A sudden downpour with 14 minutes of opening Malaysian Grand Prix MotoGP practice still to run meant an inconclusive start to the Sepang weekend.
It might still go down as an encouraging session for the troubled Pecco Bagnaia, who set the early pace and was still second to Gresini Ducati's Fermin Aldeguer when the rain hit.
Aldeguer's team-mate Alex Marquez is a favourite for victory this weekend given his usual strong form at Sepang, but he started his weekend with a fast low-side crash as he turned into the Turn 7 right-hander and was only seventh fastest.
Not the ideal start to Friday for @alexmarquez73, who is looking to secure 2nd in the Championship this weekend 👀💥#MalaysianGP 🇲🇾 pic.twitter.com/1JY7goHdJq
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) October 24, 2025
In other crashes, Jack Miller slid his Pramac Yamaha on its side into the gravel at the final corner and there were two offs for KTM's Pedro Acosta - the first an early tip-off at Turn 2 and then a trip deep through the gravel when the downpour started.
A handful of riders got their wet-shod bikes prepared in time to get some exploratory mileage in the final few minutes, but that was a fraught experience as standing water was already developing - with Fabio Quartararo, Australian GP winner Raul Fernandez and Brad Binder all visiting the run-off area at Turn 12 where a particularly vicious puddle had developed on the corner entry.
Results
1 Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati) 2m00.199s
2 Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) +0.256s
3 Joan Mir (Honda) +0.349s
4 Pol Espargaro (Tech3 KTM) +0.382s
5 Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) +0.392s
6 Luca Marini (Honda) +0.403s
7 Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) +0.521s
8 Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) +0.534s
9 Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) +0.607s
10 Pedro Acosta (KTM) +0.664s
11 Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati) +0.964s
12 Brad Binder (KTM) +1.062s
13 Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Aprilia) +1.076s
14 Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) +1.114s
15 Enea Bastianini (Tech3 KTM) +1.139s
16 Miguel Oliveira (Pramac Yamaha) +1.200s
17 Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati) +1.266s
18 Alex Rins (Yamaha) +1.380s
19 Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia) +1.558s
20 Michele Pirro (Ducati) +2.197s
21 Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia) +2.639s
22 Augusto Fernandez (Yamaha) +2.753s
23 Somkiat Chantra (LCR Honda) +2.786s
