MotoGP Sepang: Alex Rins post snelste tijd in FP2
2 november 2018
Alex Rins heeft de eerste dag in Maleisië de snelste tijd op de klokken gezet. De Ecstar Suzuki coureur reed in de slotfase van FP2 een tijd van 1'59.608 en was daarmee eentiende seconde sneller dan Marc Marquez, die in de gecombineerde tijdlijst derde was achter Andrea Dovizioso die zijn tijd in FP2 niet verbeterde.
MotoGP Sepang, gecombineerde tijden FP1 & FP2:
| Rijder | Team | Merk | km/u | FP1 | FP2 | Verschil | ||
| 1 | Alex RINS | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 322.3 | 2'00.241 | 1'59.608 | |
| 2 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 326.3 | 1'59.697 | 2'00.091 | 0.089 / 0.089 |
| 3 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 323.8 | 2'00.801 | 1'59.701 | 0.093 / 0.004 |
| 4 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 321.2 | 1'59.767 | 2'00.017 | 0.159 / 0.066 |
| 5 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 321.5 | 1'59.941 | 1'59.771 | 0.163 / 0.004 |
| 6 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 321.4 | 1'59.928 | 1'59.802 | 0.194 / 0.031 |
| 7 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 324.6 | 2'00.182 | 1'59.811 | 0.203 / 0.009 |
| 8 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 320.0 | 2'00.726 | 2'00.159 | 0.551 / 0.348 |
| 9 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 320.7 | 2'00.973 | 2'00.502 | 0.894 / 0.343 |
| 10 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 323.7 | 2'00.552 | 2'01.766 | 0.944 / 0.050 |
| 11 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 324.3 | 2'01.320 | 2'00.579 | 0.971 / 0.077 |
| 12 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Angel Nieto Team | Ducati | 326.1 | 2'00.664 | 2'00.980 | 1.056 / 0.027 |
| 13 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda | 316.1 | 2'01.199 | 2'00.829 | 1.221 / 0.165 |
| 14 | Franco MORBIDELLI | ITA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 317.8 | 2'01.209 | 2'00.981 | 1.373 / 0.001 |
| 15 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 319.5 | 2'01.825 | 2'01.020 | 1.412 / 0.039 |
| 16 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 318.3 | 2'01.230 | 2'01.302 | 1.622 / 0.210 |
| 17 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda CASTROL | Honda | 323.1 | 2'01.313 | 2'01.561 | 1.705 / 0.083 |
| 18 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | MAL | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 315.6 | 2'01.419 | 2'01.894 | 1.811 / 0.106 |
| 19 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Angel Nieto Team | Ducati | 321.3 | 2'02.097 | 2'01.684 | 2.076 / 0.265 |
| 20 | Scott REDDING | GBR | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 316.9 | 2'01.690 | 2'02.338 | 2.082 / 0.006 |
| 21 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 315.6 | 2'01.922 | 2'01.743 | 2.135 / 0.053 |
| 22 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 316.5 | 2'02.101 | 2'01.900 | 2.292 / 0.157 |
| 23 | Jordi TORRES | SPA | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 319.0 | 2'02.451 | 2'01.940 | 2.332 / 0.040 |
| 24 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 317.2 | 2'03.204 | 2'04.636 | 3.596 / 1.264 |