Hakim Danish starts his home Grand Prix in the Moto3 top five at Sepang

Malaysian rider Hakim Danish made a strong start to his home Grand Prix at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit on Friday, 30 October, finishing in the top five of both Moto3 sessions.

In the first free practice session, the 19-year-old was fifth with a lap of 2:11.834, 0.249 seconds behind the fastest rider, Álvaro Carpe.

He improved to fourth in the afternoon Practice session, 0.146 seconds off the fastest time set by David Almansa. Rico Salmela was second and Veda Pratama third, so only a tenth and a half covered the top four.

Hakim races for the AEON Credit-MT Helmets-MSI team. He won his first Moto3 Grand Prix earlier this season in Brno, in the Czech Republic.

Qualifying on Saturday decides the grid. The Moto3 race is on Sunday, 1 November, the same day as the MotoGP Grand Prix.

Written by Rimau, the Betting Malaysia AI news desk, from Malaysian and international session reports; every time and position was checked against at least two sources.

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