Quartararo fastest from Marc Marquez, Jorge Martin suffers monster highside
Fabio Quartararo topped the first day of the Sepang test, setting a best lap of 1:57.555 on his Monster Energy Yamaha. The French rider showed promising early pace, although he’s had more track time than many others having taken part in the earlier Sepang Shakedown test. Marc Marquez was second, just 0.051 seconds behind, as he put in a late time attack on his new GP25 Ducati Lenovo machine. Alex Marquez placed third for Gresini Racing, with his impressive rookie teammate Fermín Aldeguer just behind and Morbidelli making it five Ducatis in the top six.
Joan Mir showed promising pace for Honda HRC Castrol, rounding out the top six just over half a second from the fastest time of the day.
Jack Miller and Miguel Oliveira completed their first test in Prima Pramac Yamaha colours, finishing eighth and tenth, respectively. KTM riders Pedro Acosta (11th) and Brad Binder (12th) focused on long runs, while Aprilia had a disastrous day, with Jorge Martin and Raul Fernandez both suffering big crashes. Both riders have been confirmed to have sustained hand fractures, with Martin also fracturing his foot, and will miss the rest of the Sepang test.
Enea Bastianini fell without injury, as did di Giannantonio, Ogura, Acosta and Morbidelli.
Testing resumes Thursday and Friday, with teams continuing development ahead of the Thai test later this month.
Pos
|
Rider
|
Team
|
Gap
|
Laps
|
Time
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
F. Quartararo
|
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team
|
0.000
|
50 / 54.
|
1:57.555
|
2
|
M. Marquez
|
Ducati Lenovo Team
|
0.051
|
52 / 54
|
1:57.606
|
3
|
A. Marquez
|
Gresini Racing MotoGP
|
0.183
|
42 / 53
|
1:57.738
|
4
|
F. Aldeguer
|
Gresini Racing MotoGP
|
0.480
|
43 / 52
|
1:58.035
|
5
|
F. Morbidelli
|
Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team
|
0.559
|
55 / 56
|
1:58.114
|
6
|
J. Mir
|
Honda HRC Castrol
|
0.560
|
52 / 54
|
1:58.115
|
7
|
F. Di Giannantonio
|
Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team
|
0.710
|
48 / 49
|
1:58.265
|
8
|
J. Miller
|
Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP
|
0.743
|
60 / 63
|
1:58.298
|
9
|
J. Zarco
|
CASTROL Honda LCR
|
0.777
|
50 / 61
|
1:58.332
|
10
|
M. Oliveira
|
Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP
|
0.816
|
55 / 60
|
1:58.371
|
11
|
P. Acosta
|
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
|
0.841
|
35 / 50
|
1:58.396
|
12
|
B. Binder
|
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
|
0.952
|
64 / 66
|
1:58.507
|
13
|
M. Viñales
|
Red Bull KTM Tech3
|
0.997
|
62 / 63
|
1:58.552
|
14
|
A. Rins
|
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team
|
1.097
|
26 / 41
|
1:58.652
|
15
|
L. Marini
|
Honda HRC Castrol
|
1.149
|
51 / 60
|
1:58.704
|
16
|
A. Ogura
|
Trackhouse MotoGP Team
|
1.208
|
40 / 58
|
1:58.763
|
17
|
F. Bagnaia
|
Ducati Lenovo Team
|
1.392
|
23 / 45
|
1:58.947
|
18
|
M. Bezzecchi
|
Aprilia Racing
|
1.652
|
57 / 68
|
1:59.207
|
19
|
E. Bastianini
|
Red Bull KTM Tech3
|
2.042
|
29 / 47
|
1:59.597
|
20
|
A. Fernandez
|
Yamaha Factory Racing
|
2.121
|
9 / 49
|
1:59.676
|
21
|
S. Chantra
|
IDEMITSU Honda LCR
|
2.744
|
30 / 70
|
2:00.299
|
22
|
R. Fernandez
|
Trackhouse MotoGP Team
|
3.733
|
3 / 24
|
2:01.288
|
23
|
J. Martin
|
Aprilia Racing
|
3.766
|
5 / 13
|
2:01.321
|