The heavens opened over the Mobility Resort Motegi and a pole position drought was also broken as Marc Marquez qualified fastest for the Motul Grand Prix of Japan. After a 90-minute delay to the schedule, the Repsol Honda Team rider set a 1:55.214 in a wet MotoGP™ Q2 session to score a first pole since the 2019 Japanese GP. Second went to Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing), while Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) made the front row for the first time in the premier class. Although there was joy for eight-time World Champion Marquez, none of this year’s three title contenders qualified any higher than sixth. That was Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing), with neither Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™ Team) nor Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) making the first two rows.

A thunderstorm during Moto2™ Q2 caused a 90-minute red flag period and the cancellation of MotoGP™ FP3, before Q1 for the premier class field finally got underway at 16:10 local time (GMT +9). That session also began in heavy rain but it had stopped by the time Q2 got underway and, although Michelin wet tyres were still in order, there was a rush to exit pits in order to take advantage of the conditions. Zarco, who had track knowledge from Q1, came out of the blocks quickest, and that was still the case when he set a 1:55.774 on his second flying lap.

Enter the Marquez. The World Champion is still recovering from a fourth operation on his right arm but signalled in FP1 and then FP2 – when he was also fastest – that he would be a threat in this, the second round of his latest comeback. He was only a narrow second to Zarco despite a small error at Turn 11 and then took over top spot with a 1:55.698 on his third flying lap. Marquez then slashed another seven tenths of a second of his personal best to tighten his grip on provisional pole.

After a visit to the pits, Zarco closed the gap when he set a 1:55.422 and he was one of two riders who looked like they might ruin Marquez’s fairytale in the final moments. However, Zarco ran wide at Turn 11 on his final lap and while Binder was on a quick one, he eventually reached the finish line in a time of 1:55.537 to earn third on the grid. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) was thus bumped back to fourth after going as quick as a 1:55.620 and Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) rounded out the top five on a 1:55.686.

That means we have to go all the way back to sixth to find one of the title contenders. Aleix Espargaro was seventh when the chequered flag out but managed to improve marginally to a 1:55.771 to also claim a berth on the second row as he tries to make up a 17-point deficit to World Championship leader Quartararo. Speaking of ‘El Diablo’, he was only ninth-fastest in Q2 with the 1:56.326 which he set on his first flyer. Still, Quartararo was better than Bagnaia, who could not extract any real pace from either of the Ducatis he rode during the session, which he finished last. Pecco, who has four wins and a second place from the last five races, faces an uphill battle to repeat either of those results from 12th on the grid tomorrow.

Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) had a big front-end save midway through the session on his way to a 1:55.784 which was good enough for seventh, while Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) crashed after setting a 1:55.895 which would leave him eighth on the grid. Tenth went to #10, Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team), and 11th to Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team).

Marquez’s breakthrough also created an all time MotoGP™ record of nine different pole-sitters in a single season. He joins Martin, Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro, Zarco, Bagnaia, Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), and Miller as the club to have qualified on pole so far this year.

Pramac dominated Q1, Zarco fastest on a 1:55.300 and Martin into the top two on a 1:55.795, but there was big drama for another Ducati rider. Bastianini might have ridden himself back into title contention with his win last weekend at Aragon, but he is firmly on the back foot again after crashing in qualifying. The Italian had only improved to third on a 1:56.130 when he tucked the front at Turn 5 – the same corner at which he crashed on Friday in FP1 – and went down again. Making matters worse, he is set to start 15th after Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) clocked a 1:56.006 and then Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) took over 13th with a 1:55.934.

Row 6 will be Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol), and Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar), while Row 7 is wildcard Tetsuta Nagashima (HRC Team), Remy Gardner (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing), and Joan Mir’s injury replacement, Takuya Tsuda (Team Suzuki Ecstar). Raul Fernandez (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing), Darryn Binder (WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team), and Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) all had crashes in Q1 as they qualified 22nd, 24th, and 25th respectively. The odd man out in the bottom four on the grid was therefore Cal Crutchlow (WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team) in 23rd position.

