2013 Sepang Moto3 Race Result: Breathless Opening Spectacle In Malaysia

Full report and results below:

Luis Salom has taken a decisive victory in a fantastically entertaining Moto3 Grand Prix at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia. In a race that saw the leading group made up of twelve riders in the early stages, the tone was set from the off with a series of ferocious passing maneuvers and breathtaking slip streaming. At the halfway point of the race the front group split in half and Salom was able to end up ahead of the leading group of six riders. The Spaniard came out on top of a nail biting last corner exchange with his main championship rival Alex Rins who had to settle for second position. 

After an awful start Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira managed to snare the final podium place aboard his Mahindra, it was the first ever podium for the Indian manufacturer, it was also the first time this year that a rider not aboard a KTM has stood on the rostrum. Alex Marquez, Maverick Vinales and a spirited Jack Miller completed the top six. Miller was placed as high as fourth during the last lap, but had no chance on the drag to the line and lost out to the KTM power of Marquez and Vinales. 

Alexis Masbou and Jonas Folger finished in seventh and eighth places respectively and were apart of the lead group in the initial running but were unable to handle the escalation of pace in the closing stages. Romano Fenati and Philipp Oettl rounded out the top ten placings. It was a race high in incident both on and off the track with no fewer than eight riders crashing out, thankfully no one was seriously injured.

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