Overview
- Marquez led from lap two to win by roughly 2.7 seconds over Acosta, locking in his runner-up finish in the championship as Mir completed the podium.
- Francesco Bagnaia retired late with a reported puncture after running third, promoting Mir to P3 following earlier battles with Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo.
- Acosta said he removed most electronic rider aids after a poor warm-up, a radical setup switch he felt helped him manage the soft rear tyre to finish second.
- The Moto3 race was delayed and shortened to 10 laps after a sighting-lap collision between Jose Antonio Rueda and Noah Dettwiler; both were airlifted conscious, with organizers later saying Rueda was awake and alert with a suspected hand fracture.
- Top riders, including Bagnaia and Marco Bezzecchi, criticized the decision to run Moto3 and the lack of information on Dettwiler, intensifying scrutiny of race-control protocols at Sepang.