MOTOGP 2025 ROUND 20 MALAYSIA - Michelin's soft version withstands temperatures at the limit level, and Alex Marquez takes his third win of the season.

■Qualifying: October 25 / Race: October 26 ■Venue: Sepang International Circuit (Malaysia) ■Race Laps: 20 laps (110.860 km)

Michelin's Soft Specs Withstand Temperatures at Limit Levels Alex Marquez Takes Third Win of the Season

The Malaysian Grand Prix, the 20th round of the 2025 season of the world's premier motorcycle road racing championship, saw Francesco Bagnoia of the Ducati Lenovo Team take the win in the 10-lap sprint race on Saturday, while the 20-lap Grand Prix race on Sunday saw the BK8 Gresini The 20-lap Grand Prix race on Sunday was won by Alex Marquez of the BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP team. With this result, BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP has secured the highest ranking for the 2025 season for an independent team that is not a motorcycle manufacturer factory team. In Sunday's Grand Prix race, all the riders used the event's softest rear tire, and more than half of the riders chose the softest front tire as well. Track temperatures reached 57°C (57°F), well above the ideal range for soft tires, but the MICHELIN Power Slick still performed well. Alex Marquez proved the reliability of Michelin tires by setting the fastest lap of the race, breaking the previous record and winning the race in over 40 minutes.

Alex Marquez (Ducati Desmosedici GP) won the Malaysian GP.

With his second place finish in Saturday's sprint race, Alex Marquez confirmed his second place in the rider's championship standings for the year, and with his brother Marc Marquez winning the series title at the Japanese GP a month ago, this is the first time in the history of the world's premier road racing series that two brothers have dominated the series. This is the first time in the history of the world's most prestigious road racing series that two brothers have dominated the top two places in the series. Alex Marquez took his third win of the season with a solo victory in Sunday's scorching Grand Prix race.

Based on the data and knowledge gained so far, Michelin reviewed the compound settings of the front and rear tires for the Malaysian GP, preparing a new hard specification for the front and a new medium specification for the rear. In practice, however, soft tires were primarily used for both the front and rear.

In qualifying, Francesco Bagnoia took his third pole position of the season. In the sprint race that followed, Bagnaiah showed his speed, taking the lead at the start and never relinquishing it, taking the sprint win following the Japanese GP.

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In the Grand Prix race, 12 riders were fitted with soft fronts and 10 with medium fronts. One rider who chose the soft front was #73 Alex Marquez, who took the win on his own, passing pole-sitter #63 Bagnoia on the second lap, who was driving with a medium front.

Second place in the Grand Prix race went to KTM's Pedro Acosta, who was alone for most of the laps. And although he was far outpaced, Honda's Joan Mir narrowly edged out Franco Morbidelli for third place. It was his second podium finish of the season.

MotoGP rookie Ai Ogura, who is recovering from injuries sustained in a crash at the San Marino GP in September, finished 12th in the sprint race and 10th in the Grand Prix race. However, the MotoGP Rookie of the Year award went to Fermin Aldeguer of the BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP team.

Alex Marquez won the Grand Prix race, breaking the previous record for fastest lap, and demonstrating the depth of Michelin's tires, which can hold up to the 57°C track temperature limit and still allow the soft tyres to run at a high pace if they are skillfully controlled. The Michelin tires were used in the race.

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Information provided by [ Michelin Tire Japan ].