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lided and were seriously injured during their sighting lap (see Briefly), some riders struggled to get in the zone. "I didn't manage to," admitted Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati). Bagnaia was the same. "Maybe I'm a bit too empathetic," he said. Yet the race went ahead as planned. And Bagnaia showed few signs of his mind being else - where as he got the jump to the first turn with Acosta and Alex behind. Alex's early aggression at turn four paid off massively. Fabulous moves on Acosta (lap one) and Bagnaia (lap two) showed Saturday's nerves were a thing of the past. Instead, it was Bagnaia who looked wooden, in the parc ferme of the Sprint. It's something that is not easy to achieve, something that is amazing. We didn't even dream it. It's impossible to dream of an occasion like this, to be first and second, to be at the top of the World Championship. Bagnaia praised his team after his Sprint victory. "I am super happy, but this victory is deserved more by my team than me," he said. "This weekend we have tried different things on the setup, and it worked." Sunday MotoGP After witnessing the Moto3 events, when Noah Dettwiler and Jose Antonio Rueda col - ROUND 20 / OCTOBER 24-26, 2025 PETRONAS SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / SEPANG, MALAYSIA P68 DETTWILER: HE IS IN GOOD HANDS Noah Dettwiler (CIP Green Power) and Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) were involved in a collision during the sighting lap of the Moto3 race. Rueda was confirmed to be alert and awake in the hospital with a number of contusions and a suspected frac- ture in his hand. Dettwiler's team offered the following update on the Swiss rider later in the day: "This morning, during the sight- ing lap at Sepang, our rider Noah Dettwiler was involved in a seri- ous accident. He was taken to the hospital in Kuala Lumpur and will need to undergo multiple surger- ies. He is in good hands, and we kindly ask you to respect his pri- vacy. We will not be sharing fur- ther details at this time. Noah is a true fighter, and the entire CIP Green Power team is right behind him. We will keep you updated as soon as possible." On Monday, the team offered another update on the Swiss rider: "Surgery went well, and Dettwiler is in stable but still critical condition." ESPARGARO-MARINI CLASH EXPLAINED Luca Marini had his first MotoGP crash of the year in the Sprint when he came into contact with Pol Espargaro at turn 14. The Italian was attempting to over- take the KTM substitute when they came together. "He is too clean," Espargaro said. "He went inside, like trying not to make me lose too much time, just trying to be super clean inside, but the problem is he was too clean, and I didn't know he was there. So, there I was making a longer Briefly... Fermin Aldeguer (54) was demoted from second to seventh for a tire-pressure infraction in the Sprint race. However, he was named this year's Rookie of the Year. ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP