Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins are determined to push to the limit at the Sepang International Circuit during this weekend's Grand Prix of Malaysia, Round 20 of the 2025 MotoGP World Championship.

The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team have travelled from Phillip Island, Australia, to Sepang, Malaysia, for Round 20 of the 2025 MotoGP World Championship, the final fly-away round on the calendar.

Despite challenges in the Australian GP Race, Fabio Quartararo holds on to 9th place in the championship standings, and he will be on the attack again this weekend. He has raced at the Sepang circuit seven times (in the Moto3 class in 2016, in Moto2 in 2017 and 2018, and in MotoGP in 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024) and never finished a full-length race outside the top 7. He came close to a podium in 2016, finishing fourth, and in 2018 and 2023, when he finished fifth. He had his first and only podium finish on Malaysian soil in 2022, when he secured third place despite riding with a hand injury sustained in a crash earlier that weekend.

Álex Rins thoroughly enjoyed battling in the Phillip Island Race and is feeling eager to step aboard his M1 again to continue the progress he and his crew have been making at the recent GPs. He arrives at the final overseas round holding 19th place in the rankings and fully motivated. The Spaniard is looking forward to the Malaysian GP, as Sepang historically is a good track for him. He secured second place there in 2013 and third place in 2014 in the Moto3 class, and in the premier class he rode to second place in 2018. Moreover, last year he scored his best 2024 full-length race result on Malaysian soil with an eighth place, and he is keen to repeat the feat this year.

The Sepang International Circuit staged its first Grand Prix in 1999 and has been on the MotoGP calendar ever since. The 5.5km track has a reputation for providing very exciting racing thanks to a mixture of slow and medium-to-high-speed corners (five left and ten right) and two long straights, the longest measuring 920m. The circuit is also one of the longest tracks of the MotoGP season, and the riders have to negotiate it in extremely hot and humid conditions, making this GP extra challenging.

The Grand Prix of Malaysia is held in the GMT+8 time zone. FP1 will take place on Friday from 10:45-11:30 local track time and Practice will be held from 15:00-16:00. On Saturday, FP2 will be held from 10:10-10:40, and the qualifying sessions from 10:50-11:30, followed by the 10-lap Sprint that starts at 15:00. On Sunday*, Warm Up is held from 10:40-10:50 and the 20-lap Race starts at 15:00.

*On Sunday, October 26th, daylight saving time will start in Europe. The clocks in Malaysia do not change, increasing the time difference between Malaysia and Europe by one hour for the Sunday.

However, before firing up their engines on Friday at the Sepang track, Quartararo and Rins took the opportunity to visit the Hong Leong Yamaha Motor Sdn. Bhd. (HLYM) headquarters, joined by Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP's Miguel Oliveira as well as BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2's Izan Guevara and Tony Arbolino. The five riders enjoyed a warm reception, giving them an extra boost for the Malaysian GP weekend.