Marquez had a reputation of being too crash-prone at Honda, but it took him almost 150 laps to record his first tumble on Ducati’s factory bike

Marquez described his crash, which happened in braking for the slow-speed turn nine, as “typical”. “I had a typical crash on that turn nine that is the slowest corner on the circuit,” Marquez told MotoGP.com’s After the Flag show.

Alex Marquez led the way on the third and final day of the Sepang MotoGP test, as Ducati riders occupied four of the top five spots in the classification. Riding last year’s GP24, Gresini’s Marquez set a best time of 1m56.

Day one of testing at Sepang concluded with Marc Marquez posting the second fastest time of the day, behind the bike of Fabio Quartararo.

Gresini Ducati rider Alex Marquez topped the final day of the Sepang MotoGP pre-season test, narrowly beating factory stablemate Francesco Bagnaia. The opening portion of the last day was dedicated to time attack runs, with a frantic qualifying sim phase seeing top spot change hands a number of times.