Thomas Luthi ha sido el más rápido del día en la categoría intermedia de Moto2, para el Gran Premio Shell de Malasia. El suizo ha marcado el mejor tiempo del día en la segunda sesión, junto con Johann Zarco quien ha dominado en la primera sesión.
Dominio abrumador del nuevo campeón de Moto2, Johann Zarco (Ajo Motorsport) en la primera sesión de entrenamientos libres donde ha terminado en segunda posición ya que la AGR Team de Jonas Folger le superó en el último minuto de la sesión.
En la segunda sesión también ha habido un dominio de un piloto, en este caso Thomas Luthi (Derendingen Racing Interwetten) que ha marcado el mejor tiempo del día con un 2:07.453, justo por delante de Johann Zarco y Sam Lowes (Speed up Racing).
Resultados FP1:
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
| 1 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | GER | AGR Team | Kalex | 267.1 | 2’07.720 | |
| 2 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | Ajo Motorsport | Kalex | 270.4 | 2’07.768 | 0.048 / 0.048 |
| 3 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | Derendinger Racing Interwetten | Kalex | 272.1 | 2’08.286 | 0.566 / 0.518 |
| 4 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | FIN | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 269.1 | 2’08.344 | 0.624 / 0.058 |
| 5 | 49 | Axel PONS | SPA | AGR Team | Kalex | 268.1 | 2’08.349 | 0.629 / 0.005 |
| 6 | 3 | Simone CORSI | ITA | Forward Racing | Kalex | 268.7 | 2’08.374 | 0.654 / 0.025 |
| 7 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 269.2 | 2’08.410 | 0.690 / 0.036 |
| 8 | 25 | Azlan SHAH | MAL | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 271.0 | 2’08.503 | 0.783 / 0.093 |
| 9 | 40 | Alex RINS | SPA | Paginas Amarillas HP 40 | Kalex | 268.9 | 2’08.570 | 0.850 / 0.067 |
| 10 | 60 | Julian SIMON | SPA | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 268.3 | 2’08.671 | 0.951 / 0.101 |
| 11 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | ITA | Forward Racing | Kalex | 267.2 | 2’08.799 | 1.079 / 0.128 |
| 12 | 22 | Sam LOWES | GBR | Speed Up Racing | Speed Up | 266.8 | 2’08.816 | 1.096 / 0.017 |
| 13 | 21 | Franco MORBIDELLI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 266.7 | 2’08.893 | 1.173 / 0.077 |
| 14 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 268.1 | 2’08.968 | 1.248 / 0.075 |
| 15 | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | Paginas Amarillas HP 40 | Kalex | 270.4 | 2’09.052 | 1.332 / 0.084 |
| 16 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 272.5 | 2’09.118 | 1.398 / 0.066 |
| 17 | 55 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | MAL | Petronas Raceline Malaysia | Kalex | 271.6 | 2’09.279 | 1.559 / 0.161 |
| 18 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | SPA | JPMoto Malaysia | Suter | 275.0 | 2’09.297 | 1.577 / 0.018 |
| 19 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Kalex | 269.1 | 2’09.360 | 1.640 / 0.063 |
| 20 | 4 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | SWI | JIR Racing Team | Kalex | 268.7 | 2’09.525 | 1.805 / 0.165 |
| 21 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | FRA | Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 | Tech 3 | 269.9 | 2’09.561 | 1.841 / 0.036 |
| 22 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | Tech 3 | Tech 3 | 267.5 | 2’09.581 | 1.861 / 0.020 |
| 23 | 10 | Thitipong WAROKORN | THA | APH PTT The Pizza SAG | Kalex | 268.8 | 2’10.088 | 2.368 / 0.507 |
| 24 | 57 | Edgar PONS | SPA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 268.4 | 2’10.577 | 2.857 / 0.489 |
| 25 | 66 | Florian ALT | GER | E-Motion IodaRacing Team | Suter | 268.4 | 2’10.767 | 3.047 / 0.190 |
| 26 | 97 | Xavi VIERGE | SPA | Tech 3 | Tech 3 | 267.6 | 2’11.023 | 3.303 / 0.256 |
