2025 Official Sepang MotoGP Test - Day 3 as it happened

Some riders are now heading out for practice starts, the rest will next be on track at Buriram for the final pre-season test next Wednesday and Thursday.

Joan Mir moves up a place to 8th in the final minutes, Enea Bastianini improves his time but not position (18th).

We have a late improvement, new Tech3 KTM rider Maverick Vinales moves from 18th to 16th, 1.372s from Alex Marquez.

Currently on track: Marco Bezzecchi, Alex Rins, Ai Ogura, Luca Marini, Enea Bastianini, Somkiat Chantra, Michele Pirro, Lorenzo Savadori, Andrea Dovizioso.

Meanwhile the fans are starting to move toward the start/finish straight in preparation for the practice starts that follow the 6pm end of testing.

The final half hour of testing is approaching and the temperature falling as the sun gets lower, might we see someone put in a new soft rear tyre for a last-gasp time attack?

Fabio Quartararo just said he's delighted with the several steps Yamaha have made to close the qualifying gap they struggled with all last year, after setting his best ever Sepang lap, just 0.231s from test leader Alex Marquez.

But still 'no expectations' (his crew chief even has it written on a t-shirt) and just give the maximum for whatever is possible.

Approaching the final hour of the Sepang test and eight riders are still on track.

Fabio Quartararo is not one of them, he's talking to the media soon so is presumably finished after his 5 days here (counting 2 at the shakedown.

The Monster Yamaha rider remains third behind Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia, with his first ever 1m 56s of Sepang.

Joan Mir, average over 10 laps = 1m 59.703s.
 

Franco Morbidelli, over 13 laps, average 1m 59.687s.

(Average over first 10 laps = 1m 59.469s)

 

Pedro Acosta average, also 10 laps: 1m 58.596s.

Both Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez have done a 10-lap Sprint simulation. Bagnaia averaged 1m 58.243s and Marquez 1m 57.930s.

Currently on track: Alex Marquez (fastest), Fabio Quartararo (3rd), Ai Ogura (14th), Maverick Vinales (18th), Michele Pirro (20th) and Lorenzo Savadori (21st).

4pm Results: 2025 Official Sepang MotoGP Test, Day 3

3:30pm and the drizzle has passed. Some riders, such as Pramac team-mates Miguel Oliveira and Jack Miller, have finished testing but others are continuing.

Teams are already packing crates up ready to move to Thailand next week.

Just gone 2:30pm and the rain lights are on at Sepang, sending everyone back to the pits for now. As on previous days it looks more like drizzle than any 'real' rain, at least for now.

Joan Mir now pits and the track is silent again.

2pm Results: 2025 Official Sepang MotoGP Test, Day 3

Meanwhile, Mir continues.

Marini is unharmed and gets his Honda back to the pits.

Marco Bezzecchi, first to speak to the trackside media today, said his 8th best time was his first real time attack on the Aprilia. 

His lap was 0.7s quicker than the best Aprilia in qualifying last November and the same margin under his 2024 qualifying time on a VR46 Ducati. 

Bezzecchi joked that he still knows how to ride! Aims to try a Sprint simulation later but not enough time for a full race distance as he still has things to test.

HRC Castrol team-mates Joan Mir and Luca Marini are out on track together, perhaps checking how the RC213V works in dirty air.

Just gone 1:30pm and the track is silent apart from Franco Morbidelli, as most teams and riders take an unofficial lunch break.

The big debate here is whether it's going to rain or not this afternoon. Some forecasts say yes, perhaps even as early as 2pm. Others say it won't...