Pramac Yamaha being warmed up at the 2025 Sepang shakedown.
Pramac Yamaha being warmed up at the 2025 Sepang shakedown.

2025 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown Test - Day 2: LIVE

Live updates from Saturday’s second day of the 2025 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown test.

The Sepang Shakedown test is due to get busier on day two w🦂ith the f𝐆our Yamaha race riders joining the action, following last night’s team launch.

However, a dꦦamp track meant the🐠 circuit remained silent when testing officially began at 10am.

Rookie Somkiat Chantra was another notable absentee on Friday, when KTM test rider Pol Espargaro was fastest from rookie and reigning Moto2 champion Ai O💯gura. New HRC test rider Takaaki Nakagami in third.

Rookies, fact🍎ory test riders and Honda and Yamaha race riders are eligible fౠor the Shakedown.

But fact🥂ory Honda riders Joan Mir and Luca Marini will not be present again today due to their team launch in Jakarta.

The official Sepang test, featuring all 2025 race riders, will𓆏 take place from February 5-7.

10:14
10:09

6pm and Day 2 of the Shakedown ends with Yamaha's Ale🤪x Rins jumping to the top by just 0.003s over KTM's Pol Espargaro in the closing minutes.

Fabio Quartararo made it two M1 riders in the top 3, with rookies Ai Ogura (Trackhouse) and Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini) an impressive 4th and 5th🔯, followed by Jack Miller (Pramac).

Alex Rins, Sepang Shakedown, Day 2.
Alex Rins, Sepang Shakedown, Day 2.
09:30

Rookie Ai Ogura𓆉 posts his best lap of the test so far to move into second on the timing, 0.102s from Quartararo.

09:30

Yamꦚaha said its plan for testing was to compare the end of 2024 package against a rang🌄e of new 2025 parts.

Quartararo i♐s ev🉐enly matched on both his bikes at the moment, with a (test leading) 1m 58.812s vs a 1m 59.139s on his other bike.

09:27

Rookie Fermin Aldeguer joins Fabio Quartararo in the 1m 58s: 5pm lap times - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:CLICK HERE

08:09

4pm, with 2 hours of testing to go, and Fabio Quartararo is on top ღfor ౠMonster Yamaha with the only 1m 58.812. He's the only rider in the 1m 58s so far this week but told ltxcn.top yesterday evening that he'd like a 1m 56s by the end of testing...

Pol Espargaro (KTM), Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Aprilia), Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati), Dani Pedrosa (KTM), Aleix Espargaro (Honda) and Jack Miller𓆉 (Pramac Yamaha) and Michele Pirro (Ducati) complete the top 8.

 

08:00

gets a good shot of the new KTM salad box and exhaust layout on track:

New KTM rear unit at Sepang Shakedown @hazrin
New KTM rear unit at Sepang Shakedown @hazrin
07:59

Aleix makes it three Honda riders on track today, after Ta🔯kaaki Nakagami and Somkiat💫 Chantra.

Chantra's LCR Ho🐼nda team-mate Johann Zarco was a guest at last night's Pramac Yamaha launch (Pramac being his former team) but hasn't been riding today.

Factory Honda team-♔mates Joan Mir and Luca Marini are currently unveiling their new livery in Indonesia.

07:56

Aleix Espargaro is on track f✱or HRC and -😼 Update - has replaced Takaaki Nakagami on the timing screens, so is using Taka's test bikes.

07:50

Quartararo, riding in his new bright green 20 and helmet, is now the only rider in the 1m 58s and sits first and second on the tim𓄧esheets with his two bikes. Pol Espargaro next best for KTM (+0.454s).

Fabio Quartararo, Day 2, 2025 Sepang Shakedown test
Fabio Quartararo, Day 2, 2025 Sepang Shakedown test
07:15

Update: Trackhouse has confirmed to ltxcn.top that it was Ogura's bike that was brought back to the pits, but also t♏hat he didn't have an accident (so a tech issue🌠).

07:13

Ogura remained fastest at 3pmಌ, although his bike then appeared to be returned on🍨 a trailer.

Shortly 𓃲after ꦅ3pm, Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo moved to the top with a 1m 59.139s, suggesting we should see laps in the 1m 58s by the end of today.

06:49

2:49pm local time and it's a roo🎃kie one-two with Trackhouse Aprilia's Ai Ogura 0.137s ahead of Gresini Ducati's Aldeguer.

05:47

Approaching 2pm local time and we've now had 13 riders on track, Fermin Aldeguer (Gre꧑sini) fastest from the KTMs of Pol Espargaro and Dani Pedrosa.

Yamaha's Fabio Qua💝rtararo and Honda's Takaaki Nakagami are also in the 1m 59s.

05:24

Once again, the Yamaha test team are the only ones not to have rider names associated with their transponders, simply listing "Test Rider" for all of their bikes.

At present it's Andrea Dovizioso, who rode all of day 1, on track. But new test rider Augusto Fernandez is expected to 'debut' sometime today.

05:13

Quartararo's✤ reign didn't last too long with Dani Pedಌrosa and then rookie Fermin Aldeguer rising about the Frenchman.

Ald𝓀eguer෴ has set a 1m 59.479s, which is 0.6s quicker than he managed on day one.

05:00

Fabio Quartar🌸aro wastes no time, moving𝓀 to the top on his opening run.

04:55

Rookie Somkiat Chantra finally completes his first MotoGP laps of the yeꦡar.

04:50

Approaching 1pm and rookies Fermin Aldeguer and Ai Ogura jo💯in the Saturday action.

Still no sign of LCR's Som♛kiat Chantra, who mis𒆙sed day 1.

04:48

Jack Miller pits after his first laps of 2025 for Pramac Yam♒aha.

Jack Miller, Sepang Shakedown
Jack Miller, Sepang Shakedown
04:46

Day ♒1 leader Espargaro rises to second place but is currently 1.090s behind Nakagami.

04:41

Pol Espargaro becomes the 5th rꦫider on track so far today.

04:34

12:30pm and Takaaki Nakagami is faܫstest for HRC with the first 1m 59s lap of the day.

Pirro, Miller and Dani Pedros🌸a are the o♋thers to have set a lap time.