Practice report

Sepang MotoGP: Mir shades Yamahas in warm-up

Suzuki's Joan Mir edged Yamaha riders Maverick Vinales and Franco Morbidelli in the warm-up for MotoGP's Malaysian Grand Prix.

It was Morbidelli that spent the majority of the session on top, a 1m59.922s setting the early pace before he improved with a 1m59.832s.

Mir then took over with a two-lap stint inside the last few minutes, the Spaniard jumping to the top with a 1m59.747s followed immediately by a 1m59.516s.

That left him three-tenths clear of Morbidelli, Vinales slotting in between the pair with a 1m59.784s right at the flag.

It's the first time all weekend that a Petronas SRT rider hasn't topped a session.

Following his spectacular qualifying shunt, Marc Marquez fell just short of overhauling Morbidelli with a 1m59.857s on his final run.

Andrea Dovizioso was fourth-quickest, while weekend-long pacesetter Fabio Quartararo was a quiet fifth.

Valentino Rossi was seventh, slowest of the Yamahas, as Jack Miller, Pol Espargaro and Cal Crutchlow rounded out the Top 10.

Session results:

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	01'59.516
2	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	01'59.784	00.268
3	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	01'59.832	00.316
4	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	01'59.857	00.341
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	01'59.913	00.397
6	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	01'59.916	00.400
7	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	02'00.013	00.497
8	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	02'00.023	00.507
9	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	02'00.172	00.656
10	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	02'00.174	00.658
11	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	02'00.249	00.733
12	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	02'00.339	00.823
13	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	02'00.359	00.843
14	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	02'00.460	00.944
15	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	02'00.525	01.009
16	5	Johann Zarco	Honda	02'00.667	01.151
17	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	02'01.124	01.608
18	82	Mika Kallio	KTM	02'01.238	01.722
19	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	02'01.504	01.988
20	55	Hafizh Syahrin	KTM	02'02.224	02.708
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