Rider KTM, Pedro Acosta, akan start ketiga. Dia menjadi pemenang sprint race MotoGP Malaysia. Akankah Acosta menang lagi di balapan utama? Starting grid MotoGP Malaysia bisa dilihat di bawah ini.
1 Alex Marquez SPA BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) 1'56.493s2 Marc Marquez SPA Ducati Lenovo (GP26) +0.070s3 Pedro Acosta SPA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.084s4 Ai Ogura JPN Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) +0.124s5 Marco Bezzecchi ITA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) +0.175s6 Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26) +0.349s7 Enea Bastianini ITA Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) +0.477s8 Johann Zarco FRA Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) +0.523s9 Franco Morbidelli ITA Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) +0.775s10 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP26) +0.794s11 Joan Mir SPA Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) +0.850s12 Maverick Viñales SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) +1.244sQualifying 1: 13 Luca Marini ITA Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) 1'57.623s14 Diogo Moreira BRA Pro Honda LCR (RC213V)* 1'57.733s15 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) 1'58.127s16 Jack Miller AUS Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1'58.148s17 Alex Rins SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1'58.155s18 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1'58.219s19 Iker Lecuona SPA BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) 1'58.456s20 Augusto Fernandez SPA Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 1'58.855s
