MotoGP, Bagnaia is going strong in Malaysia: first in pre-qualifying ahead of Martin

John

By John

Francesco Bagnaia dominates on the Sepang track, recording the best time in pre-qualifying with a 1:57.670. The Ducati world champion left behind the Spaniard Jorge Martin, his direct rival for the title, who, despite a crash at the end, finished in second place with a time of 1:57.729. Third best time for Enea Bastianini, while Marc Marquez also enters Q2. Andrea Iannone, who returned to MotoGP to replace Fabio Di Giannantonio in the last two races of the season, set the penultimate time after a good ninth place in free practice.