Can Marc Marquez continue the fairytale at Honda’s own circuit? Next up is Warm Up on Sunday at 10:40, then it’s lights out at Motegi at 15:00 (GMT +9)!

MotoGP™ Q2 Top 10:

1. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) – 1:55.214
2. Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) + 0.208
3. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 0.323
4. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) + 0.406
5. Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) + 0.472
6. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) + 0.557
7. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 0.570
8. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 0.681
9. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) + 1.112
10. Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 1.140

Good things come to those who wait, and Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) had to wait a very long time to claim pole position for the Moto2™ race at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan. Heavy rain hammered the Mobility Resort Motegi minutes into Q2 for the intermediate class, leading to a delay of more than 90 minutes before the field was let loose again. Despite having to reacclimatise to the conditions all over again, Canet charged to a 2:04.939 to secure top spot on the grid by a margin of 0.333 seconds, with Fermin Aldeguer (Beta Tools Speed Up) and Jake Dixon (Shimoku GASGAS Aspar team) joining him on the front row. The top two in the World Championship, however, are much further back.

Canet had dropped into Q1 but topped that earlier, 15-minute stanza to book his place in the fight for pole position. Given the changeable weather at Motegi, there was talk that going the long way around in qualifying might be an advantage due to track knowledge. A great theory, but there was no chance to really test it when Race Control opted to red flag Q2 after just over five minutes in response to pouring rain, as well as thunder and lightning in the vicinity.

When pit lane eventually did open again, Canet was immediately on it, lapping each time at anywhere from a few tenths of a second to more than half a second quicker than the rest. As the rain started to ease off, he laid down a 2:04.939 just before the chequered flag, snatching top spot back from Aldeguer after the Boscoscuro pilot had clocked a 2:05.272. Aldeguer then saw that lap time scratched when it was thought that he set it while transiting a yellow flag zone, but it would later be reinstated and the 17-year-old Spaniard therefore handed back his place on the middle of the front row. Dixon was ultimately classified third courtesy of his 2:05.669.

Row 2 will be Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team, who clocked a 2:05.891 with the chequered flag out, from Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) and Filip Salac (Gresini Racing Moto2™), with Row 3 made up of Jorge Navarro (Flexbox HP40), Cameron Beaubier (American Racing), and Keminth Kubo (Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team), and the top 10 rounded out by Barry Baltus (RW Racing GP). We have to go all the way back to the middle of Row 4 to find World Championship leader Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo), who went as quick as a 2:07.348, and Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) is 13th on a 2:07.697.

They are split on the timesheet by Alonso Lopez (Beta Tools Speed Up), who was one of three to crash in Q2 – the others being Albert Arenas (Shimoku GASGAS Aspar Team) and, late in the piece, Navarro. Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team) Qualified 14th, ahead of Bo Bendsneyder (Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team), Zonta van den Goorbergh (RW Racing GP), Arenas, and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo).

Back in Q1, plenty put their hand up for a spot in the top four only to be bumped back out right at the end. Marcel Schrötter (Liqui Moly Intact GP) was in when the chequered flag came out, then out when Taiga Hada (Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team) got in, only for Hada to be left vulnerable when Kubo improved to third. He was out altogether when Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Italtrans Racing Team) grabbed fourth, but then the Italian was himself ousted when Beaubier took fourth with a very late flying lap. As such, Dalla Porta is set to start from 23rd, ahead of Hada, Schrötter, and former Championship leader Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team), who had also been in the Q1 top four in the final few minutes.

Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) missed out on a chance to progress after being thrown over his handlebars exiting Turn 4. He is set to start from 28th and looked more frustrated than hurt in what is his first round back from injury. Others to take a tumble in Q1 were Niccolo Antonelli (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) and Jeremy Alcoba (Liqui Moly Intact GP), who qualified 30th and 33rd respectively. Manuel Gonzalez (Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team) did not start the session given he is in hospital for checks on his right shoulder and neck after a crash during the morning in FP2.

That’s qualifying in Moto2™ done – eventually. Next up, it’s the Sunday morning Warm Up, then race start at 13:20 (GMT +9)!

