Vierge | 98 |
  
  ### Moto3
  
  | Pos. | Rider | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Joan Mir | 321 |
  | 2 | Romano Fenati | 235 |
  | 3 | Arón Canet | 192 |
  | 4 | Jorge Martín | 171 |
  | 5 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | 153 |
  | 6 | Enea Bastianini | 130 |
  | 7 | John McPhee | 123 |
  | 8 | Andrea Migno | 118 |
  | 9 | Marcos Ramírez | 107 |
  | 10 | Philipp Öttl | 104 |
  