Jorge Martin do jutrzejszego wyścigu na torze Sepang ustanowi się na pole position. Pierwszą linię uzupełni Enea Bastianini i Marc Marquez. Francesco Bagnaia wystartuje z dziewiątej pozycji, Fabio Quartararo dopiero z dwunastego miejsca.
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME/DIFF | LAP | MAX |
| 1 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP22) | 1’57.790s | 6/6 | 334k |
| 2 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP21) | +0.456s | 3/7 | 336k |
| 3 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.664s | 5/6 | 330k |
| 4 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)* | +0.700s | 7/7 | 326k |
| 5 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.785s | 7/7 | 332k |
| 6 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +0.789s | 3/7 | 332k |
| 7 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.864s | 6/6 | 327k |
| 8 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | +0.976s | 3/7 | 329k |
| 9 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP22) | +1.072s | 3/5 | 332k |
| 10 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | +1.145s | 2/5 | 330k |
| 11 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +1.355s | 2/6 | 331k |
| 12 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.425s | 3/6 | 330k |
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| 13 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 1’59.053s | 7/7 | 330k |
| 14 | Jack Miller | AUS | Ducati Lenovo (GP22) | 1’59.064s | 2/5 | 332k |
| 15 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) | 1’59.256s | 7/7 | 327k |
| 16 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP21)* | 1’59.278s | 7/7 | 330k |
| 17 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1’59.363s | 5/6 | 320k |
| 18 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP22) | 1’59.69s | 2/6 | 331k |
| 19 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 1’59.699s | 7/7 | 325k |
| 20 | Remy Gardner | AUS | KTM Tech3 (RC16)* | 1’59.803s | 3/6 | 324k |
| 21 | Alex Marquez | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 2’0.008s | 2/4 | 326k |
| 22 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | KTM Tech3 (RC16)* | 2’0.077s | 3/7 | 323k |
| 23 | Tetsuta Nagashima | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 2’0.803s | 6/6 | 327k |
| 24 | Darryn Binder | RSA | WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* | 2’10.717s | 2/6 | 325k |