Tony Arbolino managed to advance to the second qualifying for the Moto2 Malaysian GP from the Q1 session, along with three other riders.
After the initial flying laps, Albert Arenas (Red Bull KTM Ajo/Kalex) led, with Dennis Foggia (Italtrans Racing Team/Kalex), Zonta van den Goorbergh (Fieten Oil RW Racing GP/Kalex), and Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS/Kalex) also in the qualification zone.
However, Arbolino quickly moved into the lead, with Taiga Hada (Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team/Kalex) in second. Arenas dropped to third, while Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team/Kalex) progressed to fourth.
Arenas briefly climbed to second but remained 0.324s behind Arbolino, and the composition of the qualification zone did not change. Hada and Roberts also held their positions. In fifth, Foggia missed out on advancing to the Q2 by 0.190s.
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