In the Moto 2 race at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia, Esteve "Tito" Rabat won it, over Pol Espargaro and Tom Luthi. Mika Kallio and Scott Redding for Marc VDS both had respectable showings in the race. Also appearing in the top ten were riders like Takaaki Nakagami, Dominique Aegerter, Johann Zarco, Jordi Torres, and Julian Simon. Four riders were unclassified at the finish including Sandro Cortese, Mattia Pasini, Alex De Angelis, and Xavier Simeon. Rafid Topan Sucipto was the last classified finisher.
There were many wildcard riders entered. But, none of them even started the race, or made it to the grid. These included Malaysian riders. Wildcard entries included Decha Kraisart of Thailand on a satellite Tech3 Yamaha backed Tech3 built bike #46, Indian rider Fadli Immammuddin riding the #62 JiR Moto2 Motobi bike, Malaysian rider Zaghwan Zaidi on the #21 Technomag CarXpert Suter, and Argentinian Eziquiel Iturrioz (who is a Moto 2 regular), on the #34 Blussens Avintia Kalex.
#80 Esteve Rabat ESP Kalex
In Moto 3, chalk up another victory for Spaniard Luis Salom. He won it over countryman Alex Rins, and Miguel Oliveira, who finished in third place.
#39 Luis Salom ESP KTM
24 bikes finished this race with Eric Granado the last one classified. DNF's were Niccolo Antonelli, Matteo Ferrari, Efren Vazquez, Toni Finsterbusch, wildcard rider Alzat Malik on the #79 Touchline Sic-Ajo KTM bike, his Touchline Sic-Ajo team mate (another Malaysian wildcard) on bike #80, Hafiq Azmi, and caboose on the field were Alan Techer and Jasper Iwema, neither of whom even started the race.
The next race for Moto 2 and for Moto 3 will be the Australian Grand Prix at the Philip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia, coming up this weekend.
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