2024 Malaysian MotoGP as it happened

A small update from KTM: 

"Hi everyone. We’ll do our best to update you on Jack as and when we can. Brad is back in the box already so we’re trying our best to prepare his second bike in time for the restart."

Pitlane open

Pitlane will open at 20 past local time for a quick start procedure. 

Miller has now been put into an ambulance and the marshals are clearing up the track. 

When this race is restarted, it will be over 19 laps.

Martin and Bagnaia did make contact on the way into Turn 1. 

Bagnaia had his right leg down in front of Martin as they jammed on the brakes. Lucky not to be a bigger incident. 

Another replay of the incident shows Binder was actually the trigger. He made contact with a bike ahead of him, which forced him to check up and into the path of Quartararo, who had Miller on his inside. 

Just a really unfortunate set of circumstances.

A replay of the start shows Miller was on the extreme inside of Quartararo and Binder. 

Miller goes down and takes the others with him. No news yet on Miller's condition other than he is conscious. 

All riders have been declared conscious but Miller is receiving medical attention on the track. 

Binder and Quartararo have walked away. 

red flag

The red flags have come out due to the Turn 2 crash. 

incident 

Binder, Miller and Quartararo are down at Turn 2. 

Race start - lap 1/20

Martin gets the jump into Turn 1 but runs wide as the pair tough on the way in. 

Nasty crash in the background at Turn 2. Bagnaia leads Martin.

warm-up lap 

Here we go, then. The field heads off for the final warm-up lap. 

Jorge Martin is sticking to his guns and is staying with the medium front tyre. Only Marini and Miller have done the same. 

Five minutes to go!

Bagnaia has now gone back to the soft front tyre. 

Bit of gamesmanship from Ducati?

Martin has at points said he would just do what Bagnaia does, after what happened at the San Marino GP. 

It's exceptionally hot today at Sepang. Air temp of 34C currently and a ground temp of 52C. 

There's also thick cloud gathering around the circuit. 

Just 10 minutes to go until the most important race of Jorge Martin's career. 

Bagnaia has made a late change to the medium front tyre. 

Tyre choice

Everyone has gone to the grid on the medium rear tyre. 

Everyone is on the soft, apart from Martin and Marini currently on the medium. 

This could be the day teh 2024 world title is decided. 

Jorge Martin leads the standings by 29 points after winning the sprint and needs to outscore Francesco Bagnaia by nine points today to be crowned champion.