MotoGP Malaysia, Acosta wins the sprint race, then Marc Marquez and Bezzecchi

Pedro Acosta won the Sepang sprint race in Malaysia in the MotoGP class. The KTM rider preceded the World Championship leader on the official Ducati Marc Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi's Aprilia. Fourth Ogura, then Di Giannantonio and Bagnaia. Alex Marquez and Miller out. Marc Marquez extends his lead in the standings and moves up to +19 on Jorge Martin (Aprilia) who has withdrawn for this weekend. If the Spanish Ducati champion scores at least 18 points in Sunday's long race (finishing 1st or 2nd), he will have his first match point for the title next weekend in Qatar.

Martin gives up on the Sepang GP: "I tried, but it was a risk"

The Sepang weekend in Malaysia ends early for Jorge Martin. The Spaniard, who had given up pre-qualifying on Friday to preserve his injured arm for Saturday, left the garage after FP2 and did not take part in qualifying. "I decided to stop, it was a risk for me, I didn't have 100% control of what was happening on the bike. The World Championship is getting away but I'll try until the end," Martin explained to Sky.