In Moto2 action in Malaysia, Johann Zarco continued his steamroller of a season, taking the race victory. He led Tom Luthi and Jonas Folger, across the line. Takaaki Nakagami, and Lorenzo Baldassari, completed the top five. In positions six through ten, the finishers were Luis Salom, Sandro Cortese, Hafizh Syahrin (a home crowd favorite, from Malaysia), Simone Corsi, and Xavier Simeon. A good chunk of the field, actually finished the race, and only three riders were unclassified at the end, in this race, that included 30 motorcycles. Some heavy hitters, failed to finish. Alex Rins, Marcel Schrotter, and Alex Marquez.
#5 Johann Zarco FRA. Kalex
The Moto3 race at Sepang, was won by the rapid Miguel Oliveira. He has racked up quite a few wins this season already. Joining him on the Moto3 podium were Brad Binder, and Jorge Navarro. Another impressive finish, for each of those riders. No doubt, they will win races, soon. Another rapid rider, Niccolo Antonelli, came home fourth, with his fellow Italian, Romano Fenati, fifth. Positions six through ten were filled by Jakub Kornfeil, World Champion in Moto3, Danny Kent, Enea Bastianini, Alexis Masbou, and John McPhee.
25 riders were classified at the end of the Moto3 race, and the final one of them, who came home in a classified position, was Gabriel Rodrigo. The retirements list included half a dozen riders. Karel Hanika, Manuel Pagliani, Efren Vazquez, Hiroki Ono, Zulfahmi Khairuddin, and Darryn Binder.
#44 Miguel Oliveira POR. KTM
The finale, beckons, for all three classes (MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3), at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, in Valencia, Spain, in less than two weeks.
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