After a one-minute silence to pay respect to the victims of the Valencia floods, raindrops started to fall on the grid of the Grand Prix of Malaysia Sprint. It added extra tension before the 10-lap dash, but Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins remained calm and collected. As the rain subsided quickly, they went on to ride to a P5 and P11 result respectively.
Starting from eighth on the grid, Quartararo won a position in the opening lap. He was on a mission. The number-20 rider also overtook Franco Morbidelli on the next lap to get up into sixth. On lap 3, Francesco Bagnaia crashed out, allowing El Diablo into the top 5. Meanwhile, the Yamaha man was chasing down Alex Marquez but ultimately couldn't catch up. Quartararo finished in fifth place, 7.917s from first.
Rins commenced the ten-lap dash from P9, but over the first two laps fell back to twelfth. What followed was a battle with Marco Bezzecchi ahead of him and the two swapped positions a few times. The number-42 rider eventually lost contact with Bezzecchi, Pedro Acosta, and Jack Miller, who were battling for eighth place and two championship points. With Bagnaia having crashed out, Rins held on to 11th position all the way to the chequered flag, which he took 14.901s from the winner.
Today's results see Quartararo hold 13th place in the overall standings with 98 points. Rins stays in 19th position with 23 points. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP keep their 9th place in the team championship with 121 points, and Yamaha hold on to 4th position in the constructor's championship with 109 points.
The team will be back in action tomorrow for Warm Up, held from 10:40-10:50 GMT +8, and the 20-lap Race, which starts at 15:00.
After a one-minute silence to pay respect to the victims of the Valencia floods, raindrops started to fall on the grid of the Grand Prix of Malaysia Sprint. It added extra tension before the 10-lap dash, but Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins remained calm and collected. As the rain subsided quickly, they went on to ride to a P5 and P11 result respectively.
Starting from eighth on the grid, Quartararo won a position in the opening lap. He was on a mission. The number-20 rider also overtook Franco Morbidelli on the next lap to get up into sixth. On lap 3, Francesco Bagnaia crashed out, allowing El Diablo into the top 5. Meanwhile, the Yamaha man was chasing down Alex Marquez but ultimately couldn't catch up. Quartararo finished in fifth place, 7.917s from first.
Rins commenced the ten-lap dash from P9, but over the first two laps fell back to twelfth. What followed was a battle with Marco Bezzecchi ahead of him and the two swapped positions a few times. The number-42 rider eventually lost contact with Bezzecchi, Pedro Acosta, and Jack Miller, who were battling for eighth place and two championship points. With Bagnaia having crashed out, Rins held on to 11th position all the way to the chequered flag, which he took 14.901s from the winner.
Today's results see Quartararo hold 13th place in the overall standings with 98 points. Rins stays in 19th position with 23 points. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP keep their 9th place in the team championship with 121 points, and Yamaha hold on to 4th position in the constructor's championship with 109 points.
The team will be back in action tomorrow for Warm Up, held from 10:40-10:50 GMT +8, and the 20-lap Race, which starts at 15:00.