The best pictures from Day 1 of MotoGP’s 2025 Sepang Shakedown test
The top images from Friday in Sepang

Here ar꧑e the best pictures of the bikes on track 🎃in Sepang, at the 2025 MotoGP Shakedown test.
Ducati

Ducati have managed to k☂eep their GP25 - expected to be the best bike on the grid, which Marc Marquez, Pecco Bagnaia and Fabio di Giannantonio will ride - a secret so far.
Test rider Michele Pirro was in action.
But above is an image🌃 of Gresini's year-old Ducati.
Fermin Aldeguer, Gresini's rookie rider, went fifth fastest on Fri🤡day.
Aprilia
Savadori heads out on a Jorge Martin Aprilia.
— Peter McLaren (@McLarenMotoGP)
The best image of the Aprilia from Frid𒊎ay is at the top of t♌his page.
Trackhouse's Ai Ogura caught the eye on Friday, going second-fastest on the timꦬesheet. He was one of three rookies eligible to take part.
Lorenzo Savadori, Aprilia's trusty t🔴est rider, was 10th.
KTM

Dani Pedrosa ꧅fastest for KTM as of lunchtime on day 1 of the 2025 Sepang Shakedown.
— Peter McLaren (@McLarenMotoGP)
KTM had their e☂xper🦩ienced test duo of Pol Espargaro and Dani Pedrosa on track on Friday.
Espargaro topped the timesheets, 🌼Pedrosa was fourth.
Yamaha

Yamaha are able to call upon their two factory riders, two Pramac riders, and their test team onꦰ Friday, as per the concession rules.
But only test duo 🙈Andrea Dovizioso and Augusto Fernandez were on track on ꦆFriday.
Honda
Takaaki Nakagami went third-fastest on the tim🅰esheet, in his new role as Honda test rider.
He shares testing duties with Aleix Espargaro.
But despite intrigue around what new technical director Romano Albesiano will bring to the struggling project,🌠 there𒅌 were no clues made public from Friday's running.

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