Jake Dixon set the pace and kicked off the Malaysian Grand Prix in the best possible way by being the fastest in the intermediate class at Sepang, with Ai Ogura being the second fastest on track.
The intermediate class session started with Barry Baltus being the first to set a time on the board, with a lap of 2’21.796s, but this was improved in the following seconds on four occasions, by Helmi Azman, Izan Guevara, Diogo Moreira, and Darry Binder, with 2’19.578s.
However, the South African did not stay in the lead for long, as before the 10-minute mark of the session, the best lap fell even further four times, with Guevara being the leader with 2’18.564s.
However, the conditions, confidence, and consequently the lap times continued a decreasing and accentuated trend until the end of the session, with Sergio García, Mario Aji, Marcos Ramirez, Alex Escrig, Jorge Navarro, Somkiat Chantra, and Deniz Oncu all passing to the front, and with 25 minutes of the session completed, the lead belonged to the Turk with a lap of 2’08.290s.
However, until the end, only one more rider would pass to the front: Jake Dixon.
On his ninth lap (out of ten in total), the CFMOTO RCB Aspar Team rider managed to lap in 2’06.255s and thus finished the session with the best time, 0.206s ahead of the new world champion Ai Ogura.
Jake Dixon set the pace and kicked off the Malaysian Grand Prix in the best possible way by being the fastest in the intermediate class at Sepang, with Ai Ogura being the second fastest on track.