A week after racing a Team Hammer Suzuki GSX-R750 with ASRA during his Daytona debut, MotoAmerica Talent Cup race winner Bodie Paige finished 3rd in Idemitsu Asia Talent Cup Free Practice 1 and Free Practice 2 held on Friday of the MotoGP event weekend In Malaysia, at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit. 

During wet FP1, wild-card rider Paige was third with a lap time of 2:39.162 (+1.286) and during dry FP2 he finished third again with a time of 2:18.967 (+0.772). The Asia Talent Cup runs NSF250 Hondas.