MotoGP Malaysian GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 results

Sunday’s race action began with the 17-lap Moto3 contest, with Max Racing’s McPhee recovering from 22nd on the grid to take a stunning victory at the end of a hugely difficult season for the Scotsman.

McPhee will have to undergo a crew chief change this weekend after his current one, Maurizio Cambarau, was fired after an investigation into an assault incident from 2019 found him guilty – though this won’t take effect until Valencia.

The Scotsman has also endured numerous injury problems and currently does not have a ride in any series for 2023 in his pocket.

Poleman Dennis Foggia led in the early stages of a hectic Moto3 race and led the pack as the final lap got underway.

But McPhee pulled off a daring move on the inside of several riders at the penultimate corner to lead onto the back straight.

His Max Racing teammate Ayumu Sasaki tried to take the lead away from McPhee at the final corner, but the latter cut back to the inside as Sasaki ran slightly wide to score his first win since 2020 by just 0.048 seconds.

Sasaki held onto second ahead of Aspar GasGas rider Sergio Garcia, which moves him eight points clear of Foggia in their fight for second in the standings heading to the Valencia finale next month.

Ajo KTM’s Jaume Masia was fourth from MT Helmets KTM rider Diogo Moreira and Foggia, with Dani Holgado (Ajo KTM), Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets KTM), MTA KTM’s Ivan Ortola and Tech 3 KTM’s Deniz Oncu rounding out the top 10.

New Moto3 world champion Izan Guevara took the chequered flag in 12th after contact with Sasaki exiting the final corner in the closing stages sent him off track.

John McPhee, Husqvarna Max Racing

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Moto3 results

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Gap	Points
1	17	John McPhee	Husqvarna		25
2	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	0.048	20
3	11	Sergio García	GASGAS	0.146	16
4	5	Jaume Masia	KTM	0.245	13
5	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	0.319	11
6	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	0.371	10
7	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	5.817	9
8	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	6.034	8
9	48	Iván Ortolá Díez	KTM	6.230	7
10	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	6.732	6
11	43	Xavier Artigas	CF MOTO	6.789	5
12	28	Izan Guevara	GASGAS	9.148	4
13	23	Elia Bartolini	KTM	13.416	3
14	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	13.682	2
15	31	Adrian Fernandez	KTM	14.659	1
16	63	Syarifuddin Azman	Honda	14.812
17	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	14.990
18	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	20.530
19	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	28.240
20	9	Nicola Fabio	KTM	28.285
21	64	Mario Suryo Aji	Honda	43.055
22	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	43.250
23	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	54.110
	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	2 Laps
	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	5 Laps
	99	Carlos Tatay	CF MOTO	5 Laps
	67	Alberto Surra	Honda	9 Laps
	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	13 Laps
	44	David Munoz	KTM	14 Laps
	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	16 Laps
	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	16 Laps
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Drama struck the 18-lap Moto2 race as the championship battle between Ai Ogura and Augusto Fernandez took another massive twist.

Poleman Ogura trailed MarcVDS’ Tony Arbolino for much of the first half of the race before taking the lead at the start of lap 13.

A mistake for Ogura under braking for Turn 1 next time around allowed Arbolino back through, though Honda Team Asia’s Ogura would rally over the final few laps.

Ogura went for an overtake up the inside of Arbolino at Turn 9 but lost the front as he edged ahead and crashed out.

Ajo KTM’s Fernandez took the chequered flag in fourth to steal a crucial 9.5-point lead over Ogura to set up a final-round showdown in Valencia next month.

Arbolino eased to the chequered flag 11.4 seconds clear of Speed Up’s Alonso Lopez and Aspar GasGas rider Jake Dixon.

Yamaha VR46 Master Camp rider Manu Gonzalez completed the top five ahead of Intact GP’s Marcel Schrotter and American Racing’s Cameron Beaubier.

Aron Canet recovered to eighth for Pons after getting caught up in a Turn 1 tangle between Honda Team Asia’s Somkiat Chantra and Ajo’s Pedro Acosta. Intact GP’s Jeremy Alcoba and Speed Up’s Fermin Aldeguer completed the top 10.

Tony Arbolino, Marc VDS Racing Team

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Moto2 results

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Gap
1	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex
2	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro B-21	11.411
3	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	11.802
4	37	Augusto Fernandez	Kalex	13.206
5	18	Manuel Gonzalez	Kalex	14.770
6	23	Marcel Schrotter	Kalex	17.166
7	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	20.222
8	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	24.279
9	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	24.407
10	54	Fermin Aldeguer	Boscoscuro B-21	24.482
11	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	30.636
12	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	33.595
13	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	34.448
14	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	34.927
15	29	Taiga Hada	Kalex	43.757
16	81	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	44.940
17	42	Marcos Ramirez	MV Agusta	45.182
18	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	48.818
19	27	Kasma Daniel Kasmayudin	Kalex	53.121
20	72	Borja Gomez	Kalex	54.465
21	28	Niccolo Antonelli	Kalex	54.812
22	20	Azroy Anuar	Kalex	55.685
	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex
	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex
	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex
	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex
	13	Celestino Vietti Ramus	Kalex
	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex
	98	David Sanchis	MV Agusta
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