The best pictures from Day 1 of MotoGP’s 2025 Sepang Shakedown test
The top images from Friday in Sepang
Here are the best 🀅pictures of the bikes on track in Sepang, at the 2025 MotoGP Shakedown test.
Ducati
Ducati have managed to keep their GP25 - expected to be the best bike on the grid,༒ which Marc Marquez, Pecco Bagnaia and Fabio di Giannantonio will ride - a secret so far.
Test rider Michele Pirro was in action.
But above is an image of Gresi🔯niౠ's year-old Ducati.
Fermin Aldeguer, Gresini's rookie rid🎶er, went fifth fastest on Friday.
Aprilia
Savadori heads out on a Jorge Martin Aprilia.
— Peter McLaren (@McLarenMotoGP)
The best image of the Aprilia from Fri♑day is at the top of this page.
Trackhouse's Ai Ogura caught the eye on Friday, going second-fastest on the timesheet. He was one of thre🔯e rookie🔜s eligible to take part.
Lorenzo Savadori, Aprilia's꧂ trusty test rider, was 10th.
KTM
Dani Pedrosa fastest for෴ KTওM as of lunchtime on day 1 of the 2025 Sepang Shakedown.
— Peter McLaren (@McLarenMotoGP)
🅺KTM had their experienced 🍒test duo of Pol Espargaro and Dani Pedrosa on track on Friday.
Espargaro topped𝐆 the timesheets, Pe🌟drosa was fourth.
Yamaha
Yamaha are able to call upon their two factory riders, two Pramac riders, and their test team on Friday, as per the concessioꦏn rules.
But only test duo Andrea Dovizioso andജ Augusto Ferna🐼ndez were on track on Friday.
Honda
Takaaki Nakagami we▨nt third-fastest🔜 on the timesheet, in his new role as Honda test rider.
He shares testing duties with Aleix Espargaro.
But despite intrigue around what new t🌌echnical director Romano Albesiano will bring to the struggling project, there were no clu൩es made public from Friday's running.
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