Francesco Bagnaia at the top of the bill, a Frenchman in the top ten, the free practice ranking 1

At the dawn of this nineteenth and penultimate stage of the MotoGP world championship, the paddock flew to Sepang for the Malaysian Grand Prix. For this first free practice session, it was Francesco Bagnaia who set the best time of the session in 1:58:795. The Italian took the lead ahead of Maverick Vinales and Marco Bezecchi. The double reigning champion hit hard from the start of this race meeting, showing himself very comfortable aboard his Ducati. His championship rival, Jorge Martin, finished only in sixth place, just over a second and a half behind the Turinese. For our French, Fabio Quartararo crossed the finish line in eighth position, with a time of 2:00:584, around a second faster than his compatriot Johann Zarco, riding the Honda LCR.

The ranking of Free Practice 1

1. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati)
2. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia)
3. Marco Bezzecchi (VR46 Ducati)
4. Jack Miller (KTM)
5. Pedro Acosta (Tech3 Gas-Gas KTM)
6. Jorge Martin (Pramac Ducati)
7. Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati)
8. Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha)
9. Andrea Iannone (VR46 Ducati)
10. Augusto Fernandez (Tech3 Gas-Gas KTM)
11. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda)
12. Marc Marquez (Gresini Ducati)
13. Franco Morbidelli (Pramac Ducati)
14. Enea Bastianini (Ducati)
15. Brad Binder (KTM)
16. Alex Rins (Yamaha)
17. Johann Zarco (LCR Honda)
18. Lorenzo Savadori (Trackhouse Aprilia)
19. Joan Mir (Honda)
20. Luca Marini (Honda)
21. Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia)
22. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia)

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