Pebalap Repsol Honda, Dani Pedrosa sukses mencatatkan waktu tercepat dalam sesi latihan bebas pertama MotoGP Malaysia yang digelar di Sirkuit Sepang pada hari Jumat (23/10).
Pebalap Spanyol ini diikuti pebalap Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, Jorge Lorenzo di posisi kedua dan pebalap Repsol Honda lainnya, Marc Marquez di posisi ketiga.
Sementara itu posisi keempat dan kelima masing-masing ditempati oleh pebalap Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, Valentino Rossi dan pebalap Estrella Galicia 0.0 Marc VDS Honda, Scott Redding.
Hasil sesi latihan bebas pertama MotoGP Malaysia:
1. Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda Team (2m 00.412s)
2. Jorge Lorenzo - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (+0.210s)
3. Marc Marquez - Repsol Honda Team (+0.324s)
4. Valentino Rossi - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (+0.503s)
5. Scott Redding - Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (+0.806s)
6. Cal Crutchlow - LCR Honda (+0.823s)
7. Andrea Iannone - Ducati Team (+1.009s)
8. Hector Barbera - Avintia Racing (+1.204s)
9. Aleix Espargaro - Team Suzuki Ecstar (+1.329s)
10. Andrea Dovizioso - Ducati Team (+1.505s)
11. Danilo Petrucci - Octo Pramac Racing (+1.545s)
12. Maverick Viñales - Team Suzuki Ecstar (+1.846s)
13. Pol Espargaro - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (+1.847s)
14. Stefan Bradl - Factory Aprilia Gresini (+1.902s)
15. Bradley Smith - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (+1.911s)
16. Nicky Hayden - Aspar MotoGP Team (+2.178s)
17. Yonny Hernandez - Octo Pramac Racing (+2.660s)
18. Jack Miller - LCR Honda (+2.724s)
19. Alvaro Bautista - Factory Aprilia Gresini (+2.816s)
20. Mike Di Meglio - Avintia Racing (+2.982s)
21. Loris Baz - Forward Racing (+3.017s)
22. Eugene Laverty - Aspar MotoGP Team (+3.526s)
23. Toni Elias - Forward Racing (+4.084s)
24. Anthony West - AB Motoracing (+5.381s)
25. Damian Cudlin - E-Motion IodaRacing (+7.140s)
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