Franco Morbidelli guided his VR46-run Ducati GP24 to prime spot on day two of the 2025 Sepang MotoGP check, as manufacturing unit counterpart Marc Marquez suffered a late crash.
After a dramatic opening day on Wednesday that noticed reigning world champion Jorge Martin, Trackhouse Racing’s Raul Fernandez and VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio dominated out via damage, Thursday appeared way more calm.
Morbidelli annexed the highest of the timesheets for a lot of the day, taking on prime spot within the second hour with a 1m57.210s.
That lap, regardless of a late time assault effort on recent rubber from Morbidelli, would go unchallenged because the chequered flag introduced the session to a detailed at 6pm native time.
Morbidelli, who will proceed to race the GP24 he rode final 12 months, headed former Yamaha team-mate Fabio Quartararo.
The 2021 world champion continued to look robust on the M1, with Quartararo leaping as much as second late on with a 1m57.324s.
Gresini Racing duo Alex Marquez and rookie team-mate Fermin Aldeguer have been third and fourth on their GP24s.
Aldeguer solely did 26 laps on Thursday, having taken half within the shakedown, together with his Gresini staff electing to bench him early as not let him overstep the mark.
Manufacturing facility Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia accomplished the highest 5.
Bagnaia managed 42 laps in Thursday with a greatest time of 1m57.652s, although did have a small off earlier within the day.
Each manufacturing unit Ducati staff riders discovered the gravel entice throughout Thursday, with Bagnaia’s team-mate Marc Marquez taking a tumble within the closing quarter-hour of the session.
The eight-time grand prix world champion was unhurt within the accident and was 14th on a 1m58.447s, having been unable to finish the private greatest lap he was on on the time of his fall.
Joan Mir was as soon as once more sixth on the manufacturing unit Honda, whereas Pedro Acosta – who crashed on Thursday – was the main KTM rider in seventh forward of Pramac Yamaha’s Miguel Oliveira.
Marco Bezzecchi was the main Aprilia in ninth on a 1m57.995s, having improved from a 1m59.207s on Thursday on his new manufacturing unit RS-GP.
Jack Miller accomplished the highest 10 on the sister Pramac Yamaha, with the Australian seen evaluating a brand new Yamaha chassis on day two of the official check.
Michele Pirro has been drafted in to switch Di Giannantonio and was twenty first after 46 laps, whereas Aprilia put Lorenzo Savadori on observe in Martin’s absence.
The Italian was final on the timesheets after 51 laps.
Full Sepang MotoGP Take a look at Thursday outcomes
