2025 Malaysian MotoGP, Sepang - Friday Practice Results

Friday practice results from the 2025 Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang, round 20 of 22.

Updated: 24 Oct 2025

Pedro Acosta overcomes an early fall to lead an unpredictable Friday Practice 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 as the chequered flag fell.

Among the heavyweight names missing the top ten cut were Marco Bezzecchi, Luca Marini, Francesco Bagnaia, Fermin Aldeguer and Brad Binder, sending them into Saturday’s Qualifying 1.

After torrential rain in the closing stages of FP1, the delayed afternoon hour - due to an oil spill in the Asia Talent Cup - began in dry conditions, with riders putting in long runs on soft tyres front and rear.

Rain spots with 25 minutes to go caused a flurry of activity in pit lane, with most riders fitting new tyres early to avoid being caught out.

There was drama for Alex Marquez, looking to lock down second in the world championship this weekend, who crashed at Turn 2, squandering his first chance on new rubber and leaving him 14th.

Aldeguer and Bagnaia, who had been first and third on used rubber, were the only riders in the top ten to brave it out on old tyres - despite the intermittent rain - until their final run.

However, despite conditions appearing to improve, neither was able to claim a valuable direct Qualifying 2 place.

Alex Rins walked away from a fast fall and hung on to the final top ten place. Augusto Fernandez crashed from the Yamaha V4 in the final minutes and finished 23rd and last.

2025 Malaysian MotoGP, Sepang - Practice Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time/Diff	Lap	Max
1	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red 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	Red 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	Red 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	Red 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 Factory (RS-GP25)	+1.693s	17/18	331k
22	Michele Pirro	ITA	Ducati Test Rider (GP25)	+2.182s	18/19	331k
23	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1 V4)	+2.415s	11/15	326k

* Rookie

Official Sepang MotoGP Records:

Best lap: Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati, 1m 56.337s (2024)

Fastest race lap: Alex Marquez, Ducati, 1m 58.979s (2023)

Fermin Aldeguer leads opening practice for the 2025 Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang, which was brought to an early end by a sudden downpour.

Aldeguer was sitting 0.256s ahead of factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia when the rain soaked the circuit with ten minutes to go.

Bagnaia, who looked to have two different spec GP25s on his side of the Ducati garage, made a strong start on what was thought to be the ‘older’ spec bike used since Motegi.

However, lap times were several seconds off record pace.

Aldeguer and Bagnaia used medium tyres front and rear, with Honda’s Joan Mir and KTM’s Pol Espargaro next best on the hard front/medium rear.

Aprilia’s man of the moment Marco Bezzecchi climbed to fifth just before the rain storm, edging out HRC’s Luca Marini.

Alex Marquez, on course to wrap up second in the world championship behind absent brother Marc this weekend, crashed at Turn 7 in the middle stages and was classified seventh.

Yamaha riders Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller, who suffered a technical issue and crash, followed, with Pedro Acosta completing the top ten.

Riding for the first time as a MotoGP race winner, Raul Fernandez was just 19th for Trackhouse Aprilia.

Augusto Fernandez began his second wild-card weekend on the Yamaha V4 in 22nd, +2.753s.

Rain remains a threat throughout the weekend.

2025 Malaysian MotoGP, Sepang - Free Practice (1) Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	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	Red 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	Red 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	Red 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	Red 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 Test Rider (GP25)	+2.197s	10/12	328k
21	Lorenzo Savadori	ITA	Aprilia Factory (RS-GP25)	+2.639s	10/12	326k
22	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Yamaha Factory 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 Records:

Best lap: Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati, 1m 56.337s (2024)

Fastest race lap: Alex Marquez, Ducati, 1m 58.979s (2023)

MotoGP arrives at Sepang in Malaysia fresh from an Aprilia double at Phillip Island - courtesy of Marco Bezzecchi and Raul Fernandez - but with Marc Marquez, Jorge Martin and Maverick Vinales still sidelined by injury.

Marc Marquez is again being replaced by Ducati test rider Michele Pirro, Martin by Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori and Vinales by KTM test rider Pol Espargaro.

Alex Marquez is comfortably on course to wrap up an historic Marquez one-two in the world championship this weekend, holding a 97-point advantage over next-best Bezzecchi. Just 74 points will remain after this weekend.

The Gresini rider is a former Sprint winner at Sepang and topped February’s official pre-season test.

Last year’s Sepang pole and grand prix winner Francesco Bagnaia has faded to fourth overall on his factory Ducati after back-to-back misery at Mandalika and Phillip Island.

Martin won last year’s Sprint and was runner-up to Bagnaia in the grand prix, after a thrilling early duel between the then title rivals.

Meanwhile, Augusto Fernandez is back this weekend to give the new Yamaha V4 its second wild-card appearance of the year, after a 14th place at Misano in mid-September.