# 2018 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2018 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 4 November 2018.

## Classification
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | 40:32.372 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 20 | +1.898 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +2.474 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +4.667 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +6.190 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | +11.248 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 20 | +15.611 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 43 | Jack Miller | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 20 | +19.009 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 20 | +22.921 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +26.919 | 23 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 20 | +29.503 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 20 | +30.933 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 20 | +35.322 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 20 | +37.912 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 20 | +39.675 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 20 | +41.820 | 18 | |
| 17 | 10 | Xavier Siméon | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 20 | +43.978 | 15 | |
| 18 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +58.288 | 2 | |
| 19 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 20 | +1:00.191 | 13 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 16 | Lost Power | 16 | |
| Ret | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati Team | Ducati | 5 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 3 | Electronics | 21 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 0 | Accident | 3 | |
| DNS | 81 | Jordi Torres | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | | Did not start | | |
| WD | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati Team | Ducati | | Withdrew | | |
* Jordi Torres suffered a broken finger in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.
* Jorge Lorenzo withdrew from the event following Friday practice due to effects of wrist injury suffered at the Thailand GP and was replaced by Michele Pirro.

### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 18 | 38:25.689 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 18 | +1.194 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 42 | Francesco Bagnaia | Kalex | 18 | +3.020 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 18 | +4.497 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Speed Up | 18 | +5.250 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 18 | +5.305 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 18 | +7.690 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 18 | +8.943 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 18 | +9.687 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 36 | Joan Mir | Kalex | 18 | +18.547 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 18 | +18.816 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Andrea Locatelli | Kalex | 18 | +19.739 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 18 | +21.177 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | KTM | 18 | +21.960 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 22 | Sam Lowes | KTM | 18 | +26.875 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Kalex | 18 | +28.515 | 22 | |
| 17 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Kalex | 18 | +28.802 | 25 | |
| 18 | 16 | Joe Roberts | NTS | 18 | +29.791 | 23 | |
| 19 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 18 | +30.557 | 20 | |
| 20 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Speed Up | 18 | +31.069 | 19 | |
| 21 | 4 | Steven Odendaal | NTS | 18 | +38.430 | 24 | |
| 22 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Kalex | 18 | +42.930 | 27 | |
| 23 | 30 | Dimas Ekky Pratama | Tech 3 | 18 | +57.507 | 28 | |
| 24 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Suter | 18 | +57.910 | 30 | |
| 25 | 21 | Federico Fuligni | Kalex | 18 | +1:03.737 | 31 | |
| 26 | 50 | Rafid Topan Sucipto | Suter | 18 | +2:04.066 | 32 | |
| Ret | 40 | Augusto Fernández | Kalex | 8 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 66 | Niki Tuuli | Kalex | 7 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 7 | Accident Damage | 16 | |
| Ret | 87 | Remy Gardner | Tech 3 | 5 | Accident Damage | 4 | |
| Ret | 18 | Xavi Cardelús | Kalex | 5 | Accident Damage | 29 | |
| Ret | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 2 | Accident Damage | 14 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Honda | 17 | 38:34.799 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Honda | 17 | +3.556 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 17 | +3.757 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 75 | Albert Arenas | KTM | 17 | +3.795 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Marco Bezzecchi | KTM | 17 | +4.095 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 17 | +4.106 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 40 | Darryn Binder | KTM | 17 | +4.232 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Honda | 17 | +4.704 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 17 | +4.707 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 17 | +4.715 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | KTM | 17 | +4.727 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 27 | Kaito Toba | Honda | 17 | +5.101 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 77 | Vicente Pérez | KTM | 17 | +6.392 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 41 | Nakarin Atiratphuvapat | Honda | 17 | +7.063 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 22 | Kazuki Masaki | KTM | 17 | +7.353 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 17 | +7.478 | 22 | |
| 17 | 76 | Makar Yurchenko | Honda | 17 | +7.626 | 26 | |
| 18 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Honda | 17 | +13.843 | 9 | |
| 19 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 17 | +19.992 | 24 | |
| 20 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | KTM | 17 | +26.678 | 21 | |
| 21 | 81 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 17 | +34.184 | 27 | |
| 22 | 9 | Apiwat Wongthananon | KTM | 17 | +34.468 | 25 | |
| 23 | 7 | Adam Norrodin | Honda | 17 | +1:37.387 | 28 | |
| Ret | 44 | Arón Canet | Honda | 10 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 72 | Alonso López | Honda | 6 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 17 | John McPhee | KTM | 6 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 10 | Dennis Foggia | KTM | 6 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 31 | Celestino Vietti | KTM | 2 | Accident | 12 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race

* Bold text indicates the World Champions.