Moto2™ Q2 Top 10:

1. Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) – 2:04.939
2. Fermín Aldeguer (Beta Tools Speed Up) + 0.333
3. Jake Dixon (Shimoku GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.730
4. Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) + 0.952
5. Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) + 1.172
6. Filip Salac (Gresini Racing Moto2) + 1.184
7. Jorge Navarro (Flexbox HP40) + 1.529
8. Cameron Beaubier (American Racing) + 1.741
9. Keminth Kubo (Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team) + 1.846
10. Barry Baltus (RW Racing GP) + 2.180

Leopard Racing’s Tatsuki Suzuki has secured a cherished home Moto3™ pole position at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan. Riding his Honda at the Japanese marque’s own test track, Suzuki went as fast as a 2:11.246 in a rainy Q2 at the Mobility Resort Motegi. Scott Ogden (VisionTrack Racing Team) and title contender Sergio Garcia (Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team) both came from Q1 to get onto the front row, although the latter might yet lose third position after it looked as though he held up World Championship-leading teammate Izan Guevara and Suzuki following a crash. Guevara qualified ninth on his own Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team entry.

Rain continued to fall over Motegi and, having shown good pace in wet conditions in the morning’s FP2 session, Suzuki was on it again in Q2. The birthday boy – he turns 25 today – went fastest with a 2:12.037 on his second flyer and was down to a 2:11.246 just two laps later. The Japanese rider looked like going even faster again next time through, with red splits in each of the first three sectors, before checking in at a time of 2:11.675. As it turned out, he and Guevara happened upon Garcia towards the end of the lap after the Aspar rider had remounted from a crash at Turn 7.

Garcia was, at that point, second-quickest on a 2:11.788 and he was still provisionally on the middle of the front row when the chequered flag came out. Then Ogden, who had topped Q1, came through to clock a 1:22.568 and jump from sixth to second. Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) was a late improver to fourth with a 2:11.942, ahead of Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) on a 2:12.015 and Andrea Migno (Rivacold Snipers Team) on a 2:12.038.

Riccardo Rossi (SIC58 Squadra Corse) qualified seventh and Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3) claimed eighth. Guevara looked angry at his teammate for apparently riding slowly on the race line through Turns 12, 13, and 14 with a couple of minutes remaining in the session, before clocking a 2:12.155 to qualify ninth, ahead of Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Carlos Tatay (CFMoto Racing PruestelGP), and John McPhee (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max).

Heading up Row 5 will be Lorenzo Fellon (SIC58 Squadra Corse) despite two crashes in Q2, with Adrian Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Tech3) 14th and Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets – MSI) 15th. David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports) also had a spill onhis way to 16th, ahead of another crasher in Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI) and Kaito Toba (CIP Green Power).

Earlier, in Q1, Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) set the initial pace on a 2:12.749 but was unable to improve on that lap time and would be shuffled back to fifth for the session, equating to 19th on the starting grid. He will be joined on Row 7 by Ivan Ortola (Angeluss MTA Team) and Daniel Holgado (Red Bull KTM Ajo), the rookie who had scored his first Grand Prix podium just five days earlier at Aragon. Mario Aji (Honda Team Asia) qualified 32nd with a 2:14.763 which he set after an early crash at Turn 3.

The last Japanese rider to win in any class at Motegi was Hiroshi Aoyama in 250cc in 2006. Will Suzuki be the next? Moto3™ Warm Up is due at 10:00 (GMT +9), then it’s lights out at 12:00!

Moto3™ Q2 Top 10:

1. Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing) – 2:11.246
2. Scott Ogden (VisionTrack Racing Team) + 0.322
3. Sergio Garcia (Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.542
4. Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) + 0.696
5. Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) + 0.769
6. Andrea Migno (Rivacold Snipers Team) + 0.792
7. Riccardo Rossi (SIC58 Squadra Corse) + 0.874
8. Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) + 0.878
9. Izan Guevara (Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.909
10. Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 0.983

He’s still got it! The Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez set the fastest lap in a wet MotoGP™ FP2 at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, his second round back after a June arm operation. Having already secured a berth in Q2 based on his FP1 exploits, Marquez proved that he will be a genuine threat for pole position by clocking a 1:55.232 around the Mobility Resort Motegi on Saturday morning. Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) claimed second for the session while third went to Friday fast man Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team). With rain falling throughout FP2, the starting order for Q1 remains unchanged.

