# 2014 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2014 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 26 October 2014.

## Details

In MotoGP, world champion Marc Márquez took his 12th win of the season, matching Mick Doohan's record of most premier class victories in a single season, from 1997. The podium was completed by the two Movistar Yamaha riders; Valentino Rossi finished in second place and Jorge Lorenzo finished in third place. Márquez's result was also good enough for Honda to claim the manufacturers' championship, with a race to spare. 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. Pol Espargaró also crashed during a free practice session, setting his bike aflame.
In the Moto2 category, a third-place finish for Esteve Rabat was enough for the Marc VDS Racing Team rider to clinch the Moto2 world championship with a race to spare. Rabat had started the race from pole position, but eventually trailed his title rivals Maverick Viñales and Mika Kallio home. It was Viñales' third victory in four races, and ensured that the battle for the runner-up placing in the championship would go down to the final race in Valencia; Kallio held the advantage by 15 points over Viñales.
In Moto3, Efrén Vázquez took his second victory of the season – and of his career – ahead of Jack Miller and Álex Rins. Championship leader Álex Márquez finished only fifth, reducing his championship lead over Miller to eleven points. Post-race, Marquez's Estrella Galicia 0,0 team protested the results and the riding manner of Miller, riding for the rival Ajo Motorsport team. Race directors ultimately decided that no further action was warranted.

## Classification
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| 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 | Forward Yamaha | 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 | Forward Yamaha | 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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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 40 | Maverick Viñales | Kalex | 19 | 40:46.754 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 19 | +2.694 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 53 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 19 | +8.054 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Caterham Suter | 19 | +10.590 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 19 | +10.663 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 60 | Julián Simón | Kalex | 19 | +10.769 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 19 | +15.657 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 19 | +18.839 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 19 | +19.486 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Tech 3 | 19 | +24.887 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex | 19 | +28.234 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Tech 3 | 19 | +30.338 | 24 | 4 |
| 13 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 19 | +30.533 | 34 | 3 |
| 14 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Suter | 19 | +30.548 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 81 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 19 | +34.769 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 20 | Florian Marino | Kalex | 19 | +36.613 | 20 | |
| 17 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Suter | 19 | +38.869 | 23 | |
| 18 | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 19 | +42.201 | 26 | |
| 19 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Suter | 19 | +47.876 | 14 | |
| 20 | 25 | Azlan Shah | Kalex | 19 | +52.950 | 29 | |
| 21 | 10 | Thitipong Warokorn | Kalex | 19 | +53.163 | 30 | |
| 22 | 97 | Román Ramos | Speed Up | 19 | +59.999 | 31 | |
| 23 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | NTS | 19 | +1:03.331 | 28 | |
| 24 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 19 | +1:08.275 | 27 | |
| 25 | 46 | Decha Kraisart | Tech 3 | 19 | +1:16.996 | 32 | |
| 26 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Suter | 18 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 15 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sam Lowes | Speed Up | 14 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 12 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 10 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 96 | Louis Rossi | Kalex | 8 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 6 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Caterham Suter | 6 | Accident | 33 | |
| Ret | 8 | Gino Rea | Suter | 0 | Accident | 21 | |
| DNS | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Suter | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Honda | 18 | 40:41.002 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 8 | Jack Miller | KTM | 18 | +0.213 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 42 | Álex Rins | Honda | 18 | +0.385 | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | 52 | Danny Kent | Husqvarna | 18 | +0.803 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Álex Márquez | Honda | 18 | +0.831 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 18 | +1.073 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | KTM | 18 | +1.916 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | KTM | 18 | +2.089 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 98 | Karel Hanika | KTM | 18 | +7.336 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | KTM | 18 | +9.520 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | Kalex KTM | 18 | +17.407 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 99 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex KTM | 18 | +17.610 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 38 | Hafiq Azmi | KTM | 18 | +29.592 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Mahindra | 18 | +29.745 | 28 | 2 |
| 15 | 2 | Remy Gardner | KTM | 18 | +37.467 | 29 | 1 |
| 16 | 43 | Luca Grünwald | Kalex KTM | 18 | +37.505 | 24 | |
| 17 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Mahindra | 18 | +37.792 | 26 | |
| 18 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | Kalex KTM | 18 | +38.773 | 30 | |
| 19 | 4 | Gabriel Ramos | Kalex KTM | 18 | +55.583 | 34 | |
| 20 | 88 | Hafiza Rofa | KTM | 18 | +1:36.170 | 31 | |
| Ret | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 17 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | KTM | 12 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 32 | Isaac Viñales | KTM | 11 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 5 | Romano Fenati | KTM | 11 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 9 | Scott Deroue | Kalex KTM | 8 | Accident | 33 | |
| Ret | 3 | Matteo Ferrari | Mahindra | 8 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | Mahindra | 7 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 41 | Brad Binder | Mahindra | 6 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 31 | Niklas Ajo | Husqvarna | 4 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | Honda | 1 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 16 | Andrea Migno | Mahindra | 1 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 13 | Jasper Iwema | Mahindra | 1 | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | 93 | Ramdan Rosli | KTM | 1 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Mahindra | 0 | Accident | 9 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Marc Márquez | 337 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 275 |
| 3 | Jorge Lorenzo | 263 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 230 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 174 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 384 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 334 |
| 3 | Ducati | 198 |
| 4 | Forward Yamaha | 129 |
| 5 | PBM | 15 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.