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2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Malaysia  2011 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 17 of 18 races in the
2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date23 October 2011
Official nameShell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationSepang International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda
Time 2:01.462
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Suter
Time 2:07.512
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Stefan Bradl Kalex
Time 2:08.220
Podium
First Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Suter
Second Germany Stefan Bradl Kalex
Third Spain Pol Espargaró FTR
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia
Time 2:13.579
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia
Time 2:14.229
Podium
First Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia
Second Germany Sandro Cortese Aprilia
Third France Johann Zarco Derbi

The 2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 21–23 October 2011 at the Sepang International Circuit, but the MotoGP race was red-flagged and subsequently cancelled after two laps due to a serious accident involving Marco Simoncelli.[4] Simoncelli fell while running fourth, his bike and body veering across the path of Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi. Simoncelli was fatally struck in the head and chest by the two bikes. He was taken straight to the circuit's medical centre, but died of his injuries shortly thereafter.[5]

MotoGP classification

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Marco Simoncelli, riding for Honda Gresini, died during the event.

After qualifying, the Repsol Honda team locked out the front row of the grid. At the start of the twenty lap race, Casey Stoner took the led from Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso. Marco Simoncelli, in a Gresini Racing Honda, was fourth.

Lap 2 incident

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Exiting the right-handed wide Turn 11 on the second lap, Simoncelli loses traction in the front wheels into a "low-side" and veered into the path of Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi, both of whom made contact with the fallen rider on their motorcycles. His helmet was separated from the rider as part of the impact from the incident. The race was immediately stopped. Edwards suffered a separated shoulder. Officials planned a 16.30 restart (meaning the procedure started for a restart at 16.50), with rules calling for a completely new twenty lap race scheduled with the remaining riders as three full laps had not been completed, which is required for an official race.[6]

Because of the seriousness of Simoncelli's situation, the 20-minute restart procedure was indefinitely delayed.

MotoGP medical director Michele Macchiagodena stated to the media Simoncelli suffered cardiac arrest whilst in the ambulance. He noted, "Immediately in the Medical Centre, with the help also of the Doctor of our staff at the Clinica Mobile and local Doctors, he was intubated and it was possible to take off some blood from the thorax. The CPR was continued for 45 minutes because we tried to help him for as long as we thought it was possible. Unfortunately it was not possible to help him and at 16.56 we had to declare he was dead."[7]

The race was completely abandoned as a non-event because only one lap was completed. No race winner was declared nor were points offered.[4]

The announcement of cancellation was made on timing monitors and the broadcast by Dorna and the Sepang International Circuit.[8] Video evidence showed spectators trashed the circuit after the cancellation was announced, not understanding the fatal crash.[9]

