To know the final ranking on Friday in Malaysia, you had to get up very early since it was revealed from FP1. The rain had in fact decided to take over the verdict of FP2 while still letting the sun gradually dry out the trajectory. In the final minutes of the session, four drivers ventured out on slicks, finishing in the top four in the standings. The fastest was Cal Crutchlow, who on the Yamaha released by Andrea Dovizioso after the Misano race.
The Englishman obtained the best lap with a time of 2'05.710, but the absolute performance of this day was the prerogative of Brad Binder with his 1'59.479 in FP1. The British driver of Team WithU was ahead Pecco Bagnaia a little less than a second, or exactly 0.900s. However, the pilot Ducati exited provisional Q2, as he finished 11th in FP1. To avoid Q1, he must hope that it will not rain in FP3.
bagnaia ahead Alex Marquez (Honda LCR) and his teammate Jack Miller. Fifth beat for Johann zarco which, with its Ducati Pramac, is ahead of the Aprilia Maverick Vinales and the Yamaha of Franco Morbidelli. Joan mir with the Suzuki, fabio quartararo on his Yamaha and Luca Marini with the Ducati Mooney VR46 Racing Team close the Top Ten.
Remy Gardner and Fabio Quartararo let off steam in Malaysia
In summary with the FP1 times, the drivers who are provisionally in Q2 are: Brad Binder, Alex Rins, Marc Marquez, Enea Bastianini, Joan Mir, Jorge Martin, Fabio Quartararo, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi. In addition to Bagnaia are notably in Q2, Aleix Espargarò, Franco Morbidelli, Jack Miller, Johann Zarco and Maverick Viñales.
The best rookie was Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati Mooney VR46 Racing Team) 13nd, followed by Raul Fernandez (KTM Team Tech3) 14th, Remy Gardner (KTM Team Tech3) 18th, Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati Gresini) 19th and Darryn Binder (Yamaha WithU RNF) 24th.
Finally, when the checkered flag had just ended the day MotoGP in Malaysia, Remy gardner put on the show which pleased fabio quartararo who answered him...
A smokey practice starts from @GardnerRemy! 😮💨#MalaysianGP 🇲🇾 pic.twitter.com/gYkWCckRYp
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 21, 2022
Not to be left out, @FabioQ20 join the show 😈#MalaysianGP 🇲🇾 pic.twitter.com/w0VBT1N907
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 21, 2022
What will this Saturday have in store for us, at the end of which the starting grids will be formed for the races of this penultimate round of the season? You won't want to miss a thing, here's the menu...
Saturday October 22:
03:00 – 03:40: Moto3 FP3
03:55 – 03:35: Moto2 FP3
04:50 p.m. – 05:35 p.m.: MotoGP FP3
06:35 – 07:15: Moto3 Qualifying
07:30 – 08:10: Moto2 Qualifying
08:25 p.m. – 08:55 p.m.: MotoGP FP4
09:05 – 09:20: MotoGP Q1
09:30 – 09:45: MotoGP Q2
