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…
Here are the 1pm results at the end of Session 1, including who has changed position in the last hour.
We've also compiled a list of the combined best lap times across all three days (so far) - so you can see who has set their best of the test on Day 3...
Just under 15mins to go of Session 1, after which there will be the first practice start period of the final day... which is a good excuse to post this picture of Brad Binder leaving a black line as his RC16 slides during a practice start yesterday:
Brad Binder, practice start, 2026 Sepang MotoGP Test (Gold&Goose).
Marc Marquez's improvement means that all four Ducati GP26s now sweep the top four places on the timesheets: Alex Marquez, Fabio di Giannantonio, Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia.
Marco Bezzecchi is still best of the rest, in fifth for Aprilia, 0.624s behind Alex Marquez's Gresini machine.
The other Ducati, a GP25 for Franco Morbidelli, is sixth (+0.728s). Fermin Aldeguer, who will also race a GP25, is absent through injury.
There's plenty of testing to go, but that's quite a warning from Ducati this morning - at least in terms of raw pace - after being under pressure from their rivals at the end of last year.
After his early fall, Marc Marquez has returned and set his best lap time of the test, a 1m 56.898s to take over third on the timesheets behind brother Alex and VR46's Fabio di Giannantonio.
Here are the 12pm results, including top speeds, plus who has moved up or down in the last hour...
Another good spot by our friend and colleague Peter Bom. KTM has joined Aprilia and Honda in fitting 'leg wings' to the back of the RC16's seat.
There were rumours that leg wings would be banned for 2026, but they remain legal for at least another year.
Ducati: Alex Marquez - 1st (1m 56.402s).
Aprilia: Marco Bezzecchi - 4th (+0.624s).
KTM: Pedro Acosta - 8th (+0.851s).
Honda: Joan Mir - 9th (+0.866s).
Yamaha: Alex Rins - 12th (+1.178s).
While the timesheets have settled down after the early flurry of fast laps, Franco Morbidelli bucks the trend jumping up to fifth, just ahead of Marc Marquez, on his 'GP25' Ducati.
Alex Rins is the top Yamaha in 12th on a 1m 57.580s, which is his best of the test.
Jack Miller is 16th with a 1m 58.710s, which is half-a-second slower than his day one time.
Team-mate Toprak Razgatlioglu is 21st and last on a 1m 59.314s, also half-a-second from his day one best.
Again, there are suspicions that Yamaha might have lowered the rev limit as a precaution following the (unspecified) day-one technical issue for Fabio Quartararo.
You can check out the top speed of each rider in our Sepang test latest results page.
Marc Marquez has crashed at Turn 1. Rider OK. That's his first fall since last year's surgery.
The reigning world champion is currently 5th fastest, 0.768s behind brother Alex. The #93 said a decision on the preferred aero package was among his main tasks for today.
We're hearing that the Yamahas seem to be hitting the rev limiter on the straight today... might that mean the rev limit has been lowered as a precaution after the previous technical issue? The new V4s were already bottom of the speed charts.
With a few minutes of the opening hour to go, and 2025 Malaysian MotoGP winner Alex Marquez blasts to the top with the best lap of the test, a 1m 56.403s.
That's just a fraction from the all-time official lap record of 1m 56.337s by Francesco Bagnaia in 2024.
Fabio di Giannantonio joins the 1m 56s club in second, but is 0.383s behind Marquez, who is also riding a factory-spec GP26 Ducati.
VR46's Franco Morbidelli has fallen at Turn 14. Rider OK. He's currently just 16th on the timesheets.
Bagnaia improves again and this time sets the first 1m 56s lap of the day. He's now 0.097s ahead of Marco Bezzecchi's Aprilia but still a tenth behind Joan Mir's day two time.
It's doesn't get any closer... Francesco Bagnaia is now just 0.001s slower than good friend Marco Bezzecchi.
Bezzecchi is still on top but the Ducati GP26s of Fabio di Giannantonio, Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia are in close pursuit, all within 0.2s of his best time.
Francesco Bagnaia splits the Aprilias with the second fastest time of the day so far, but Bezzecchi - who is down to a 1m 57.026s - is still 0.434s clear.
That's Bezzecchi's best lap of the week, but a few tenths off Joan Mir's 1m 56.874s test best so far on day two.
Meanwhile, Trackhouse Aprilia's Raul Fernandez is now second to Marco Bezzecchi for an RS-GP one-two.
That's especially impressive given Sepang was a tough event for Aprilia last October, but let's see if it lasts...
Luca Marini has stopped with a technical issue at Turn 9. The HRC rider is currently seventh quickest, but only 0.346s behind Marco Bezzecchi.
Toprak Razgatlioglu joins Pramac team-mate Jack Miller and Monster's Alex Rins on track, the reigning WorldSBK champion suffered most by being forced to sit out day 2.
Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi posts a 1m 57.756s to pull 0.2s ahead of Mir.
Marc Marquez is a fraction slower than the Honda rider in third, followed by Maverick Vinales, Alex Marquez and Raul Fernandez.
10mins gone and Mir remains 1.5s clear of next best Raul Fernandez, with team-mate Luca Marini in third.
Yesterday afternoon's rain might also have changed grip levels.
Pramac's Jack Miller heads out to be the second Yamaha rider on track.