Moto2 classification

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The race was stopped after 17 laps due to an accident involving Axel Pons.[10]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Suter 17 36:35.114 1 25
2 65 Germany Stefan Bradl Kalex 17 +0.187 2 20
3 44 Spain Pol Espargaró FTR 17 +7.465 5 16
4 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Motobi 17 +9.127 11 13
5 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Suter 17 +11.494 20 11
6 36 Finland Mika Kallio Suter 17 +11.903 7 10
7 51 Italy Michele Pirro Moriwaki 17 +12.568 3 9
8 40 Spain Aleix Espargaró Pons Kalex 17 +12.963 6 8
9 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Suter 17 +14.098 13 7
10 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Suter 17 +16.697 9 6
11 34 Spain Esteve Rabat FTR 17 +19.568 12 5
12 54 Turkey Kenan Sofuoğlu Suter 17 +24.885 19 4
13 16 France Jules Cluzel Suter 17 +25.345 18 3
14 63 France Mike Di Meglio Tech 3 17 +26.696 17 2
15 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon Tech 3 17 +32.806 23 1
16 6 Spain Joan Olivé FTR 17 +36.497 21
17 18 Spain Jordi Torres Suter 17 +40.569 27
18 87 Malaysia Mohamad Zamri Baba Moriwaki 17 +56.756 28
19 20 Spain Iván Moreno Suter 17 +1:05.966 32
20 86 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Moriwaki 17 +1:06.110 34
21 4 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher Kalex 17 +1:17.083 29
22 39 Venezuela Robertino Pietri Suter 17 +1:19.415 31
23 95 Qatar Mashel Al Naimi Moriwaki 16 +1 lap 35
NC 80 Spain Axel Pons Pons Kalex 17 +32.979[N 1] 25
NC 9 United States Kenny Noyes FTR 17 +33.179[N 1] 30
Ret 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Suter 12 Retirement 22
Ret 75 Italy Mattia Pasini FTR 8 Accident 10
Ret 64 Colombia Santiago Hernández FTR 7 Accident 26
Ret 23 Thailand Apiwat Wongthananon FTR 7 Retirement 36
Ret 53 France Valentin Debise FTR 6 Retirement 24
Ret 72 Japan Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 5 Retirement 4
Ret 71 Italy Claudio Corti Suter 3 Collision 8
Ret 3 Italy Simone Corsi FTR 3 Collision 14
Ret 13 Australia Anthony West MZ-RE Honda 1 Collision 16
Ret 76 Germany Max Neukirchner MZ-RE Honda 1 Collision 15
DSQ 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández FTR 8 Black flag 33
DNS 93 Spain Marc Márquez Suter Injury
DNS 88 Spain Ricard Cardús Moriwaki Injury
WD 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Tech 3 Injury
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia 18 40:34.280 7 25
2 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Aprilia 18 +0.354 3 20
3 5 France Johann Zarco Derbi 18 +2.455 15 16
4 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 18 +2.921 2 13
5 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia 18 +10.049 1 11
6 94 Germany Jonas Folger Aprilia 18 +17.964 6 10
7 63 Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin Derbi 18 +38.706 13 9
8 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 18 +39.099 11 8
9 23 Spain Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 18 +39.223 8 7
10 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Aprilia 18 +40.237 10 6
11 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Derbi 18 +54.806 4 5
12 10 France Alexis Masbou KTM 18 +1:07.891 14 4
13 99 United Kingdom Danny Webb Mahindra 18 +1:07.907 12 3
14 28 Spain Josep Rodríguez Aprilia 18 +1:08.099 24 2
15 19 Italy Alessandro Tonucci Aprilia 18 +1:08.156 21 1
16 8 Australia Jack Miller KTM 18 +1:15.230 26
17 30 Switzerland Giulian Pedone Aprilia 18 +1:18.703 18
18 96 France Louis Rossi Aprilia 18 +1:18.913 17
19 50 Norway Sturla Fagerhaug Aprilia 18 +1:30.270 28
20 32 Australia Arthur Sissis Aprilia 18 +1:31.810 30
21 17 United Kingdom Taylor Mackenzie Aprilia 18 +1:33.250 22
22 60 Italy Manuel Tatasciore Aprilia 18 +1:50.690 29
23 40 Switzerland Marco Colandrea Aprilia 18 +2:02.252 32
24 64 Malaysia Farid Badrul Derbi 18 +2:16.968 31
Ret 14 South Africa Brad Binder Aprilia 16 Retirement 27
Ret 26 Spain Adrián Martín Aprilia 10 Retirement 9
Ret 3 Italy Luigi Morciano Aprilia 8 Collision 25
Ret 21 United Kingdom Harry Stafford Aprilia 8 Collision 19
Ret 77 Germany Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 5 Accident 16
Ret 39 Spain Luis Salom Aprilia 0 Collision 5
Ret 53 Netherlands Jasper Iwema Aprilia 0 Collision 20
Ret 36 Spain Joan Perelló Aprilia 0 Collision 23
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Notes

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  1. ^ a b According to Art. 1.25.1 of the regulations, Pons and Noyes, who had not entered the pitlane within 5 minutes after the red flag, were not classified.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "2011 Malaysian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2011 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sepang International Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b Hepburn, Bruce (23 October 2011). "Sepang race abandoned after crash". SuperSport. MultiChoice. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Simoncelli dies from injuries suffered in Malaysian GP crash". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  6. ^ Cox, Charlie. "Talented Marco Simoncelli pays with his life after fatal collision". The (London) Times. London Times. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  7. ^ "Statement from Dorna and Attending Physician Regarding Simoncelli Crash and Subsequent Passing". Motorcycle Daily. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  8. ^ "Sepang defends decision to cancel race after Simoncelli's accident". Autosport. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  9. ^ Wade, Darin. "Fan Reaction to MotoGP Cancellation Sepang 2011". Youtube. Google. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  10. ^ "Victory for Lüthi at Malaysia". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  11. ^ "FIM Road Racing World Championship: Grand Prix Regulations 2011" (PDF). fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 25 October 2011. Within 5 minutes after the red flag has been displayed, riders who have not entered the pit lane, riding on their motorcycle, will not be classified.


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