First Friday morning FP1, kicked off in Malaysia in style. This session is only 45 minutes long and works for riders to try different tyre configurations and the bike set-ups. However, from this weekend now on, there are new rules applied, yet the one about shorter yellow flag delay and banning riders from joining the session when they crash in the last 3 minutes of the session, apply to Friday afternoon practice and qualifying session.

The first measured lap times were in a time range of 2:07 to 2:01s. After first measured lap the top 10 looked as following: Acosta, Zarco, Bagnaia, Nakagami, Mir, Aldeguer, Marini, Alex Marquez, Espargaro, Di Giannantonio.

As the riders finished their second flying attempt, the times improved rapidly, with the fastest now being 2:00.058 held by Pol Espargaro. For this weekend, Augusto Fernandez made a return as a wildcard with the V4 bike.

9 minutes into the session, the first yellow flag was caused by Pedro Acosta who crashed at turn 1, but with help from the Marshals he was able to rejoin on the track. Francesco Bagnaia took the lead of the session, making it so far incredible result. While Jack Miller was seen being pushed by Marshals back to pits.

With 15 minutes in, the top 10 looked as following: Aldeguer, Bagnaia, Mir, Espargaro, Marini, Quartararo, Miller, Acosta, Marquez, Bezzecchi.

With the session being halfway done, majority of the riders were in the pits, leaving few others on track.

With 20 left of the session, the second yellow flag was out, this time caused by Alex Marquez crashing at turn 7. And with the help of Marshals, he was able to rejoin the track.

With 17 minutes left, the top 10 looked as following: Aldeguer still in the lead, Bagnaia, Mir, Espargaro, Bezzecchi, Marini, Márquez, Quartararo, Miller, Acosta.

So while some riders like Francesco Bagnaia were back in top 10 this weekend, others who had good weekends before, like Raul Fernandez were in 19th place.

With 14 minutes left, the third yellow flag was out, caused by Jack Miller crashing at turn 15. But he was unable to rejoin, luckily he had it close to the pits.

However, to dramatize the session, it started to heavily rain, throwing many riders off. So everyone returned to the pits, waiting if the rain would be less heavy or not.

With 3 minutes left, some riders went out with the wet configuration tyres to try the track conditions. And with the chequered flag out, none of the riders who were on track were able to start a measured lap.

With the rain stopping the session end, none was able to improve, leaving the standings the same as it was.