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| Date | 26 October 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sepang International Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2014 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at theSepang International Circuit inSepang on 26 October 2014.
In MotoGP, world championMarc Márquez took his 12th win of the season, matchingMick Doohan's record of most premier class victories in a single season, from1997.[2] The podium was completed by the twoMovistar Yamaha riders;Valentino Rossi finished in second place andJorge Lorenzo finished in third place. Márquez's result was also good enough forHonda to claim the manufacturers' championship, with a race to spare.[3]Dani Pedrosa was also in contention during the race, but suffered two crashes and had to retire from the race. The result sealed fourth place in the championship for Pedrosa.Andrea Iannone withdrew from the race due to a crash in practice and resultant injury.[citation needed]Pol Espargaró also crashed during a free practice session, setting his bike aflame.[citation needed]
In the Moto2 category, a third-place finish forEsteve Rabat was enough for theMarc VDS Racing Team rider to clinch the Moto2 world championship with a race to spare.[4] Rabat had started the race from pole position,[5] but eventually trailed his title rivalsMaverick Viñales andMika Kallio home. It was Viñales' third victory in four races,[6] and ensured that the battle for the runner-up placing in the championship would go down to the final race inValencia; Kallio held the advantage by 15 points over Viñales.
In Moto3,Efrén Vázquez took his second victory of the season – and of his career[7] – ahead ofJack Miller andÁlex Rins.[8] Championship leaderÁlex Márquez finished only fifth, reducing his championship lead over Miller to eleven points.[9] Post-race, Marquez's Estrella Galicia 0,0 team protested the results and the riding manner of Miller, riding for the rivalAjo Motorsport team.[9] Race directors ultimately decided that no further action was warranted.[10]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 93 |  Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | 40:45.523 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 |  Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +2.445 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +3.508 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 |  Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 20 | +21.234 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 38 |  Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +22.283 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +34.668 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 68 |  Yonny Hernández | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 20 | +38.435 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | +48.839 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 20 | +50.792 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 45 | Scott Redding | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 20 | +59.088 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 |  Hiroshi Aoyama | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 20 | +1:15.949 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 70 | Michael Laverty | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 20 | +1:17.966 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 63 |  Mike Di Meglio | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 20 | +1:27.773 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 23 |  Broc Parkes | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 20 | +1:44.244 | 22 | 2 |
| Ret | 15 |  Alex de Angelis | NGM Forward Racing | ForwardYamaha | 19 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 14 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 12 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | 11 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 69 |  Nicky Hayden | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 6 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Ducati Team | Ducati | 4 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | NGM Forward Racing | ForwardYamaha | 1 | Collisions | 7 | |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 1 | Collisions | 10 | |
| DNS | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Pramac Racing | Ducati | Did not start | |||
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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen concluded.[14]
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