Pramac Yamaha being warmed up at the 2025 Sepang shakedown.
Pramac Yamaha being warmed up at the 2025 Sepang shakedown.

2025 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown Test - Day 2: LIVE

Live updates from Saturday’s second day of the 2025 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown test.

The Sepang Shakedown test is due to get busier on day two with the four Yamaha race ride✃rs joining the action, following last night’s team launch.

However, a damp track meant the circuit remained silent when testing of💮ficially began at 10am.

Rook🍌ie Somkiat Chantra was another notable absentee on Friday, when KTM test rider Pol Espargaro was fastest from rookie and reigning Moto2 champion Ai Ogura. New HRC test rider Takaaki Nakagami in third.

Rookies, f𓄧actorꦓy test riders and Honda and Yamaha race riders are eligible for the Shakedown.

But factory Honda riders Joan Mir and Luca Marini will not be present again today due to their team laun♌ch in Jakarta.

The official Sepang test, featurไing all 2025 race riders, will take place from February 5-7.

10:14

Final (6pm) Day 2 lap times - 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Click Here

10:09

6pm and Day 2 of the Shakedown ends with Yamaha's Alex Rins jump♏ing to the top by just 0.003s over KTM's Pol Espargaro in the closing minutes.

Fabio Quartararo made it two M1 riders in the top 3, wi🐭th rookies Ai Ogura (Trackhouse) and Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini) an impressive 4th and 5th, followed by Jack Miller (Pramac).

Alex Rins, Sepang Shakedown, Day 2.
Alex Rins, Sepang Shakedown, Day 2.
09:30

Rooki🍰e Ai Ogura posts his best lap of the test so far to move into second on the timing, 0.102s from Quartararo.

09:30

Yamaha said its plan for testing was to compare the end of 2024 package agains🦋t a range of new 202🧸5 parts.

Quartararo is evenly matched on both his bikes at the moment, with a (test leading) 1m 58.812s vs a 1m 59.139s on his other bikꦑe.

09:27

Rookie Fermin Aldeguer joins Fabio Quartararo in the 1m 58s: 5pm lap times - 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:CLICK HERE

08:09

4pm, wit🐭h 2 hours of testing to go, and Fabio Quartararo is on top for 🧜Monster Yamaha with the only 1m 58.812. He's the only rider in the 1m 58s so far this week but told wuqian0821.com yesterday evening that he'd like a 1m 56s by the end of testing...

Pol Espargaro (KTM), Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Aprilia), Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati), Dani Pedrosa (KTM), Aleix Esparga𒅌ro (Honda) and Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) and Michele Pirro (Ducati) complete 🌸the top 8.

 

08:00

gets a good shot of the new KTM salad box and exhaust layout on track:

New KTM rear unit at Sepang Shakedown @hazrin
New KTM rear unit at Sepang Shakedown @hazrin
07:59

Aleix makes it three Honda riders on track today, after Takaaki Nakagami and Somkiat Chaওntra.

Chantra's LCR Honda t🐟eam-mate Johann Zarco was a guest at last night's Pramac Yamaha launch (🌊Pramac being his former team) but hasn't been riding today.

Factory Honda team-mates Joan Mir and L🍨uca Marini are currently unveiling their new livery in Indonesia.

07:56

Aleix Espargaro is on track for HRC and - Update - has replaced Taka🍰aki Nakagami on the timing screens, so is using Ta♓ka's test bikes.

07:50

Quartararo, riding in his new bright green 20 and helmet, is 𒆙now the only rider in the 1m 58s and sits first and second on the timesheets ꦚwith his two bikes. Pol Espargaro next best for KTM (+0.454s).

Fabio Quartararo, Day 2, 2025 Sepang Shakedown test
Fabio Quartararo, Day 2, 2025 Sepang Shakedown test
07:15

Update: Trackhouse has confirmed to wuqian0821.com t⛦hat it was Ogura's bike that was brought back to the pits, but also that he didn't have an accident (so a tech issue).

07:13

Ogura remaineไd fastest at 3pm, although his bike then appeared to be returned on a trailer.

Shortly after 3pm, Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo moved to the top with a 1m 59.139s,🦩 suggesting we should see laps in the 1m 58s by ꦿthe end of today.

06:49

2:49pm local time ꦇand it's a rookie one-two with Trackhouse Aprilia's Ai Ogura 0.137s ahead of Gresini Duc𝔍ati's Aldeguer.

05:47

Approaching 2pm ಞlocal time and we've now had 13 riders on track, F🉐ermin Aldeguer (Gresini) fastest from the KTMs of Pol Espargaro and Dani Pedrosa.

Yamahaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ's Fabio Quartararo and Honda's Takaaki Nakagami are also in the 1m 59s.

05:24

Once again, the Yamaha test team are the only ones not to have rider names associated with their transponders, simply listing "Test Rider" for all of their bikes.

At present it's Andrea Dovizioso, who rode all of day 1, on track. But new test rider Augusto Fernandez is expected to 'debut' sometime today.

05:13

Quartararo's reign didn't last too long with Dani Pedrosa and then rookie Fermin Aldeguer rising about♛ the Frenchma🌞n.

Ald🧜eguer has set a𝓀 1m 59.479s, which is 0.6s quicker than he managed on day one.

05:00

Fabio Quartararo waste💖s no time𝕴, moving to the top on his opening run.

04:55

Rookie Somkiat Chantra finally completes his first MotoGP laps🦹 of the year.

04:50

Approaching 1pm and rookies Fermin Aldeguer and Ai Ogura join the Saturday a🤡ction.

Still no sign of LCR's Somkiatಞ Chantra, who m💯issed day 1.

04:48

Jack Miller pits after his first laps of🍸 2025 for Pramac Yamaha.

Jack Miller, Sepang Shakedown
Jack Miller, Sepang Shakedown
04:46

Day 1 leader Espargaro rises to second place but is currꦗently 1.090s behind﷽ Nakagami.

04:41

Pol Espargaro becomes the 5th rider on track so far🅠 today.

04:34

1🌠2:30pm and Takaaki Nakagami is fastest for HRC with the first 1m 59s lap of the day.

Pirro, Miller and Dani Pedrosa are tꦍhe others to have set a lap time.