What will ultimately, and thankfully, be the penultimate round of the season, the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, saw an entirely dominated first day
Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), double world champion MotoGP title and challenger this year Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing),
only 17 small dots ahead in the general classification.
Crushing the field by 7 tenths in FP1 thanks to the use of the softest tires, the Ducati official saw his only opponent for a new crown come back to 5 hundredths in the afternoon, thus telling him that the task of resuming command of the championship was not going to be easy, especially since if Jorge Martin finishes 2nd each time behind
Peccothe Spaniard will still be world champion by one point!
In a session where we hadn't seen the Yamahas in such good shape for a long time, Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, Enea Bastianini, Maverick Vinales, Alex Márquez, Fabio Quartararo, Franco Morbidelli, Alex Rins, Jack Miller and Marc Márquez gained their direct access to Q2 during Practice, thus leaving Pedro Acosta, Marco Bezzecchi, Johann Zarco and Brad Binder explain themselves to each other to try to get back out during Q1.
Another center of interest of this Malaysian meeting,
Andrea Iannone didn't do badly at all, trailing drivers like Aleix Espargaro, Luca Marini or Joan Mir…
Ranking of the pre-qualifying Practice:
While waiting to discover more, as the 22 riders prepare for this second 30-minute free practice session, under a sky covered by a light shower during the Moto2 session, and with morning temperatures of 29 ° in the air and 33° on the ground, let's enjoy these few live moments thanks to the official MotoGP.com website:
Here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.
| MotoGP™ Malaisie, Sepang |
2023 |
2024 |
| FP1 | 1’59.513 Jorge Martin (See here) | 1'58.795 Francesco Bagnaia (See here) |
| Practice | 1’57.823 Alex Marquez (See here) | 1'57.679 Francesco Bagnaia (See here) |
| FP2 | 1'58.960 Fabio Quartararo (See here) | (See here) |
| Q1 | 1'57.823 Fabio Di Giannantonio (See here) | (See here) |
| Q2 | 1'57.491 Francesco Bagnaia (See here) | (See here) |
| Sprint | Alex Marquez, Martin, Bagnaia (See here) |
(See here) |
| Warm Up | 1'59.218 Fabio Quartararo (See here) | (See here) |
| Course | Bastianini, A. Marquez, Bagnaia (See here) | (See here) |
| Record | 1'57.491 Francesco Bagnaia 2023 (See here) |
When the red lights go out…
Now for the qualifications!
Results of Free Practice 2 of the MotoGP Thailand Grand Prix in Buriram:
Ranking credit: MotoGP.com
MotoGP Malaysia Sepang FP2
MotoGP Malaysia Sepang FP2
MotoGP Malaysia Sepang FP2
MotoGP Malaysia Sepang FP2
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