The brilliant aprilia rider also in Motegi. Second place for Acosta. Well Pecco, the fastest in the FP1. Alex Marquez disappoints: only 15th, will go from Q1
Marco Bezzecchi warns everyone: after the excellent San Marino GP, the Aprilia driver wants to be the protagonist also in Japan. The Italian signs the best time in the prequalifics on the Motegi track: 1’43 “193. Behind him Pedro Acosta on Ktm, 136 thousandths distant and fell in the final. Third Marc Marquez, who, unlike other occasions, did not appear very incisive in the dry lap. Particular round for Ducati: all the GP25 are all qualified for Q2. In addition to the usual Marquez, in fact, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Quinto, and Francesco Bagnaia, seventh in the afternoon, but the author of an excellent Friday.
The top 10
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Good sensations also at Honda. Joan Mir is fourth, while his partner Luca Marini ranks in sixth position, behind the aforementioned of Giannantonio. Also well the Yamaha with Fabio Quartararo, who conquers an excellent eighth time, preceded by Bagnaia, but in front of Raul Fernandez’s Imprilia Trackhouse. Tenth Johann Zarco with the Honda RC213V of the LCR team, which concludes the list of drivers already qualified for Q2. No direct pass to the second qualifying phase for the outgoing champion Jorge Martin, who fell twice and only thirteenth. Alex Marquez is also bad: the Gresini pilot cannot express himself in the dry lap and closes fifteenth. For the first time in season the Spaniard is missing direct access to Q2.
The FP1
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Bezzecchi smiles after the prequalific, but the start of the weekend was not memorable: eleventh in the first free practice, curbed by two high -speed falls. The FP1s were signed by Bagnaia, author of the best lap in 1’44 “857 and above all holder of an excellent step with used tires. The Ducati pilot preceded Martin of 93 thousandths. Then Marc Marquez, 102 thousandths away. Good fourth time for Di Giannantonio on the GP25: the pilot VR46 closed in front of two other Italians, namely Marini. who left behind Miller and the surprising Chantra.
MotoGP Japan, who qualified
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Here are the first 10 classified that will access directly to Q2 in Motegi:
- Bezzecchi (ITA/Aprilia) 1’43 “193
- Acosta (spa/ktm) +0.136
- M. Marquez (Spa/Ducati) +0.167
- Mir (Spa/Honda) +0.168
- By Giannantonio (ITA/VR46 Ducati) +0.198
- Marini (Ita/Honda) +0.310
- Bagnaia (ITA/DUCATI) +0.346
- Quartararo (Fra/Yamaha) +0.401
- R. Fernandez (Spa/Trackhouse Aprilia) +0.473
- Zarco (Fra/Lcr Honda) +0.541
MotoGP Japan, in Q1
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These will be the drivers forced to move from Q1 in qualifications:
- Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati)
- Bastianini (Tech3 Ktm)
- Martin (Aprilia)
- Ogura (trackhouse aprilia)
- A. Marquez (Gresini Ducati)
- Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati)
- Binder (KTM)
- Chantra (LCR Honda)
- Rins (Yamaha)
- Miller (Pramac Yamaha)
- Nakagami (Honda)
- Oliveira (Pramac Yamaha)
- Viñales (Tech3 Ktm)
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