A smattering of tropical rain interrupted FP1 for the Moto2 class, the riders losing about 20 minutes of practice to the weather, before the track dried out again and the times began to drop again. Rain or not, Alex de Angelis was the fastest man of the session, topping the timesheets on the JIR Motobi before the rain came, then improving his time again at the very end of practice. De Angelis leads Marc VDS rider Scott Redding by nearly two tenths, while championship leader Toni Elias ended in 3rd, a quarter of a second behind the man from San Marino. Given the fact that he can wrap up the championship at Sepang with a 9th place, Elias decided caution was the better part of valor, and left his Gresini Moriwaki in the pits after the rain stopped falling, not wanting to risk injury.
The only man who can stop Elias from becoming the inaugural Moto2 champion, Mapfre Aspar's Julian Simon, ended FP1 as 4th fastest, four tenths of De Angelis but just over a tenth off Elias' time. And Andrea Iannone got his Malaysian adventure off to a much better start than in Motegi, the Fimmco Speed Up rider running 5th fastest in FP1.
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