Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix: Difference between revisions

Malaysian Grand Prix
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Venue	Petronas Sepang International Circuit (1999–2019, 2022–present) ; Johor Circuit (1998) ; Shah Alam Circuit (1991–1997)
First race	1991
Most wins (rider)	Valentino Rossi (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Honda (33)

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 15:14, 25 November 2024

The Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. The event is due to take place at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit until at least 2024.^[1]

History

The first Malaysian Grand Prix was held in 1991 at the Shah Alam Circuit as the final race of the season.^[2] Because of the long trip and high cost, many riders chose to not participate in this event.^[3]^[4] The 500cc race was won by John Kocinski.^[2] The event was notorious due to the tropical temperatures and a high degree of humidity, something which plagued the riders for four consecutive years – from 1992 to 1995 respectively.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

In 1998, the race was moved from Shah Alam to the Johor Circuit.^[2] The reason for the change was because of the 1997 Asian financial crisis that hit Malaysia at this time. While the rich Sultan of Selangor protected the grand prix for years, the local government was no longer able to host the race at the venue. The circuit of Johor Bahru, close to the country of Singapore, was chosen and as a result, the circuit was overhauled: it was modernised and a new layer of asphalt was put on it. While there were pebbles on the track that kicked up and were a nuisance to the riders, the most shocking thing that happened during the weekend was when Lucio Cecchinello drove over the tail of a passing Cobra, which then looked up before getting hit at high speed by the leg of Gino Borsoi.^[9]

In 1999 the Sepang International Circuit, designed by Hermann Tilke, had finished construction. The circuit was not only more modern and purpose-built compared to Johor, it also lay close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. As a result, the race for that season was moved to Sepang along with Formula One, who held its first race at the country in the same year.^[10]^[11] Since 1999, the Sepang circuit has hosted the Malaysian GP every year until 2020.^[2]^[4]

In 2006, the distance between the grid positions was increased following the 2006 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix where multiple riders crashed on the first corner. On Saturday afternoon, the circuit was hit by a hefty thunderstorm: a lot of rain fell and as a result, the qualifying practice of the MotoGP and second practice of the 250cc classes were cancelled. This caused a problem because there was no official starting times. The problem was solved by combining the three best times set by all riders on Friday practice.^[12]^[13]^[14]

In 2010, Valentino Rossi won his first race in Malaysia since his accident at the Italian round earlier that year, which saw him break his leg.^[15] In 2011, Marco Simoncelli died on the first lap of the race after a horror accident where two riders hit him in the head and lower body. The race was abandoned shortly after.^[16]

In 2020, the Malaysian round was scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[17]^[18]

Official names and sponsors

1991: Lucky Strike Malaysia Grand Prix
1992: Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix (no official sponsor)
1993: Malaysia Grand Prix (no official sponsor)
1994, 2001: Malaysian Grand Prix (no official sponsor)^[19]
1995–1996: Marlboro Grand Prix of Malaysia
1997–1999: Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix
2000, 2012: Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix (no official sponsor)^[20]
2002: Gauloises Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix
2003–2006: Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix^[21]
2007–2008: Polini Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix^[22]
2009–2011, 2013–2014: Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix^[23]
2015–2019: Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix^[24]
2022–present: Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia^[25]

Formerly used circuits

The Shah Alam circuit, used from 1991 to 1997.
The Johor circuit, used in 1998.

