2016 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 17 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 30 October 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Andrea Dovizioso
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Ducati | |
| Time | 2:11.485 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Andrea Dovizioso
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Ducati | |
| Time | 2:11.950 on lap 12 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Andrea Dovizioso
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Ducati | |
| Second |
Valentino Rossi
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Yamaha | |
| Third |
 Jorge Lorenzo
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Yamaha | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Johann Zarco
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Kalex | |
| Time | 2:18.621 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Luca Marini
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Kalex | |
| Time | 2:21.475 on lap 19 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Johann Zarco
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Kalex | |
| Second |
Franco Morbidelli
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Kalex | |
| Third |
 Jonas Folger
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Kalex | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Brad Binder
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KTM | |
| Time | 2:26.268 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Joan Mir
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KTM | |
| Time | 2:14.201 on lap 2 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Francesco Bagnaia
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Mahindra | |
| Second |
 Jakub Kornfeil
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Honda | |
| Third |
 Bo Bendsneyder
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KTM | |
The 2016 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 30 October 2016. In the Moto2 class, Johann Zarco successfully defended the Moto2 title, thus becoming the first Moto2 rider to win two Moto2 title and the first since Jorge Lorenzo in 2007 to win a back-to-back intermediate class title.
The race, originally scheduled for 20 laps, was shortened to 19 laps after the start was delayed by 20 minutes due to torrential rain.
The race, originally scheduled for 18 laps, was red-flagged on lap 15 after Maria Herrera crashed into the back of Livio Loi in Turn 15. Since two thirds of the original distance required to award full points was completed, the race wasn't restarted. Maria Herrera wasn't classified in the final results since she failed to recover her bike into pit-lane within five minutes of the race being red-flagged (as required by the rules).
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