After the Shakedown, which was reserved for check riders, rookies and Group D producer Yamaha, the Sepang Worldwide Circuit will host the primary collective winter check for the 2026 MotoGP grid this week.
Nevertheless, there will likely be two notable absences because of harm on the official Sepang check, which is able to happen from Tuesday 3 February to Thursday 5 February. Right here’s a breakdown of the check schedule, the riders anticipated to take part and how one can observe it.
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MotoGP Sepang Check 2026 Schedule
The Sepang Check will run to the identical schedule as final week’s Shakedown. Through the three days of operating (3-5 February), the motion will begin at 10 a.m. native time in Malaysia. The morning session will final three hours, till 1:00 p.m. After a 20-minute lunch break, there will likely be a day session every day: from 1:20 p.m. to six:00 p.m., lasting 4 hours and 40 minutes.
Native (MYT)GMTCETETPTJST
Begin
10:00
02:00
03:00
21:00 (prev day)
18:00 (prev day)
11:00
End
18:00
10:00
11:00
05:00
02:00
19:00
Which riders are competing within the 2026 MotoGP Sepang check?
In contrast to final week’s shakedown, the Sepang check is open to all riders on the 2026 grid.
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Nevertheless, there will likely be two notable absences because of harm.
will watch the Sepang check from the sidelines present process surgical procedure final month to totally get better from the accidents he sustained in 2025. The Aprilia rider is hoping that these two operations will permit him to start out the brand new season in the very best form doable.
Gresini’s , who fractured his tibia whereas coaching on the Jorge Martinez ‘Aspar’ circuit, will even skip the three days of operating at Sepang.
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It needs to be famous that check riders from every producer will even be eligible to participate within the check. Most notably, Aprilia’s check rider will change Martín in Malaysia whereas additionally enterprise growth work for the Noale model.
Workforce
Motorbike
Riders
Desmosedici GP26
RS-GP 2026
Lorenzo Savadori
RC16 2026
RC16 2026
Yamaha
M1 2026
M1 2026
RC213V 2026
Desmosedici GP26 / GP25
Gresini
Desmosedici GP26 / GP25
RS-GP 2026
RC213V 2026
Easy methods to observe the 2026 MotoGP Sepang Check
The excellent news is that the Sepang MotoGP check will see broader protection than the Shakedown. The first approach to observe the motion reside will likely be by Reside Timing, the official MotoGP reside timing service accessible by way of a Timing Move subscription (priced at €17.99 for the total season).
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It’s vital to notice that MotoGP exams aren’t broadcast reside on tv — there isn’t a reside race manufacturing — outdoors of some appearances on the late-season Valencia exams. Nevertheless, there’ll nonetheless be televised content material within the type of each day summaries.
Followers can watch each day video summaries by MotoGP VideoPass, which is able to function about 90 minutes of protection every day in its After the Flag programme, airing from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m CEST, with the ultimate half-hour of every check session proven reside.
Motorsport.com is current at Sepang this week and can carry all of the reside updates, information and each day studies from the Malaysian venue.
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