Winners of the Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

Multiple winners (riders)

# Wins	Rider	Wins
# Wins	Rider	Category	Years won
7	Valentino Rossi	MotoGP	2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
		500cc	2001
		125cc	1997
5	Mick Doohan	500cc	1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998
	Max Biaggi	MotoGP	2002
	Max Biaggi	250cc	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
	Dani Pedrosa	MotoGP	2012, 2013, 2015
		250cc	2004
		125cc	2003
4	Casey Stoner	MotoGP	2007, 2009
		250cc	2005
		125cc	2004
3	Luca Cadalora	500cc	1996
	Luca Cadalora	250cc	1991, 1992
	Loris Capirossi	MotoGP	2005
		250cc	1999
		125cc	1991
	Marc Márquez	MotoGP	2014, 2018
	Marc Márquez	125cc	2010
	Maverick Viñales	MotoGP	2019
		Moto2	2014
		125cc	2011
	Francesco Bagnaia	MotoGP	2022, 2024
	Francesco Bagnaia	Moto3	2016
2	Noboru Ueda	125cc	1994, 1998
	Kenny Roberts Jr.	500cc	1999, 2000
	Álvaro Bautista	250cc	2008
	Álvaro Bautista	125cc	2006
	Gábor Talmácsi	125cc	2007, 2008
	Hiroshi Aoyama	250cc	2007, 2009
	Thomas Lüthi	Moto2	2011
	Thomas Lüthi	125cc	2005
	Johann Zarco	Moto2	2015, 2016
	Miguel Oliveira	Moto2	2017
	Miguel Oliveira	Moto3	2015
	Andrea Dovizioso	MotoGP	2016, 2017

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Wins
# Wins	Manufacturer	Category	Years won
33	Honda	MotoGP	2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
		500cc	1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001
		250cc	1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2009
		Moto3	2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
		125cc	1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005
19	Aprilia	250cc	1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008
19	Aprilia	125cc	1992, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
9	Yamaha	MotoGP	2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2019
		500cc	1991, 1993
		250cc	2000
8	Ducati	MotoGP	2005, 2007, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024
7	KTM	Moto2	2017, 2019
		250cc	2007
		Moto3	2012, 2013, 2015
		125cc	2004
	Kalex	Moto2	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024
2	Suzuki	500cc	1999, 2000
	Derbi	125cc	2001, 2010
	Suter	Moto2	2010, 2011
	Husqvarna	Moto3	2022, 2023

By year

Year	Track	Moto3		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
Year	Track	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Report
2024	Sepang	David Alonso	CFMoto	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Report
2023		Collin Veijer	Husqvarna	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	Report
2022		John McPhee	Husqvarna	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Report
2021		Cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns
2020		Cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns
2019		Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	Brad Binder	KTM	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	Report
2018		Jorge Martín	Honda	Luca Marini	Kalex	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
2017		Joan Mir	Honda	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Report
2016		Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	Johann Zarco	Kalex	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Report
2015		Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Johann Zarco	Kalex	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Report
2014		Efrén Vázquez	Honda	Maverick Viñales	Kalex	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
2013		Luis Salom	KTM	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Report
2012		Sandro Cortese	KTM	Alex de Angelis	FTR	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Report
Year	Track	125cc		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
Year	Track	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Report
2011	Sepang	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	Abandoned (Art. 1.25.2) ^{[note 1]}		Report
2010	Sepang	Marc Márquez	Derbi	Roberto Rolfo	Suter	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
Year	Track	125cc		250cc		MotoGP		Report
Year	Track	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Report
2009	Sepang	Julián Simón	Aprilia	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	Casey Stoner	Ducati	Report
2008		Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2007		Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	Casey Stoner	Ducati	Report
2006		Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2005		Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	Report
2004		Casey Stoner	KTM	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2003		Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Toni Elías	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
2002		Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	Report
Year	Track	125cc		250cc		500cc		Report
Year	Track	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Report
2001	Sepang	Youichi Ui	Derbi	Daijiro Kato	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
2000		Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki	Report
1999		Masao Azuma	Honda	Loris Capirossi	Honda	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki	Report
1998	Johor	Noboru Ueda	Honda	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1997	Shah Alam	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Honda	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1996		Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	Luca Cadalora	Honda	Report
1995		Garry McCoy	Honda	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1994		Noboru Ueda	Honda	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1993		Dirk Raudies	Honda	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report
1992		Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	Luca Cadalora	Honda	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1991		Loris Capirossi	Honda	Luca Cadalora	Honda	John Kocinski	Yamaha	Report

Notes

^ The 2011 MotoGP race was cancelled because of a crash on the second lap that resulted in the death of Marco Simoncelli. Under Article 1.25.2 in the regulations, all motorcycles on the same lap as the leader must finish three complete laps for a race to be official. As only one lap had been completed, the race was abandoned.

