The 2026 MotoGP observe motion begins with the standard three-day Sepang shakedown take a look at, which runs from Thursday to Saturday (January twenty ninth to thirty first).
Manufacturing unit take a look at riders and rookies of every producer Diogo Moreira and Toprak Razgatrioland different Yamaha race riders Fabio Quartararo, alex rins and jack miller You might be eligible to take part.
Shakedown is your first alternative to see the newest model of every manufacturing facility. MotoGP Machines together with the brand new Yamaha V4 had been launched forward of the Sepang official take a look at that can be held from February third to fifth.
All groups and riders will participate within the official take a look at, excluding Jorge Martin (Aprilia) and Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati), who’re absent attributable to harm.
Shakedown testing can be performed each day from 10 a.m. to six p.m.
Shakedown doesn’t present full Grand Prix and official take a look at timing information, however some restricted stay timing data is accessible.
I’ll replace the time and notes under if doable…
Simply to be clear, there isn’t a lap depend or most high velocity information, solely the highest velocity of every rider’s final recorded lap. Full timing data can be introduced on the official take a look at.
In the meantime, HRC take a look at rider Aleix Espargaro recorded a primary lap time of 1 minute 59 seconds, outpacing the KTM rider on the high of the timesheets.
Razgatlioglu’s Rookie of the 12 months rival and present Moto2 champion Diogo Moreira can be collaborating within the take a look at.
Morbidelli and teammate Johann Zarco will announce the official colours of the LCR (Castrol for Zarco and Professional Honda for Moreira) on February 1st.
Apparently the pink flag was to verify for doable oil and filth on the highway. Testing continues.
Purple flag at 11am.
A pink flag was waved simply after 11:00 a.m. to verify the “highway situations at Flip 9.”
Aleix Espargaro complained in regards to the filth on the highway earlier than the take a look at.
Nevertheless, it’s unclear whether or not that was the reason for the outage or if liquid was dripping.
Aleix Espargaro’s Instagram.
These are lap occasions at 11am, after the primary hour of testing.
With the return of Mika Kallio, KTM introduced its intention to have three take a look at riders on the observe. In the meantime, it was teammates Pol Espargaro and Dani Pedrosa who led from the beginning.
Pramac’s Toprak Razgatlioglu is the one Yamaha race rider on observe thus far, with Augusto Fernandes additionally lively on the take a look at crew.
Michele Pirro (Ducati), Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia) and Aleix Espargaro (Honda) additionally accomplished their first MotoGP laps of 2026.
2026 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown Take a look at (Thursday – 11am) | ||||
| rider | nut | crew | time | |
| 1 | paul espargaro | spa | Purple Bull KTM Tech 3 (RC16) | 2:1.103 seconds |
| 2 | Dani Pedrosa | spa | KTM take a look at rider (RC16) | +0.497 seconds |
| 3 | Yamaha take a look at rider* | Not relevant | Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing (YZR-M1) | +0.677 seconds |
| 4 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati take a look at rider (GP26) | +2.277 seconds |
| 5 | lorenzo savadori | ITA | Aprilia manufacturing facility (RS-GP) | +4.362 seconds |
| 6 | Mika Kallio | fin | KTM take a look at rider (RC16) | +5.235 seconds |
| 7 | Toprak Razgatriol | ought to | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)* | +5.620 seconds |
| 8 | Aleix Espargaro | spa | Honda HRC Take a look at Group (RC213V) | +7.863 seconds |
*Augusto Fernandes or Andrea Dovizioso.
** If a rider units lap occasions on a number of bikes, solely the general greatest time can be displayed.
Official information of Sepang MotoGP:
Finest lap: Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Lenovo, 1 minute 56.337 seconds (2024)
Quickest lap of the race: Alex Marquez, Gresini Ducati, 1 minute 58.873 seconds (2023)
2025 Malaysia MotoGP Race Quickest Lap – By Producer:
Ducati: Alex Marquez, 1 minute 58.873 seconds.
Honda: Joan Mir, 1 minute 59.293 seconds.
KTM: Pedro Acosta, 1 minute 59.311 seconds.
Yamaha: Fabio Quartararo, 1 minute 59.494 seconds.
Aprilia: Raul Fernandez, 2:00.217.
*Yamaha V4: Augusto Fernandez, 2 minutes 1.352 seconds.
2025 Malaysian MotoGP Qualifying Quickest Lap – By Producer:
Ducati: Francesco Bagnaia, 1 minute 57.001 seconds.
Yamaha: Fabio Quartararo, 1 minute 57.195 seconds.
KTM: Pedro Acosta, 1 minute 57.363 seconds.
Honda: Joan Mir, 1 minute 57.440 seconds.
Aprilia: Marco Bezzecchi, 1 minute 57.549 seconds.
*Yamaha V4: Augusto Fernandez 1 minute 59.382 seconds.
