Grand Prix Malaysia Sprint race result - Francesco Bagnaia cruises to Grand Prix Malaysia Sprint race victory, Alex Marquez claims second

Francesco Bagnaia claimed a lights-to-flag win at the Sepang International Circuit, finishing over two seconds ahead of his closest challenger, Alex Marquez.

Marquez, whose result solidifies him as second in the championship, crossed the line ahead of his Gresini teammate Fermin Aldeguer, the Rookie of the Year completing the podium.

Pedro Acosta originally challenged Marquez for second after passing Franco Morbidelli off the line, but dropped back as Aldeguer worked his way up the field, making a lunge past Acosta on lap eight.

The Spanish KTM rider finished in fourth, ahead of Morbidelli who rounded off the top five finishers after dropping from third.

It was a tough day for Joan Mir, who made a fantastic start to get up into fourth. But while Aldeguer and Morbidelli did battle on lap five, Mir went down and retired from the race.

Miguel Oliveira also crashed out, along with Luca Marini who went down following contact with Pol Espargaro.

Francesco Bagnaia has claimed his second Sprint victory of the year, which follows a difficult weekend in Australia. When asked "Is Bagnaia back?", he light-heartedly refused to comment, but was still happy with his performance.

He said: "Happy. The team is deserving those results because I think I'm in trouble, but they are in trouble too to understand the situation.

"It's not clear, it's not easy. One week ago, we were struggling. Yesterday I was struggling a bit, today I'm competitive.

"We just need to figure out what this kind of situation is, because I think no one in the past ever felt something like this.

"We just need to focus, understand the situation, and try to work like we did this weekend.

"I'm trying something different that right now is giving to me more feeling."

Alex Marquez is now confirmed as the 2025 MotoGP runner-up, second to his brother Marc. With his best ever championship finish, he's pleased with the result.

He said: "I feel all the nerves. During all the race, I was not riding on the proper way, really stiff on the bike.

"But in the end, we arrived here. It was a really long term, but finally we are here, second in the world championship, history with Marc.

"Really really happy. Now we need to enjoy. We have three races in front of us to enjoy.

"I'm super super happy."

Fermin Aldeguer finished third in the Sprint, which solidified himself as Rookie of the Year. His tyre pressure is currently under investigation, but for now, he's celebrating.

He said: "Today was a good day.

"Being rookie of the year was one of our goals for this season. Today we completed.

"We were super close in Australia, but with a bad race, for sure I'm more happy to be here.

"Crazy race for the pressure of the front tyre. I tried to put 100 percent. I thought that the pressure was okay, but there was some problem on the dashboard with the electronics.

"We have to be super happy. Thank you to all the Gresini team, thank you to my family, thank you to all my fan club.

"Tomorrow we have another chance."

Alex Marquez is now confirmed as second in the championship, making it a Marquez 1-2 for 2025.

The battle for third continues between Bezzecchi and Bagnaia.

Aldeguer's tyre pressure is under investigation - we'll see how that plays out.

It looks like Marquez will be safe from Aldeguer, keeping the gap to around a second.

Bagnaia has led from lights to flag, taking the victory with over a two-second lead.

Marquez is second, and Aldeguer finishes third to secure himself the Rookie of the Year title.

Acosta finishes fourth, and Morbidelli completes the top five.

Marquez is just over a second ahead of Aldeguer in second and third respectively, but the young Spanish rider is looking rapid. Is there enough time for Aldeguer to catch him?

That incident between Marini and Espargaro is under investigation.

Aldeguer makes the dive past Acosta for third, and teammate Marquez isn't too far up the road...

Bagnaia's lead is almost 2.5 seconds now. What a race he's having.

A yellow flag is out in sector four, and that's Marini - the first crash of the season for the Italian rider. He collided with Espargaro.

Bagnaia's lead is over two seconds from Alex Marquez, as Aldeguer begins to close in on Acosta for third.

He's lapping very quickly, and this could turn into a good battle.

A yellow flag has come out in sector one as Miguel Oliveira crashes out.

Pol Espargaro is still in seventh, while behind him Marini and Bezzecchi battle for eighth.

Bagnaia is absolutely flying - his lead is now almost two seconds.

Fermin Aldeguer lunges past Morbidelli for fourth, as Mir, who was having a fantastic race, goes down.

Pol Espargaro has worked his way up the field into 7th!

Bagnaia's lead is now over 1.5 seconds.

Marquez, Acosta, and Mir are all lapping at similar times, with Marquez still holding up Acosta behind.

Aldeguer is still chasing down Morbidelli for fifth.

Bagnaia is now leading by over a second, having previously struggled with Sprint races this season.

Fabio Di Giannantonio and Marco Bezzecchi are fighting it out for 11th.

The battle for second continues between Marquez and Acosta.

The positions are all changing around here in Sepang. Joan Mir has passed Morbidelli for fourth, but he's got the VR46 rider and Fabio Quartararo on his tail. Fermin Aldeguer has caught up to Morbidelli.

Acosta is still chasing down Marquez for second as Bagnaia gradually stretches his lead.

The Sprint in Malaysia has begun, and polesitter Bagnaia leads off the line.

Acosta gets ahead of Morbidelli, who dropped right back in the pack.

Marquez is right on Bagnaia's tail, and has a look through turn three but holds back.

Morbidelli recovers well into fourth, while Joan Mir passes Aldeguer for sixth.

Acosta passes Alex Marquez, but Marquez fights back through.

The riders have set off on their warm up lap ahead of the Sprint start to prepare those tyres.

At the Sepang circuit, the weather is sunny and humid.

The five minute countdown to the start of the Sprint has begun! The bikes are all lined up on the grid ready for the warm up lap.

Only 15 minutes until the start of the Sprint! With that front row, this could be a really exciting one.

Marc Marquez has already wrapped up the 2025 title, but there is still a battle for second and third in the standings.

Alex Marquez is in second and has a 97-point lead over Marco Bezzecchi, but Bagnaia isn't far behind, only eight further back.

Pedro Acosta rounds off the top five on 233 points.