| P | Rider | Team | Km/h | Time/Gap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maverick Viñales | Monster Energy Yamaha | 165.2 | 40:14.632 | ||||
| 2 | Marc Marquez | Repsol Honda | 165.0 | +3.059 | ||||
| 3 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 164.8 | +5.611 | ||||
| 4 | Valentino Rossi | Monster Energy Yamaha | 164.8 | +5.965 | ||||
| 5 | Alex Rins | Suzuki Ecstar | 164.8 | +6.350 | ||||
| 6 | Franco Morbidelli | Petronas Yamaha | 164.6 | +9.993 | ||||
| 7 | Fabio Quartararo | Petronas Yamaha | 164.4 | +12.864 | ||||
| 8 | Jack Miller | Pramac Racing | 164.1 | +17.252 | ||||
| 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 163.9 | +19.773 | ||||
| 10 | Joan Mir | Suzuki Ecstar | 163.7 | +22.854 | ||||
| 11 | Pol Espargaro | Red Bull KTM | 163.6 | +24.821 | ||||
| 12 | Francesco Bagnaia | Pramac Racing | 163.2 | +30.251 | ||||
| 13 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia Gresini | 163.2 | +30.447 | ||||
| 14 | Jorge Lorenzo | Repsol Honda | 162.9 | +34.215 | ||||
| 15 | Mika Kallio | Red Bull KTM | 162.9 | +34.461 | ||||
| 16 | Hafizh Syahrin | KTM Tech 3 | 162.3 | +44.319 | ||||
| 17 | Karel Abraham | Reale Avintia Racing | 162.1 | +47.343 | ||||
| Not Classified | ||||||||
| Johann Zarco* | LCR Honda Idemitsu | 164.2 | 4 Laps | |||||
| Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda Castrol | 164.0 | 6 Laps | |||||
| Andrea Iannone | Aprilia Gresini | 163.0 | 9 Laps | |||||
*Replaced Takaaki Nakagami for the Malaysian Grand Prix
Note: Red Bull KTM Tech 3 rider Miguel Oliveira withdrew from the Malaysian Grand Prix after completing four laps in FP1
Reale Avintia Racing rider Tito Rabat did not take part in the Malaysian Grand Prix due to a hand injury