2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2011 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 17 of 18 races in the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 October 2011
Official name	Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Dani Pedrosa Honda Time 2:01.462
Moto2
Pole position Rider Thomas Lüthi Suter Time 2:07.512 Fastest lap Rider Stefan Bradl Kalex Time 2:08.220 Podium First Thomas Lüthi Suter Second Stefan Bradl Kalex Third Pol Espargaró FTR
125 cc
Pole position Rider Nicolás Terol Aprilia Time 2:13.579 Fastest lap Rider Nicolás Terol Aprilia Time 2:14.229 Podium First Maverick Viñales Aprilia Second Sandro Cortese Aprilia Third 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]