MotoGP 2025 bursts into motion at Sepang in Malaysia with a three-day Shakedown forward of subsequent week’s Official check.
Rookies Ai Ogura, Fermin Aldeguer and Somkiat Chantra, manufacturing unit check riders and full-time race riders from Yamaha and Honda (courtesy of the producer’s concession rank of D) are eligible to take part within the Shakedown.
Nevertheless, limits on the variety of personal testing tyres and workforce launches might additionally cut back the Shakedown attendance.
Yamaha’s quartet of race riders – Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins at Monster, plus Jack Miller and Miguel Oliveira on the new Pramac mission – are booked for a presentation in Kuala Lumpur this (Friday) night.
Nevertheless, former MotoGP title runner-up Andrea Dovizioso and 2024 racer Augusto Fernandez are set for M1 testing this weekend.
Honda’s manufacturing unit workforce of Joan Mir and Luca Marini are holding their 2025 workforce launch on Saturday in Indonesia, that means new check riders Aleix Espargaro and Takaaki Nakagami might tackle additional Shakedown duties.
Espargaro beforehand took half in a two-day personal check at Buriram, the place new technical director Romano Albesiano made his Honda ‘debut’.
The official Sepang check, that includes all 2025 race riders, will happen from February 5-7.
