Daniel Holgado secured pole position for the Moto2 Grand Prix of Malaysia, setting a best lap of 2:02.875 in the second qualifying session to beat the field by 0.541 seconds.

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The CFMOTO RCB Aspar Team rider was comfortably the fastest man on track. Piqueras, riding for QJMOTOR – MSI, took second place on a 2:03.416, 0.541 seconds off the pace. Guevara of BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha was third with a 2:03.486, 0.611 seconds behind Holgado, and completes the front row.

The gaps behind the leader are tight. David Alonso, Holgado's teammate at CFMOTO RCB Aspar, was fourth on 2:03.491, only five thousandths of a second behind Guevara and 0.616 seconds from pole. López, for ITALJET Gresini, was fifth on 2:03.516, ahead of Collin Veijer in sixth for Red Bull KTM Ajo, who posted 2:03.560, 0.685 seconds off pole.

Escrig of KLINT Racing FORWARD was seventh on 2:03.664, with Muñoz of Italtrans Racing Team eighth on 2:03.718 and González of LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact ninth on 2:03.734. Ortolá, riding for QJMOTOR – MSI alongside Piqueras, was tenth on 2:03.839, 0.964 seconds off Holgado's time.

Aji of Idemitsu Honda was eleventh on 2:03.978, ahead of Senna Agius of LIQUI MOLY Intact in twelfth on 2:04.009 and Huertas of Italtrans Racing in thirteenth on 2:04.036. Joe Roberts of OnlyFans American Racing was fourteenth on 2:04.133, with Idemitsu Honda's Furusato fifteenth on 2:04.336. Filip Salač of OnlyFans American Racing was sixteenth on 2:04.385, and Tony Arbolino of REDS Fantic Racing was seventeenth on 2:04.980, 2.105 seconds from the pole time.

The session was held in hot, dry conditions, with the air temperature at 35 degrees Celsius, the track at 50 and humidity at 58 percent. Top speed on the timesheet was 276.9 kilometers per hour, recorded by Piqueras, Alonso, Ortolá and Salač on the same reading.