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At the Australian GP, ​​Alex Rins won MotoGP for the fourth and first time since Aragon in 2020, starting in 10th place, becoming the seventh other winner so far this season, less than once compared to last year.

This is Suzuki’s first win since Joan Mir at the European GP 2020. Suzuki became the fifth manufacturer to win this year along with Ducati, Yamaha, Aprilia and KTM, setting a record for the number of races. Various manufacturers win in a top category. Season.

Marc Marquez finished second on the 139th podium of his Grand Prix career and he is now attached to MotoGP.

With 100 podiums, Marc Marquez became the fourth driver to reach the 100 podium milestone after Valentino Rossi (199), Jorge Lorenzo (114) and Dani Pedrosa (112).

Marquez finished a streak of 16 consecutive top races without Honda on the podium, which is the longest streak without a top race since the Japanese manufacturer returned full time to the top tier in 1982. .

With Rins and Marquez, it was the first time 1-2 against a Japanese manufacturer’s bikes since Emilia-Romagna last year when Marquez won against Pol Espargaro. It ended a nine-race streak with two Ducati riders on the podium.

Bagnaia finished third at the Australian GP for his 19th on the podium in MotoGP, all alongside Ducati and two behind teammate Jack Miller, who is fourth on the list of Ducati riders with the most podiums. in first class.

For Bagnaia, this is the 24th consecutive MotoGP race with at least one Ducati rider on the podium, extending the Bologna factory record in the category.

Ducati riders have scored 29 podiums since Qatar. Ducati became the first manufacturer to have 29 or more podiums in a top season since Honda in 2013 (30 podiums).

Marco Bezzecchi finished fourth for the second best result of his rookie season in MotoGP behind the Dutch TT as he finished second, and won the fight for Rookie of the Year.

Fabio Quartararo has crashed in Australia, this is his third DNF so far this season alongside the Dutch TT and Aragon GP.

None of this year’s five MotoGP class rookies have won or stood on the podium at Sepang in the smaller divisions.

On race day at the Malaysian GP, ​​Raul Fernandez, who finished 16th at the Australian GP, ​​will celebrate his 22nd birthday.

Francesco Bagnaia can win the MotoGP championship in Malaysia

Francesco Bagnaia has her first chance to win her first top-flight title, becoming the first Italian to do so Valentino Rossi in 2009.

Fabio Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro and Enea Bastianini are currently his only opponents and the scenarios for Bagnaia to have the title are:

• He won and Quartararo didn’t finish on the podium,
• He finishes P2, Quartararo doesn’t finish better than P7 and Espargaro doesn’t win,
• He finished P3, Quartararo didn’t finish better than P11 and Espargaro didn’t finish on the podium,
• He finished P4, Quartararo didn’t finish better than P14 and Espargaro didn’t finish on the podium,
• He finished P5, Quartararo scored no points and Espargaro did not finish on the podium.

Aleix Espargaro scheduled to start 300th Grand Prix

Aleix Espargaro is set to become the sixth driver in history to reach the 300 Grand Prix starting milestone.

Record-breaking MotoGP race at Phillip Island

At the Australian GP, ​​Brad Binder finished 10th just 5,940 seconds behind winner Alex Rins, who finished second in the all-time top 10.

Of the all-time closest 10 Grand Prix finishes, six have occurred since 2021 and all since 2018 (only races that have completed the full distance).

With 0.224 seconds between Rins, Marquez and Bagnaia, it is also the third-closest podium time ever in a full-length top race after the 1999 Australian GP (0.124 seconds between Tadauki Okada, Max Biaggi and Regis Laconi) and the 2006 Portuguese GP (0.176 seconds between Toni Elias, Valentino Rossi and Kenny Roberts Jr).

