2025 MotoGP Official Sepang test: Fabio Quartararo leads Marc Marquez on day one
Dramatic first day of testing in Malaysia
Yamaha’s Fabio Qu💙artararo led Marc Marquez on the opening day of the 2025 MotoGP Sepang test, as reigning champion Jorge Martin suffered a massive crash.
Quartarar❀o spent much of the first test day at Sepang sitting at the top of the timesheets, having ♔already been on track during the shakedown last week.
The factory Yamaha rider ended the day fastest of all with a 1m57.555s as he carried oಞut an evaluation programme of three M1s.
In total, Yamaha has 12ꦍ bikes across its works team riders, Pramac and test rider Augusto Fernandez as it looks to pull itself up the grid.
Quart𝓀araro led the way at the end 🔯of hour two with a 1m57.999s, before improving to a 1m57.754s.
With just over half an hour to go, Quartararo set a new benchmark of 1m57.555s, which is just over a second aꦐway from the outright lap record at Sepang.
The 2021 worl🌼d champion was challenged late on by factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez, who put in a 1m57.606s having completed 54 laps on the works GP25.
He headed his Gresini Ducati-mounted brother Alex Marquez, who briefly led the way on Wedn꧃esday, with rookie team-mate Fermin Aldeguer 0.297s adrift in fourth.
Alde📖guer took part in last week’s shakedown, hence his impressive position on the day one standings.
The big news on Wednesday 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:was the major crash for reigning world Marꦐti🤡n, who was spat from his Aprilia at Turn 2 earlier in the day.
Martin - who crashed twice on his second𝓡 day on track as an Aprilia rider - has been taken to hospital for further 𒅌checks.
It was a crash-filled day of 🥀testing, with a number of riders taking tumbles. VR46 Ducati’s Franc༒o Morbidelli was one, though he was unharmed and finished fifth on his GP24.
Joan Mir w🥀as the top Honda in sixth ahead of the returning Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46), who miss🎉ed the last two rounds of 2024 to have surgery on a shoulder injury.
Jack Mil𒆙ler was eighth for the Pramac Yamaha squad ahead of LCR Honda’s Johann Zarco and 💖the sister Pramac M1 of Miguel Oliveira.
Pedro Acosta was the leading KTM in 11th having suffered a small craꦿsh earlier in the day.
He headed team-mate Brad Binder and the Tech3 KTM of Maverick Vinales. Francesco Bagnaia was 17th on his factory Ducati on ღa 1mꦅ58.947s, while Marco Bezzecchi was 18th for Aprilia.
Trackhouse Aprilia rider Raul F🐽ernandez suffered a heavy crash on day one at Sepang and has been ruled o๊ut due to injury. He is on his way back to Barcelona for surgery.
