The best pictures from Day 1 of MotoGP’s 2025 Sepang Shakedown test

The top images from Friday in Sepang

Aprilia, via MotoGP
Aprilia, via MotoGP

Her♏e are the best pictures of the bikes on track in Sepang, at the 2025 MotoGP Shakedown test.

Ducati

Gresini, via MotoGP
Gresini, via MotoGP

Ducati have managed to keep their GP25 - expected to be the best bike on the grid, which Marc Marquez, Pecco Bagnaia and Fabio di Gi♒annantonio will ride - a secret s♔o far.

Test rider Michele Pirro was in action.

But above is an image oꦬf Gresini's year-old Ducati.

Ferm꧂in Aldeguer, Gresini's rookie rider, went fifth fastest on Friday.

Aprilia

The best image of the 🧔Aprilia from Friday is at the top of 🧔this page.

Trackhouse's Ai Ogura caught the eye on Friday, going second-fastest on the time♉sheet. He was one of three rooki🧸es eligible to take part.

Lorenzo Savadori, Aprilia'﷽s trusty test rider, was 10th♛.

KTM

KTM
KTM

K🥂TM had their experienced test duo of Pol Esparg✃aro and Dani Pedrosa on track on Friday.

Espargaro topped🅠 the timesheets, Pedrosa was fourth.

Yamaha

Yamaha
Yamaha

Yamaha are able toꦚ call upon their two factory riders, two Pramac riders, and their💝 test team on Friday, as per the concession rules.

But only test duo Andrea Dov�ꦐ�izioso and Augusto Fernandez were on track on Friday.

Honda

Takaaki Nakagami went third💞-fastest on the timesheet, in his new role as Honda test rider.

He shares testing duties with Aleix Espargaro.

But despite intrigue around what new technical director Ro🔯mano Albesiano will bring to the struggling project, there we🀅re no clues made public from Friday's running.

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