References

^ "MotoGP signs contract extension with Sepang Circuit for Malaysian GP". Formularapida.net. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Malaysian Grand Prix history | MotoGP™".
^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "How Syahrin became key to MotoGP's next step in Malaysia". 30 October 2018.
^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1992". Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1993". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1994". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1995". Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1998". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "MotoGP™ Cashback | Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix". www.motogp-cashback.com.
^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1999". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 2006". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
^ Sports, Dorna. "Heavy rain hits Sepang and postpones MotoGP qualifying | MotoGP™". www.motogp.com.
^ "Heavy rain at Sepang. | MotoGP | News | Crash". www.crash.net. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
^ "Rossi ends losing streak at Sepang, Lorenzo champion". Crash. 10 October 2010.
^ "Simoncelli dies in Sepang crash". BBC Sport.
^ Sports, Dorna. "UPDATED 2020 MotoGP™ Calendar with a total of 15 Grands Prix". www.motogp.com.
^ Krishnan, Ugarajan a/l. "It's confirmed – Malaysian MotoGP is off after 20 years". The Star.
^ "2001 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "2012 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "2006 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "2007 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "2009 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "2015 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "2022 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[26] The 2011 MotoGP race was cancelled because of a crash on the second lap that resulted in the death of Marco Simoncelli. Under Article 1.25.2 in the regulations, all motorcycles on the same lap as the leader must finish three complete laps for a race to be official. As only one lap had been completed, the race was abandoned.

[1] "MotoGP signs contract extension with Sepang Circuit for Malaysian GP". Formularapida.net. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[auto1-2] "Malaysian Grand Prix history | MotoGP™".

[3] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1991". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[auto-4] "How Syahrin became key to MotoGP's next step in Malaysia". 30 October 2018.

[5] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1992". Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[6] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1993". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[7] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1994". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.

[8] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1995". Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[9] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1998". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[10] "MotoGP™ Cashback | Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix". www.motogp-cashback.com.

[11] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1999". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[12] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 2006". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.

[13] Sports, Dorna. "Heavy rain hits Sepang and postpones MotoGP qualifying | MotoGP™". www.motogp.com.

[14] "Heavy rain at Sepang. | MotoGP | News | Crash". www.crash.net. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.

[15] "Rossi ends losing streak at Sepang, Lorenzo champion". Crash. 10 October 2010.

[16] "Simoncelli dies in Sepang crash". BBC Sport.

[17] Sports, Dorna. "UPDATED 2020 MotoGP™ Calendar with a total of 15 Grands Prix". www.motogp.com.

[18] Krishnan, Ugarajan a/l. "It's confirmed – Malaysian MotoGP is off after 20 years". The Star.

[19] "2001 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[20] "2012 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[21] "2006 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[22] "2007 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[23] "2009 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[24] "2015 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[25] "2022 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[note 1]

v t e Races in the Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship (1949–present)
Current (2025)	Thailand Argentine Republic Americas Qatar Spanish French British Aragon Italian Dutch TT German Czech Republic Austrian Hungarian Catalan San Marino and Rimini Riviera Japanese Indonesian Australian Malaysian Portuguese Valencian Community
Reserve (2025)	Indian
Returning (2026)	Brazilian
Former	Algarve Andalusian Baden-Württemberg Belgian Canadian Chinese City of Imola Doha East German Emilia Romagna European Expo 92 FIM Finnish Indianapolis Isle of Man Madrid Pacific Rio de Janeiro Solidarity South African Styrian Swedish Swiss Teruel Turkish Ulster United States Venezuelan Vitesse du Mans Yugoslav