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Alex Marquez leads Bagnaia as Sepang MotoGP check concludes

February 7, 2025

Alex Marquez led the best way on the third and last day of the Sepang MotoGP check, as Ducati riders occupied 4 of the highest 5 spots within the classification.

Driving final yr’s GP24, Gresini’s Marquez set a greatest time of 1m56.493s initially of the working on Friday to edge out manufacturing facility Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia by 0.007s.

The Spaniard’s lap was seven tenths faster than the time with which Franco Morbidelli topped Thursday’s session, and solely 0.156s off the final word lap report set by Bagnaia throughout final yr’s Malaysian Grand Prix qualifying.

Lap instances tumbled rapidly on Friday morning, with a lot of riders capable of eclipse the 1m57s barrier within the first hour, together with Morbidelli, Fabio Quartararo and Bagnaia.

Nonetheless, neither might handle the tempo of Marquez, who took the highest spot within the second hour and wasn’t usurped for the remainder of the day.

Bagnaia settled into second, whereas Quartararo secured a robust third place for Yamaha with a 1m56.724s forward of Morbidelli in fourth.

Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Group

Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Photos

Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez jumped to fifth within the afternoon on the manufacturing facility Ducati bike, however it was his long-run tempo that caught the eye, as he recorded a median time of 1m57.930s over a 10-lap dash simulation.

Pedro Acosta led the best way for KTM in sixth place, whereas Johann Zarco was likewise the quickest Honda rider in seventh.

Marco Bezzecchi racked up 61 laps on the manufacturing facility Aprilia to finish up eighth, simply fractionally faster than HRC’s Joan Mir and the Yamaha of Alex Rins, who accomplished the highest 10.

The quickest rookie on Friday was Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer, who was categorized eleventh and 0.908s down on his pacesetting team-mate.

Former Ducati star Andrea Dovizioso made his first look within the Sepang check with Yamaha, however completed twenty second and final with a time that was 3.5s off the tempo. He accomplished almost 60 laps on the M1.

Outcomes from Day 3:

Pos	Rider	Group	Producer	Time	Laps	Hole
1	Alex MARQUEZ	Gresini Racing MotoGP	DUCATI	1’56.493	50
2	Francesco BAGNAIA	Ducati Lenovo Group	DUCATI	1’56.500	55	0.007
3	Fabio QUARTARARO	Monster Vitality Yamaha MotoGP Group	YAMAHA	1’56.724	58	0.231
4	Franco MORBIDELLI	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Group	DUCATI	1’56.948	41	0.455
5	Marc MARQUEZ	Ducati Lenovo Group	DUCATI	1’57.042	70	0.549
6	Pedro ACOSTA	Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing	KTM	1’57.175	59	0.682
7	Johann ZARCO	CASTROL Honda LCR	HONDA	1’57.204	64	0.711
8	Joan MIR	Honda HRC Castrol	HONDA	1’57.279	55	0.786
9	Marco BEZZECCHI	Aprilia Racing	APRILIA	1’57.328	61	0.835
10	Alex RINS	Monster Vitality Yamaha MotoGP Group	YAMAHA	1’57.351	53	0.858
11	Fermin ALDEGUER	Gresini Racing MotoGP	DUCATI	1’57.401	43	0.908
12	Jack MILLER	Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP	YAMAHA	1’57.452	27	0.959
13	Brad BINDER	Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing	KTM	1’57.614	55	1.121
14	Ai OGURA	Trackhouse MotoGP Group	APRILIA	1’57.754	55	1.261
15	Luca MARINI	Honda HRC Castrol	HONDA	1’57.789	59	1.296
16	Maverick VIÑALES	Purple Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	1’57.865	59	1.372
17	Miguel OLIVEIRA	Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP	YAMAHA	1’57.960	35	1.467
18	Enea BASTIANINI	Purple Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	1’58.011	44	1.518
19	Somkiat CHANTRA	IDEMITSU Honda LCR	HONDA	1’58.129	69	1.636
20	Michele PIRRO	Ducati Check Group	DUCATI	1’59.121	54	2.628
21	Lorenzo SAVADORI	Aprilia Racing	APRILIA	1’59.169	65	2.676
22	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing	YAMAHA	1’59.929	58	3.436

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