Since the start of the season, Moto2 has never had the opportunity to celebrate a Spanish victory. A first in the history of the discipline which began in 2010.
Having proven himself the fastest in all sessions and new circuit record holder, Alex Marquez has every intention of defeating this Indian sign, even if attention will obviously focus on the duel between Miguel Oliveira à Francesco Bagnaia on the occasion of a new match ball available by the latter.
Finally, French enthusiasts will not fail to observe with fervor Fabio Quartararo who will start from the first row.
Good morning everyone from Sepang International Circuit 🇲🇾
It's race day! 🏁 Are you ready? 💪#MalaysianGP pic.twitter.com/1XJrEp3ban
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 3, 2018
The weather forecast predicts a rather mild morning but heavy rain could fall during the Moto2 and/or MotoGP races. For the moment, the sky is a pale blue dotted with a few white clouds, but the track is not yet completely dry, while temperatures are already 25° in the air and 26° on the ground.
Here are the chronometric references:
| Sepang Moto2™ | 2017 | 2018 |
| FP1 |
2'06.856 Miguel Oliveira |
2'08.351 Alex Marquez |
| FP2 |
2'24.074 Alex Marquez |
2'06.928 Alex Marquez |
| FP3 |
2'06.605 Franco Morbidelli |
2'07.768 Alex Marquez |
| Qualification |
2'06.406 Franco Morbidelli |
2'05.629 Alex Marquez (new record) |
| Warm Up |
2'06.569 Brad Binder |
2'23.985 Andrea Locatelli |
| Course |
Oliveira, Binder, Morbidelli |
|
| All time lap record |
2'06.383 Tom Lüthi 2015 |
It's time for # Moto2 to head out on track for their warm-up session here in Sepang 👊#MalaysianGP 🇲🇾 pic.twitter.com/HxMnUSHYW5
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 4, 2018
At the opening of the session, Miguel Oliveira takes a turn then returns to his box. The Portuguese driver nevertheless still uses rain tires.
Jorge Navarro (Kalex, Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) fell at turn 9 without gravity, a few minutes before Frederick Fuligni (Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2), at the same location.
Meanwhile, very excited this weekend, Remy Gardner (Mistral M610, Tech 3 Racing) achieved the best time in 2'25.103.
Midway through the session, the Tech3 driver, who precedes Fabio Quartararo, is overwhelmed by Luca Marini (Kalex, SKY Racing Team VR46) in 2'24.750.
We then find Miguel Oliveira in the top 5 while Francis Bagnaia settles for 19th time.
Lucas Marini further accelerates the pace and lowers the provisional benchmark to 2'24.286 5 minutes from the checkered flag.
Augusto Fernandez (Kalex, Pons HP 40) continues to make its mark by temporarily positioning itself 2nd while Remy gardner returns to his box.
The final rush sees Andrea Locatelli (Kalex, Italtrans Racing Team) seize leadership ahead of Miguel Oliveira.
# Moto2 Warm-Up 🏁@alocatelli55 is fastest in the wet in Sepang! #MalaysianGP 🇲🇾 pic.twitter.com/mqut9lSXNl
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 4, 2018
Warm Up Ranking MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang:
Photo credit and ranking: MotoGP.com
