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