Overview
- Marquez set the pace with a 1:57.018 in the afternoon session on day one at Sepang, with Fabio Di Giannantonio and Maverick Viñales completing the top three.
- He asked Ducati to give him the morning to work alone as he felt stiff on the GP26 before finding better rhythm later in the day.
- The Sepang run was his first official MotoGP outing since last season’s Mandalika crash, and he aims to continue rebuilding fitness over the next three weeks.
- Multiple reports indicate he has agreed a two-year extension with Ducati, with a formal announcement still pending.
- Enea Bastianini said he and Francesco Bagnaia will leave VR46 at season’s end, signaling further rider-market moves for 2027.