Grand Prix motorcycle racing in Malaysia

This will be the 30th Malaysian Grand Prix, held every year since the first visit in 1991 except for 2020 and 2021 when the Malaysian GPs were canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Malaysian Grand Prix took place on three different tracks: Shah Alam, Johor and Sepang. The first Malaysian Grand Prix held at the Shah Alam track in 1991 saw the first-place win for John Kocinski riding a Yamaha. The Italian racer dominated the smaller classes with Luca Cadalora (Honda) winning 250cc and Loris Capirossi (Honda) at 125cc.

Shah Alam Circuit hosted the Malaysian Grand Prix for a total of seven years before it moved to Johor for a single year in 1998. The first Malaysia GP held in Sepang was in 1999 and it will be the second. 22 Sepang hosted the event.

The most successful racers

• Valentino Rossi – 6 (5 x MotoGP, 1 x 500 cc)
• Dani Pedrosa – 5 (3 x MotoGP, 1 x 250 cc, 1 x 125 cc)
• Casey Stoner – 4 (2 x MotoGP, 1 x 250 cc, 1 x 125 cc)
• Marc Marquez – 3 (2 x MotoGP, 1 x 125 cc)
• Maverick Viñales – 3 (1 x MotoGP, 1 x Moto2, 1 x 125 cc)

Solo motorcycle races

• MotoGP – 17
• 500 cc – 3
• Moto2 – 10
• 250 cc – 11
• Moto3 – 8
• 125 cc – 13

High class victory

• Honda – 7
• Yamaha – 6
• Ducati – 5
• Suzuki – 2

Since the introduction of MotoGP in 2002, Honda has won six times at Sepang, including four in a row from 2012 to 2015, with Dani Pedrosa (2012, 2013, 2015) and Marc Marquez (2014).

Honda’s most recent winner was Marquez in 2018 after qualifying on the pole, although he was hit by a net penalty and started in seventh.

Yamaha has had six MotoGP victories at Sepang, four with Valentino Rossi (2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010), one with Max Biaggi (2002) and one with Maverick Viñales (2019).

Ducati has won the MotoGP championship five times in Sepang with three riders: Loris Capirossi (2005), Casey Stoner (2007 and 2009) and Andrea Dovizioso in both 2016 and 2017. Dovizioso was the top Ducati racer of 2019 in his position. third position.

The best result for Suzuki at Sepang in MotoGP™ was second with Alex Rins in 2018. However, Kenny Roberts Jr won the 500cc race at Sepang in both 1999 and 2000.

Aprilia’s best MotoGP result in Sepang: seventh with Alvaro Bautista in 2016. In 2019, Aleix Espargaro was the top Aprilia rider in Sepang in 13th place.

In 2017, Pol Espargaro crossed the line in 10th place at Sepang, which is KTM’s best result at this first class circuit.

In the last six MotoGP races in Sepang, a rider that qualified in the top three won the race. Dani Pedrosa in 2013 was the last rider to win the MotoGP race at Sepang after a top pass, in fifth place. Marc Marquez qualified at pole position in 2018, but had to start from second row.

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On this day…

October 19

At the 2008 Malaysia GP, MotoGP legend Marco Simoncelli finished third in the 250cc race behind Alvaro Bautista and Hiroshi Aoyama to claim the title.

October 20

At the 2002 Australian GP held at Phillip Island, Jeremy McWilliams qualified in pole position, the final pole position of a top class 2-stroke bike.

Also at the GP, Valentino Rossi won the MotoGP championship, which was his 50th career Grand Prix win.

Also at the GP, Marco Melandri won the 250cc race for the title, becoming the youngest middleweight world champion at the time (20 years 74 days).

At the 1996 Australian GP held at Eastern Creek, Loris Capirossi won her first first-place race against Tadayuki Okada and Carlos Checa after a collision between leaders and MotoGP legends Mick Doohan and Alex Criville.

October 21

At the 2001 Malaysia GP held in Sepang, MotoGP Legend Daijiro Kato won against Tetsuya Harada and Fonsi Nieto in the 250cc race to claim the title of world champion.

October 23

At the 2016 Australian GP, ​​Cal Crutchlow won a MotoGP race to become the first British driver to have two first-place wins in a single season since Barry Sheene in 1979.