Esteve Rabat był najszybszym zawodnikiem podczas dzisiejszych kwalifikacji na torze Twin Ring Motegi. Dzięki temu Hiszpan wystartuje do jutrzejszego wyścigu o Grand Prix Japonii z pole position. W pierwszym rzędzie obok Rabata staną jeszcze Thomas Luthi i Johann Zarco.
Wyniki kwalifikacji Moto3 – Grand Prix Japonii:
1. Esteve Rabat SPA Marc VDS Racing Team (Kalex) 1:50.854s
2. Thomas Luthi SWI Interwetten Sitag (Suter) 1:50.887s
3. Johann Zarco FRA AirAsia Caterham (Caterham Suter) 1:51.157s
4. Maverick Viñales SPA Paginas Amarillas HP 40 (Kalex) 1:51.222s
5. Mika Kallio FIN Marc VDS Racing Team (Kalex) 1:51.312s
6. Takaaki Nakagami JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex) 1:51.317s
7. Julian Simon SPA Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) 1:51.454s
8. Franco Morbidelli ITA Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) 1:51.524s
9. Axel Pons SPA AGR Team (Kalex) 1:51.543s
10. Marcel Schrotter GER Tech 3 (Tech 3) 1:51.555s
11. Sandro Cortese GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) 1:51.558s
12. Sam Lowes GBR Speed Up (Speed Up) 1:51.646s
13. Xavier Simeon BEL Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 (Suter) 1:51.653s
14. Jordi Torres SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 (Suter) 1:51.715s
15. Jonas Folger GER AGR Team (Kalex) 1:51.735s
16. Dominique Aegerter SWI Technomag carXpert (Suter) 1:51.758s
17. Hafizh Syahrin MAL Petronas Raceline Malaysia (Kalex) 1:51.761s
18. Ricard Cardus SPA Tech 3 (Tech 3) 1:51.836s
19. Mattia Pasini ITA NGM Forward Racing (Kalex) 1:51.939s
20. Louis Rossi FRA SAG Team (Kalex) 1:52.094s
21. Lorenzo Baldassarri ITA Gresini Moto2 (Suter) 1:52.293s
22. Ratthapark Wilairot THA AirAsia Caterham (Caterham Suter) 1:52.295s
23. Gino Rea GBR AGT REA Racing (Suter) 1:52.307s
24. Yuki Takahashi JPN Moriwaki Racing (Moriwaki) 1:52.377s
25. Luis Salom SPA Paginas Amarillas HP 40 (Kalex) 1:52.453s
26. Nicolas Terol SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 (Suter) 1:52.567s
27. Tomoyoshi Koyama JPN Teluru Team JiR Webike (NTS) 1:52.646s
28. Florian Marino FRA NGM Forward Racing (Kalex) 1:52.684s
29. Anthony West AUS QMMF Racing Team (Speed Up) 1:52.802s
30. Randy Krummenacher SWI Octo IodaRacing Team (Suter) 1:52.996s
31. Robin Mulhauser SWI Technomag carXpert (Suter) 1:53.120s
32. Thitipong Warokorn THA APH PTT The Pizza SAG (Kalex) 1:53.151s
33. Azlan Shah MAL IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex) 1:53.401s
34. Chalermpol Polamai THA Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech 3 (Tech 3) 1:53.471s
35. Riccardo Russo ITA Tasca Racing Moto2 (Suter) 1:53.615s
36. Roman Ramos SPA QMMF Racing Team (Speed Up) 1:54.063s