Overview
- Francesco Bagnaia led all 10 laps to win the Sprint by 2.259 seconds after charging from Q1 to pole earlier in the day.
- Ducati locked out the Malaysian GP front row with Bagnaia on pole ahead of Alex Marquez and Franco Morbidelli, as Fabio Quartararo qualified fourth and Pedro Acosta fifth.
- Bagnaia set pole with a 1:57.001 on his only soft‑tyre run in Q2 due to limited tyre allocation following a rain‑disrupted Friday that sent several favorites into Q1.
- Alex Marquez finished second in the Sprint, securing runner‑up in the 2025 world championship in Marc Marquez’s continued injury absence.
- Rookie Fermin Aldeguer finished third on the road but is under investigation for a tyre‑pressure infringement that could carry an eight‑second penalty and drop him to eighth, on a day Aprilia failed to reach Q2.