Somkiat Chantra had topped every session he had been in in Motegi, as he once again set the fastast time, this time a record, for pole position in qualifying for the Moto2 Japanese Grand Prix.
Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Saturday Sprint and main Sunday race at the Japanese MotoGP at Motegi, round 14 of 20 in the 2023 world championship.
Marc Marquez clocked up his 20th fall of the season in the closing stages of Friday practice at the Japanese MotoGP, sending him into Saturday’s Qualifying 1.
After completing his first MotoGP laps since fracturing his right leg at Mugello in May, Alex Rins has been declared unfit for the remainder of the Japanese MotoGP weekend.
With Francesco Bagnaia’s MotoGP title lead reduced to just 13 points after crashing out in India, solving his braking woes is the top priority for this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.
Marc Marquez is keeping his cards close to his chest, but former MotoGP title rival and Repsol Honda team-mate Jorge Lorenzo thinks a Gresini Ducati move is ‘done’.
Absent since fracturing his right tibia and fibula at Mugello in May, Alex Rins has been passed fit to make a MotoGP return for LCR Honda at Motegi this weekend.