| 27 | 70 | Robin MULHAUSER | SWI | Technomag Racing Interwetten | Kalex | 269.1 | 2’11.428 | 3.708 / 0.405 |
| 28 | 2 | Jesko RAFFIN | SWI | sports-millions-EMWE-SAG | Kalex | 264.3 | 2’11.457 | 3.737 / 0.029 |
| 29 | 93 | Ramdan ROSLI | MAL | Petronas AHM Malaysia | Kalex | 264.4 | 2’13.308 | 5.588 / 1.851 |
| 30 | 16 | Joshua HOOK | AUS | Technomag Racing Interwetten | Kalex | 270.6 | 2’13.458 | 5.738 / 0.150 |
Resultados FP2:
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
| 1 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | Derendinger Racing Interwetten | Kalex | 270.8 | 2’07.453 | |
| 2 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | Ajo Motorsport | Kalex | 268.4 | 2’07.738 | 0.285 / 0.285 |
| 3 | 22 | Sam LOWES | GBR | Speed Up Racing | Speed Up | 267.7 | 2’07.870 | 0.417 / 0.132 |
| 4 | 40 | Alex RINS | SPA | Paginas Amarillas HP 40 | Kalex | 269.5 | 2’07.948 | 0.495 / 0.078 |
| 5 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 268.4 | 2’08.189 | 0.736 / 0.241 |
| 6 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | GER | AGR Team | Kalex | 266.2 | 2’08.223 | 0.770 / 0.034 |
| 7 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 270.5 | 2’08.259 | 0.806 / 0.036 |
| 8 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 269.1 | 2’08.300 | 0.847 / 0.041 |
| 9 | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | Paginas Amarillas HP 40 | Kalex | 269.6 | 2’08.384 | 0.931 / 0.084 |
| 10 | 3 | Simone CORSI | ITA | Forward Racing | Kalex | 268.9 | 2’08.490 | 1.037 / 0.106 |
| 11 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | FIN | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 268.2 | 2’08.563 | 1.110 / 0.073 |
| 12 | 21 | Franco MORBIDELLI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 268.9 | 2’08.615 | 1.162 / 0.052 |
| 13 | 49 | Axel PONS | SPA | AGR Team | Kalex | 268.1 | 2’08.656 | 1.203 / 0.041 |
| 14 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Kalex | 269.0 | 2’08.676 | 1.223 / 0.020 |
| 15 | 60 | Julian SIMON | SPA | QMMF Racing Team | Speed Up | 267.5 | 2’08.911 | 1.458 / 0.235 |
| 16 | 25 | Azlan SHAH | MAL | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 270.2 | 2’09.026 | 1.573 / 0.115 |
| 17 | 55 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | MAL | Petronas Raceline Malaysia | Kalex | 268.0 | 2’09.035 | 1.582 / 0.009 |
| 18 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | ITA | Forward Racing | Kalex | 263.4 | 2’09.342 | 1.889 / 0.307 |
| 19 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | FRA | Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 | Tech 3 | 268.1 | 2’09.455 | 2.002 / 0.113 |
| 20 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | SPA | JPMoto Malaysia | Suter | 270.2 | 2’09.493 | 2.040 / 0.038 |
| 21 | 4 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | SWI | JIR Racing Team | Kalex | 263.4 | 2’09.888 | 2.435 / 0.395 |
| 22 | 10 | Thitipong WAROKORN | THA | APH PTT The Pizza SAG | Kalex | 267.0 | 2’09.914 | 2.461 / 0.026 |
| 23 | 2 | Jesko RAFFIN | SWI | sports-millions-EMWE-SAG | Kalex | 264.0 | 2’10.116 | 2.663 / 0.202 |
| 24 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | Tech 3 | Tech 3 | 267.3 | 2’10.147 | 2.694 / 0.031 |
| 25 | 57 | Edgar PONS | SPA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 267.9 | 2’10.185 | 2.732 / 0.038 |
| 26 | 70 | Robin MULHAUSER | SWI | Technomag Racing Interwetten | Kalex | 268.4 | 2’10.308 | 2.855 / 0.123 |
| 27 | 66 | Florian ALT | GER | E-Motion IodaRacing Team | Suter | 266.0 | 2’10.535 | 3.082 / 0.227 |
| 28 | 97 | Xavi VIERGE | SPA | Tech 3 | Tech 3 | 269.1 | 2’10.644 | 3.191 / 0.109 |
| 29 | 16 | Joshua HOOK | AUS | Technomag Racing Interwetten | Kalex | 271.5 | 2’11.369 | 3.916 / 0.725 |
| 30 | 93 | Ramdan ROSLI | MAL | Petronas AHM Malaysia | Kalex | 264.9 | 2’11.530 | 4.077 / 0.161 |
