Fabio Quartararo Leads Marc Marquez on MotoGP Sepang Test Day 1

Yamaha continues its 2025 testing prowess as Fabio Quartararo makes it three testing days in a row led by a YZR-M1 rider.

The Frenchman spent most of the day topping the timing sheets, being only briefly pushed down to P2 by Gresini Racing rider Alex Marquez. In a late time attack, Alex’s brother Marc Marquez pushed his Ducati GP-25 to 2nd.

The Spaniard led his younger brother ahead of Gresini teammate and MotoGP rookie Fermin Aldeguer in 4th just 0.297s adrift.

The all-encompassing news of the day, however, took two different Spaniards. Reigning World Champion Jorge Martin and Trackhouse Racing rider Raul Fernandez suffered major crashes relatively early into the day with both having to abort their testing duties for a trip to the medical centre.

Martin – who crashed twice on his second day on track as an Aprilia rider – has been taken to hospital for further checks.

While at the time of writing it is yet unclear how major Martin’s injuries are, social media posts suggest the Spaniard escaped unscathed.

Raul Fernandez, however, will already be on the way home to Spain this evening after fracturing a metacarpal bone in his left hand and suffering a “small foot fracture”. He will miss the remainder of the Sepang Test.

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Jorge Martin to Undergo Hospital Checks After Big Sepang Crashes

After two highsides in the early hours of the Sepang Test, Jorge Martin is suffering from pain in his foot and hand.

The two Spaniard’s weren’t the only fallers of the day. Fabio Di Giannantonio, Ai Ogura, Pedro Acosta and Franco Morbidelli all suffered smaller crashes as well.

The latter, toughing out his front-end slip, finished the day fifth-fastest. Joan Mir was the top Honda in sixth ahead of returnee Fabio Di Giannantonio, who deliberately skipped the last two rounds of 2024 to have surgery on his injured shoulder.

Jack Miller was eighth for the Pramac Yamaha squad ahead of LCR Honda’s Johann Zarco and Pramac teammate Miguel Oliveira.

Pedro Acosta, having suffered a small crash earlier in the day, led the four-rider strong KTM armada in 11th.

He headed teammate Brad Binder and Tech3 rider Maverick Vinales. Francesco Bagnaia was 17th on his factory Ducati, while Marco Bezzecchi managed 18th on his new Aprilia RS-GP.