{"id":4630,"date":"2026-10-30T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=4630"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T12:09:02","slug":"what-time-is-motogp-qualifying-in-malaysia-uk-start-times-for-q1-q2-and-sprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/what-time-is-motogp-qualifying-in-malaysia-uk-start-times-for-q1-q2-and-sprint\/","title":{"rendered":"What time is MotoGP qualifying in Malaysia? UK start times for Q1, Q2 and sprint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Malaysian MotoGP qualifying takes place early on Saturday, October 31, for British and Irish viewers<\/strong>, with Q1 beginning at 2:50am GMT and Q2 at 3:15am.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marc M\u00e1rquez has qualified directly for Q2<\/strong> after leading Friday Practice at Sepang, while injured Jorge Mart\u00edn faces Q1 if cleared to continue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The sprint starts at 7:00am GMT on Saturday, with 12 championship points available to the winner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MotoGP qualifying for the 2026 Malaysian Grand Prix takes place early on Saturday, October 31, with Q1 beginning at 2:50am GMT and Q2 at 3:15am GMT in the United Kingdom and Ireland.<\/strong> Marc M\u00e1rquez enters qualifying after setting the fastest time in Friday Practice, while championship rival Jorge Mart\u00edn faces uncertainty over his participation because of a fractured right wrist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two riders are separated by ten points in the Riders&#8217; Championship. Saturday&#8217;s qualifying will determine the starting grid for both the ten-lap sprint and Sunday&#8217;s Grand Prix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What time is Malaysian MotoGP qualifying in the UK?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Session<\/th><th>UK and Ireland (GMT)<\/th><th>Malaysia (MYT)<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>FP2 \u2014 Saturday<\/td><td>2:10am<\/td><td>10:10am<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Q1 \u2014 Saturday<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2:50am<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>10:50am<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Q2 \u2014 Saturday<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>3:15am<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>11:15am<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Sprint \u2014 Saturday<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>7:00am<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>3:00pm<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grand Prix \u2014 Sunday<\/td><td>7:00am<\/td><td>3:00pm<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Kingdom and Ireland are on GMT after the October 25 clock change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Malaysian Time is eight hours ahead of GMT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is already through to Q2?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marc M\u00e1rquez topped Friday&#8217;s timed Practice session with a 1:57.000, followed by \u00c1lex M\u00e1rquez and Ai Ogura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pedro Acosta, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi, Enea Bastianini, Maverick Vi\u00f1ales, Franco Morbidelli and Joan Mir also qualified directly for Q2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Francesco Bagnaia, Johann Zarco and Diogo Moreira must compete in Q1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/marc-marquez-dominates-sepang-despite-crash-as-title-rival-martin-abandons-friday-practice\/\">complete Malaysian MotoGP Friday results<\/a> include the lap times and positions of the participating riders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will Jorge Mart\u00edn take part in qualifying?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mart\u00edn completed only three laps in Friday afternoon&#8217;s Practice because of pain from his fractured right wrist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had received medical clearance to continue after FP1, but Aprilia decided to stop his afternoon programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Team manager Paolo Bonora said the team would reassess his condition on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/aprilia-casts-doubt-on-jorge-martins-malaysian-motogp-participation-after-early-practice-exit\/\">latest Aprilia update on Mart\u00edn&#8217;s participation<\/a> explains why his weekend remains uncertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If Mart\u00edn continues, he must compete in Q1 after missing direct qualification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What time is Saturday&#8217;s MotoGP sprint?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Malaysian MotoGP sprint starts at <strong>7:00am GMT<\/strong> on Saturday, October 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is scheduled for ten laps at Sepang, with championship points awarded to the first nine finishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00e1rquez enters the weekend on 365 points, ten ahead of Mart\u00edn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main race begins at 7:00am GMT on Sunday, November 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all three classes and the complete timetable, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/is-there-motogp-in-malaysia-this-weekend-sepang-schedule-sprint-and-race-times\/\">Malaysian Grand Prix weekend schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong> is following every session of the Malaysian MotoGP Grand Prix this weekend, with breaking news, full coverage and real-time updates in its <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/\">MotoGP section<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysian MotoGP qualifying starts at 2:50am GMT on Saturday, October 31. See Q1, Q2 and sprint times as Marc M\u00e1rquez leads and Jorge Mart\u00edn faces injury concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020319553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Marc M\u00e1rquez","42wp_featured_image_credits":"Michelin","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_ai_content_disclaimer":"","42wp_is_ai_content":false,"42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":59,"location":""}],"footnotes":"","42wp_hide_from_automatic":false,"42wp_breaking_news":false},"categories":[38],"tags":[52,964,104,32],"42wp_author":[59],"class_list":["post-4630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motogp","tag-jorge-martin","tag-malaysian-grand-prix","tag-marc-marquez","tag-motogp","42wp_author-fabricio-carvalho"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4631,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4630\/revisions\/4631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020319553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4630"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=4630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}