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. 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.

MotoGP classification

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

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.

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."

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

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

Moto2 classification The race was stopped after 17 laps due to an accident involving Axel Pons.

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

125 cc classification

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

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