After going sixth-fastest in a dry opening Free Practice session on Friday afternoon, Marc Marquez was on the pace almost immediately as rain fell on the circuit which Honda owns. His fastest lap would come in the 20th minute of the session, before there was a mishap for teammate Pol Espargaro when #44 was flicked off his RC213V due to a highside through Turn 8, also known as the ‘S Curve’. While Espargaro showed signs of soreness in his right wrist a red flag was called in order to remove his bike from the race line and clean up the mud which had been dragged onto the track surface as a result. Thankfully, Espargaro was back out on his second bike at the end of the session and would claim 19th with a 1:57.003 on his final lap.

Martin will have to advance from Q1 if he is to vie for pole position this afternoon at Motegi, but the signs are good after he set as 1:55.376 midway through FP2. Fellow Ducati rider ‘Thriller’ Miller showed his class in wet weather conditions with a 1:55.387, with the top five rounded out by Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) on a 1:55.428 and Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) on a 1:55.630. Intriguingly, Zarco and the rest of the FP2 top eight – Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™), Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), and Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol) – are also going into Q1, suggesting it will be a hotly contested battle for the other two berths in Q2.

Rounding out the FP2 top 10 were Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) and World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™). Fellow title contenders Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) were classified 11th and 15th respectively.

Turn 3 was a hotspot for drama, particularly in the opening minutes of the session, when it seemed like more riders were going through the Long Lap Penalty loop or the gravel trap than the race track proper! Quartararo and Aleix Espargaro were off twice each, Bagnaia and Marc Marquez ran well wide, and then Zarco was off too. They all stayed upright although Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) did have a crash there just before the half-hour mark – rider okay.

It’s looking like wet Michelin tyres for the rest of the day. Riders get another chance to get acquainted with the rain in FP3 – tune in from 14:25 (GMT +9)!

MotoGP™ FP2 Top 10:
1. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) – 1:55.232
2. Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) + 0.144
3. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 0.155
4. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 0.196
5. Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) + 0.398
6. Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) + 0.936
7. Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) + 0.965
8. Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol) + 1.117
9. Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 1.316
10. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) + 1.329

Moto2™ World Championship leader Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) is still the pace-setter at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan but it was Fermin Aldeguer (Beta Tools Speed Up) who set the fastest lap of a rainy FP2 session. Unsurprisingly, there was no change to the overall top 14 which decides the initial bunch of riders going into Q2 on Saturday afternoon at the Mobility Resort Motegi, but Aldeguer showed good speed in the wet as he went as quick as a 2:04.479 in the morning’s 40-minute session. Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) claimed second and Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) third, while Fernandez was classified ninth.

The intermediate class looked like it might get something of a break from the rain which had been falling over Motegi, but the skies opened again just minutes into FP2. Filip Salac (Gresini Racing Moto2™) was quickest on a 2:05.776 when the action was paused for a red flag, then improved to a 2:05.268. Despite the rain getting heavier, Arbolino moved the benchmark to a 2:04.747 with just over 10 minutes remaining, before Aldeguer clocked what would be the very fastest lap of the session with about five minutes to go. It’s a good sign for the 17-year-old Spaniard, who had effectively already booked his place in Q2 due to his exploits in FP1, as had Arbolino.

Fastest in FP2 of those who will have to go into Q1 this afternoon was Canet in third on a 2:04.899, with Salac classified fourth on a 2:04.917 which he set just before a crash at Turn 3 that brought a slightly premature end to his morning. Shimoku GASGAS Aspar Team duo Jake Dixon and Albert Arenas claimed fifth and sixth respectively, from Alonso Lopez (Beta Tools Speed Up), Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia), Fernandez on a 2:05.333, and Jorge Navarro (Flexbox HP40).

