Fermin Aldeguer was the fastest in the FP1 at the 2025 Malaysian MotoGP, which was impacted by rain in the closing minutes.
Aldeguer, a rookie, set the benchmark with a time of 2:00.199, over 0.2 seconds clear of the field in a rain-affected opening practice.
The lap times were significantly slower than the fastest of all time, which are currently in the 1:56s.
The session was marked by heavy rain, which suddenly arrived 13 minutes from the end, catching several riders off guard, including Pedro Acosta, Brad Binder, and Augusto Fernandez.
Fortunately, none of them crashed due to the rain, although Acosta did crash earlier in the session, folding the front at turn two in the dry.
Author's summary: Fermin Aldeguer leads FP1 at 2025 Malaysian MotoGP.