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Marc Márquez picked up where he left off in the previous round of the 2010 125cc World Championship as he set the best time in Friday’s opening practice at Sepang for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
The Red Bull Ajo Motorsport rider’s fastest lap of 2’14.274 left him almost four-tenths clear of second quickest Pol Espargaró.
The Tuenti Racing rider’s session got off to a difficult start when he had a crash at turn 11 inside the opening ten minutes, but it failed to affect his confidence as he eventually lapped in a time of 2’14.650.
The only other rider to get within a second of Márquez’s time was Championship leader Nico Terol (Bancaja Aspar) who was 0.510s off the lead time.
Esteve Rabat (Blusens-STX) and Bradley Smith (Bancaja Aspar) completed the top five but both have work to do to close the gap on Márquez.
Sandro Cortese (Avant Mitsubishi Ajo) was sixth fastest and avoided a high side at turn two at the end of the session, holding onto and controlling his bike admirably.
Danny Webb (Andalucia Cajasol), Randy Krummenacher (Stipa-Molenaar), Jasper Iwema (CBC Corse) and Adrián MartÃn (Team Aeroport de Castelló) all had crashes during the session.
Webb suffered a fracture of the first metacarpal bone in his right hand, whilst Iwema sustained a ligament injury in his right thumb. Both underwent further medical check-ups following the session.
The riders return to the track at 9 a.m. local time on Saturday morning, when the 125cc second practice is scheduled to start.
Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
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1 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Red Bull Ajo Motorsport | Derbi | 219.2 | 2’14.274 | |
2 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Tuenti Racing | Derbi | 219.6 | 2’14.650 | 0.376 / 0.376 |
3 | 40 | Nicolas TEROL | SPA | Bancaja Aspar Team | Aprilia | 220.9 | 2’14.784 | 0.510 / 0.134 |
4 | 12 | Esteve RABAT | SPA | Blusens-STX | Aprilia | 219.1 | 2’15.317 | 1.043 / 0.533 |
5 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Bancaja Aspar Team | Aprilia | 220.0 | 2’15.479 | 1.205 / 0.162 |
6 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Avant Mitsubishi Ajo | Derbi | 214.6 | 2’15.503 | 1.229 / 0.024 |
7 | 7 | Efren VAZQUEZ | SPA | Tuenti Racing | Derbi | 221.4 | 2’15.568 | 1.294 / 0.065 |
8 | 35 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | SWI | Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP | Aprilia | 217.9 | 2’15.953 | 1.679 / 0.385 |
9 | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP | Aprilia | 221.3 | 2’15.991 | 1.717 / 0.038 |
10 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | GER | Ongetta Team | Aprilia | 214.4 | 2’16.204 | 1.930 / 0.213 |
11 | 71 | Tomoyoshi KOYAMA | JPN | Racing Team Germany | Aprilia | 217.5 | 2’17.021 | 2.747 / 0.817 |
12 | 23 | Alberto MONCAYO | SPA | Andalucia Cajasol | Aprilia | 219.4 | 2’17.111 | 2.837 / 0.090 |
13 | 15 | Simone GROTZKYJ | ITA | Fontana Racing | Aprilia | 218.4 | 2’17.130 | 2.856 / 0.019 |
14 | 99 | Danny WEBB | GBR | Andalucia Cajasol | Aprilia | 216.2 | 2’17.331 | 3.057 / 0.201 |
15 | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | CZE | Racing Team Germany | Aprilia | 213.8 | 2’17.407 | 3.133 / 0.076 |
16 | 63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | MAL | AirAsia – Sepang Int. Circuit | Aprilia | 212.4 | 2’17.444 | 3.170 / 0.037 |
17 | 78 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | Interwetten Honda 125 | Honda | 213.3 | 2’17.453 | 3.179 / 0.009 |
18 | 14 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | WTR San Marino Team | Aprilia | 213.1 | 2’17.654 | 3.380 / 0.201 |
19 | 26 | Adrian MARTIN | SPA | Aeroport de Castello – Ajo | Aprilia | 217.3 | 2’18.104 | 3.830 / 0.450 |
20 | 53 | Jasper IWEMA | NED | CBC Corse | Aprilia | 214.7 | 2’18.485 | 4.211 / 0.381 |
21 | 50 | Sturla FAGERHAUG | NOR | AirAsia – Sepang Int. Circuit | Aprilia | 211.3 | 2’19.357 | 5.083 / 0.872 |
22 | 52 | Danny KENT | GBR | Lambretta Reparto Corse | Lambretta | 210.6 | 2’19.574 | 5.300 / 0.217 |
23 | 69 | Louis ROSSI | FRA | CBC Corse | Aprilia | 211.9 | 2’19.711 | 5.437 / 0.137 |
24 | 32 | Lorenzo SAVADORI | ITA | Matteoni Racing | Aprilia | 210.6 | 2’19.808 | 5.534 / 0.097 |
25 | 72 | Marco RAVAIOLI | ITA | Lambretta Reparto Corse | Lambretta | 209.1 | 2’19.852 | 5.578 / 0.044 |
26 | 87 | Luca MARCONI | ITA | Ongetta Team | Aprilia | 214.8 | 2’20.179 | 5.905 / 0.327 |
96 | Tommaso GABRIELLI | ITA | Ongetta Team | Aprilia | 209.3 | 2’24.688 | 10.414 / 4.509 |