Pedro Acosta overcomes an early fall to guide an unpredictable Friday Follow for the 2025 Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang.
The KTM rider headed Honda’s Johann Zarco, Pramac Yamaha’s Jack Miller, HRC’s Joan Mir and Monster Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo because the chequered flag fell.
Among the many heavyweight names lacking the highest ten lower had been Marco Bezzecchi, Luca Marini, Francesco Bagnaia, Fermin Aldeguer and Brad Binder, sending them into Saturday’s Qualifying 1.
After torrential rain within the closing phases of FP1, the delayed afternoon hour – attributable to an oil spill within the Asia Expertise Cup – started in dry situations, with riders placing in lengthy runs on delicate tyres entrance and rear.
Rain spots with 25 minutes to go precipitated a flurry of exercise in pit lane, with most riders becoming new tyres early to keep away from being caught out.
There was drama for Alex Marquez, trying to lock down second on the earth championship this weekend, who crashed at Flip 2, squandering his first probability on new rubber and leaving him 14th.
Aldeguer and Bagnaia, who had been first and third on used rubber, had been the one riders within the high ten to courageous it out on previous tyres – regardless of the intermittent rain – till their last run.
Nevertheless, regardless of situations showing to enhance, neither was in a position to declare a worthwhile direct Qualifying 2 place.
Alex Rins walked away from a quick fall and held on to the ultimate high ten place. Augusto Fernandez crashed from the Yamaha V4 within the last minutes and completed twenty third and final.
2025 Malaysian MotoGP, Sepang – Follow Outcomes | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Crew | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | 1’57.559s | 16/18 | 336k |
| 2 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | +0.019s | 16/17 | 333k |
| 3 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.281s | 19/20 | 334k |
| 4 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.295s | 17/18 | 336k |
| 5 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.309s | 15/15 | 331k |
| 6 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +0.480s | 18/18 | 333k |
| 7 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +0.482s | 15/17 | 332k |
| 8 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +0.496s | 17/18 | 335k |
| 9 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.498s | 18/19 | 333k |
| 10 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.558s | 16/17 | 334k |
| 11 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.620s | 19/20 | 335k |
| 12 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.647s | 17/17 | 332k |
| 13 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | +0.720s | 3/15 | 329k |
| 14 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)* | +0.741s | 15/15 | 332k |
| 15 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | +0.801s | 19/20 | 335k |
| 16 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +1.022s | 13/18 | 330k |
| 17 | Brad Binder | RSA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.180s | 18/19 | 334k |
| 18 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.217s | 19/20 | 331k |
| 19 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +1.394s | 15/17 | 336k |
| 20 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | Idemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V)* | +1.405s | 17/18 | 331k |
| 21 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Manufacturing unit (RS-GP25) | +1.693s | 17/18 | 331k |
| 22 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati Check Rider (GP25) | +2.182s | 18/19 | 331k |
| 23 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing (YZR-M1 V4) | +2.415s | 11/15 | 326k |
* Rookie
Official Sepang MotoGP Data:
Greatest lap: Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati, 1m 56.337s (2024)
Quickest race lap: Alex Marquez, Ducati, 1m 58.979s (2023)
Fermin Aldeguer leads opening observe for the 2025 Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang, which was delivered to an early finish by a sudden downpour.
Aldeguer was sitting 0.256s forward of manufacturing facility Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia when the rain soaked the circuit with ten minutes to go.
Bagnaia, who regarded to have two completely different spec GP25s on his facet of the Ducati storage, made a powerful begin on what was regarded as the ‘older’ spec bike used since Motegi.
Nevertheless, lap instances had been a number of seconds off document tempo.
Aldeguer and Bagnaia used medium tyres entrance and rear, with Honda’s Joan Mir and KTM’s Pol Espargaro subsequent greatest on the arduous entrance/medium rear.
Aprilia’s man of the second Marco Bezzecchi climbed to fifth simply earlier than the rain storm, edging out HRC’s Luca Marini.
Alex Marquez, on track to wrap up second on the earth championship behind absent brother Marc this weekend, crashed at Flip 7 within the center phases and was categorised seventh.
Yamaha riders Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller, who suffered a technical concern and crash, adopted, with Pedro Acosta finishing the highest ten.
Driving for the primary time as a MotoGP race winner, Raul Fernandez was simply nineteenth for Trackhouse Aprilia.
Augusto Fernandez started his second wild-card weekend on the Yamaha V4 in twenty second, +2.753s.
Rain stays a risk all through the weekend.
2025 Malaysian MotoGP, Sepang – Free Follow (1) Outcomes | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Crew | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Fermin Aldeguer | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)* | 2’00.199s | 6/12 | 328k |
| 2 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP25) | +0.256s | 5/11 | 332k |
| 3 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.349s | 6/12 | 334k |
| 4 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +0.382s | 3/11 | 328k |
| 5 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP25) | +0.392s | 9/13 | 331k |
| 6 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +0.403s | 10/12 | 330k |
| 7 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24) | +0.521s | 7/9 | 332k |
| 8 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.534s | 5/12 | 330k |
| 9 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.607s | 3/7 | 329k |
| 10 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.664s | 3/10 | 333k |
| 11 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24) | +0.964s | 4/11 | 329k |
| 12 | Brad Binder | RSA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.062s | 6/15 | 331k |
| 13 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)* | +1.076s | 7/11 | 327k |
| 14 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | +1.114s | 4/12 | 331k |
| 15 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +1.139s | 7/12 | 332k |
| 16 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.200s | 4/11 | 328k |
| 17 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +1.266s | 4/11 | 329k |
| 18 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.380s | 9/12 | 331k |
| 19 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25) | +1.558s | 4/11 | 326k |
| 20 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati Check Rider (GP25) | +2.197s | 10/12 | 328k |
| 21 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Manufacturing unit (RS-GP25) | +2.639s | 10/12 | 326k |
| 22 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing (YZR-M1 V4) | +2.753s | 7/11 | 328k |
| 23 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | Idemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V)* | +2.786s | 10/13 | 329k |
* Rookie
Official Sepang MotoGP Data:
Greatest lap: Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati, 1m 56.337s (2024)
Quickest race lap: Alex Marquez, Ducati, 1m 58.979s (2023)
MotoGP arrives at Sepang in Malaysia contemporary from an Aprilia double at Phillip Island – courtesy of Marco Bezzecchi and Raul Fernandez – however with Marc Marquez, Jorge Martin and Maverick Vinales nonetheless sidelined by damage.
Marc Marquez is once more being changed by Ducati check rider Michele Pirro, Martin by Aprilia check rider Lorenzo Savadori and Vinales by KTM check rider Pol Espargaro.
Alex Marquez is comfortably on track to wrap up an historic Marquez one-two on the earth championship this weekend, holding a 97-point benefit over next-best Bezzecchi. Simply 74 factors will stay after this weekend.
The Gresini rider is a former Dash winner at Sepang and topped February’s official pre-season check.
Final 12 months’s Sepang pole and grand prix winner Francesco Bagnaia has light to fourth total on his manufacturing facility Ducati after back-to-back distress at Mandalika and Phillip Island.
Martin gained final 12 months’s Dash and was runner-up to Bagnaia within the grand prix, after an exciting early duel between the then title rivals.
In the meantime, Augusto Fernandez is again this weekend to provide the brand new Yamaha V4 its second wild-card look of the 12 months, after a 14th place at Misano in mid-September.
