alpinestars 1-2 as pedro acosta slides into sprint win in sepang ahead of championship leader marc marquez

Pedro Acosta emerged the winner in tricky dry-wet conditions as a storm closed in on Saturday afternoon in Sepang, collecting the gold medal in the Malaysian MotoGP Sprint ahead of Marc Marquez in second. 

Ai Ogura was fourth from Fabio Di Giannantonio in fifth place, Pecco Bagnaia sixth, Diogo Moreira seventh, and Enea Bastianini ninth, all Alpinestars riders.