10:54
Yamaha skips practice starts
Just as earlier today, no Yamaha riders took part in the end of test practice start period, presumably to protect the V4 engine after the day one 'technical issue' that threatened to end their test early.
Alex Marquez, Marc Marquez, 2026 Sepang MotoGP Test (Gold&Goose).
2026 Official Sepang MotoGP Test: Day 3 - LIVE UPDATES
Live updates from the third and final day of the Official 2026 Sepang MotoGP Test - Yamaha returns...
The third and final day of the Sepang MotoGP test takes place on Thursday, where all eyes will be on whether Yamaha makes it out on track, after parking the new V4 for all of Wednesday while it investigated a day one technical issue.
Honda’s Joan Mir was the fastest of those that did make it out on track, with VR46’s Franco Morbidelli the only other rider to break the 1m 57s barrier.
That was in the morning session, with a rain shower ending any hope of better lap times in the afternoon.
Reigning world champion Marc Marquez had been fastest on his return to MotoGP action on day one but focussed on aero work on his way to 15th on day two.
Like many teams, Marquez and Ducati hope to have a clearer idea of what aero they will race with after this final day, which could also see some race simulations.
Testing takes place between 10am and 6pm, with practice start periods in the middle of the day and again at the end…
05 Feb 2026
13:22
Pedro Acosta offers surprisingly low rating of his Sepang MotoGP test
Pedro Acosta was happy with his Sepang test, but scored it surprisingly low.
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Pedro Acosta offers surprisingly low rating of his Sepang MotoGP test
Pedro Acosta, KTM Factory Racing, 2026 Sepang test
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13:14
Toprak Razgatlioglu gives glum review of troubled Sepang MotoGP test
Toprak Razgatlioglu sounded deflated after the first 2026 MotoGP test, as he struggles to adapt his style to MotoGP machinery.
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Toprak Razgatlioglu gives glum review of troubled Sepang MotoGP test
Toprak Razgatlioglu, Pramac Yamaha, 2026 Sepang test
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11:23
Pecco Bagnaia teases “great opportunities” as 2027 Ducati MotoGP exit looks likely
Pecco Bagnaia has teased he has good offers on the table for MotoGP 2027, as an exit from Ducati looks increasingly more likely.
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Pecco Bagnaia teases “great opportunities” as 2027 Ducati MotoGP exit looks likely
Pecco Bagnaia, Ducati Corse, 2026 Sepang test
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10:54
Alex Marquez confirms “several options” for MotoGP 2027 as KTM links intensify
Alex Marquez confirms he has several 2027 MotoGP offers on the table, as links to KTM intensify.
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Alex Marquez confirms “several options” for MotoGP 2027 as KTM links intensify
Alex Marquez, Gresini Ducati, 2026 Sepang test
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10:25
Yamaha denies Sepang MotoGP test issues impact 2027 Fabio Quartararo talks
Yamaha says its discussions with Fabio Quartararo have not been impacted by its testing issues.
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Yamaha denies Sepang MotoGP test issues impact 2027 Fabio Quartararo talks
Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, 2026 Sepang test
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10:06
2026 Sepang MotoGP test: Alex Marquez leads final day as Marc Marquez crashes
Alex Marquez led the final day of the first 2026 pre-season MotoGP test.
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Alex Marquez, Gresini Ducati, 2026 Sepang test
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10:02
Sepang MotoGP Test: Final Results & Sprint Simulations
2026 Official Sepang MotoGP Test: Results - Day 3 (FINAL)
10:00
Enea Bastianini into 5th
The late lap times keep flowing with Tech3's Enea Bastianini, who struggled badly with qualifying last year, rocketing from 18th to 5th in the final minute of the test.
09:54
Into the last five minutes of the Sepang test and Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio di Giannantonio, Ai Ogura, Raul Fernandez, Luca Marini, Alex Rins and Maverick Vinales are still on track.
09:48
Ai Ogura and Brad Binder are next to shake-up the timesheets, slotting into fourth and fifth.
09:45
Bezzecchi blasts into P1
Marco Bezzecchi leaps 0.567s clear at the top of the timesheets with a 1m 56.526s scorcher, that's only 0.1s behind Alex Marquez's test best this morning.
09:42
Fabio di Giannantonio fastest
With the track temperature cooling, Fabio di Giannantonio jumps to the top of the Session 2 timesheets with a 1m 57.093s.
Trackhouse Aprilia's Raul Fernandez improves to sixth.
09:40
Diggia attacks
Fabio di Giannantonio is another to try a late time attack, propelling the VR46 rider from 7th to 4th with 20mins remaining.
Latest top six: Alex Marquez, Marc Marquez, Pedro Acosta, Fabio di Giannantonio, Francesco Bagnaia, Franco Morbidelli.
09:36
Miller puts the V4 into the top ten
Jack Miller sets a low 1m 58s to put Yamaha's V4 into eighth on the Session 2 timesheets with 25mins to go.
09:33
Morbidelli into 5th
Franco Morbidelli also finds time late on and is up to 5th place for VR46 Ducati.
09:30
Johann Zarco has improved from 11th to 9th on his LCR Honda, and is one-second from Alex Marquez. The Frenchman is still on track.
09:17
Plenty of action in the final hour
Marc Marquez, Pedro Acosta, Brad Binder, Diogo Moreira, Toprak Razgatlioglu, Raul Fernandez, Lorenzo Savadori and Alex Rins are among those still testing.
09:12
Alex Rins heads out
Monster Yamaha's Alex Rins is joining Jack Miller and Toprak Razgatlioglu on track for the final hour. Factory test riders Augusto Fernandez and Andrea Dovizioso are now the only riders not to have taken part in Session 2.
09:08
5pm Results & Sprint Simulations
2026 Official Sepang MotoGP Test: Results - Day 3 (5Pm)
08:57
All riders back to pits
Just over an hour to go and all riders are now back in the pits.
08:51
Riders return
The rain drops look to have passed, with Johann Zarco and Raul Fernandez back on track.
08:44
Sprint simulations so far
Head over to our results page for the full breakdown, but in summary, these were the average times set by those to do a Sprint simulation so far today:
- Alex Marquez (Session 2): Average = 1m 58.028s
- Francesco Bagnaia (Session 2): Average = 1m 58.166s
- Marc Marquez (Session 2): Average = 1m 58.289s
- Pedro Acosta (Session 2): Average = 1m 58.676s
- Marco Bezzecchi (Session 2): Average = 1m 58.937s
- Joan Mir (Session 2): Average = 1m 58.993s
- Jack Miller (Session 1): Average = 1m 59.424s
- Enea Bastianini (Session 1): Average = 1m 59.432s
- Luca Marini (Session 2): Average = 1m 59.595s
- Ai Ogura (Session 2): Average = 1m 59.915s
08:37
All riders in the pits
All riders are back in the pits, suggesting the reports of light rain are correct.
08:33
Rain?
Reports from trackside suggest some light rain, with an hour and half of testing to go.