There was a brief red flag period after a dozen minutes of action in order to clear Manuel Gonzalez’s Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team entry off the exit of the race track at Turn 6. Gonzalez himself was thankfully conscious and walking despite what had been a dramatic highside, but is paying a visit to the medical centre for a check-up after feeling pain in his right collarbone, shoulder and hand. Others to have spills during the session were Jeremy Alcoba (Liqui Moly Intact GP) at Turn 5, Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team) at Turn 3, Zonta van den Goorbergh (RW Racing GP) at Turn 5, Keminth Kubo (Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team) at Turn 4, and Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) at Turn 8. The latter’s was a highside but, thankfully, the World Championship contender was quickly up on his feet. Meanwhile, Acosta had a big save at Turn 3 in the final minutes of the session.

The rain looks like it has set in, and that will keep riders on their toes in qualifying! Q1 starts later on Saturday at 13:30 (GMT +9).

Moto2™ FP2 Top 10:

1. Fermín Aldeguer (Beta Tools Speed Up) – 2:04.479
2. Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) + 0.268
3. Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) + 0.420
4. Filip Salac (Gresini Racing Moto2) + 0.438
5. Jake Dixon (Shimoku GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.497
6. Albert Arenas (Shimoku GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.645
7. Alonso Lopez (Beta Tools Speed Up) + 0.646
8. Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) + 0.801
9. Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 0.854
10. Jorge Navarro (Flexbox HP40) + 0.855

Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets – MSI) remains fastest overall after Leopard Racing’s Dennis Foggia set the best lap in a wet FP2 session for the Moto3™ field at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan. The Italian is not regarded as a wet weather specialist but he reclaimed top spot with a 2:09.684 as he took the chequered flag at the Mobility Resort Motegi, leaving him 0.081 seconds ahead of Honda Team Asia’s Mario Aji and 0.220 seconds up on the Rivacold Snipers Team’s Andrea Migno. There was no change to the combined top 14, however, and it is Friday’s dry FP1 session which sets the starting order for Q1 later today.

Foggia and Leopard Racing teammate Tatsuki Suzuki were both a regular presence at or near the top of the timing monitor throughout the 40-minute session, which began with rain and saw a wet track throughout despite the showers easing off midway through proceedings. Suzuki was the man to beat for the first 15 minutes or so, and was first to move the benchmark into the 2:09s with less than seven minutes remaining. Foggia moved the marker to a 2:09.860 in the final minute before the chequered flag, was usurped by Aji’s 2:09.765, then hit back on is very last lap. Migno claimed third on a 2:09.904 and Suzuki finished fourth-fastest on the 2:09.909 referred to above.

The rest of the top 10 was John McPhee (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max), from Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3), Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI), Carlos Tatay (CFMoto Racing PruestelGP), Sergio Garcia (Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team), and Riccardo Rossi (SIC58 Squadra Corse). Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo) had a 2:09.640 which would have been the fastest lap of the session cancelled due to a breach of track limits at Turn 14 and was classified 11th on a 2:10.892, four positions ahead of Moreira on a 2:11.109.

World Championship leader Izan Guevara (Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team) was only 16th for the session but, unlike teammate Garcia, is locked into Q2. Whether that is an advantage or not, however, depends on how the weather plays out – recent track experience could be valuable in the fight for pole.

Despite the tricky conditions, there were relatively few incidents. Aside from a handful of excursions through Motegi’s gravel traps, just three riders were seen crashing during the session, namely Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) at Turn 11, Elia Bartolini (QJMotor Avintia Racing Team) at Turn 5, and McPhee right at the end at Turn 3 – rider okay.

So, no change to the Q1 starting order, but valuable wet weather mileage ahead of that session today at 12:35 (GMT +9) – don’t miss it!

Moto3™ FP2 Top 10:

1. Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) – 2:09.684
2. Mario Suryo Aji (Honda Team Asia) + 0.081
3. Andrea Migno (Rivacold Snipers Team) + 0.220
4. Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing) + 0.225
5. John McPhee (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) + 0.238
6. Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) + 0.270
7. Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI) + 0.341
8. Carlos Tatay (CFMoto Racing PrustelGP) + 0.925
9. Sergio Garcia (Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team) + 1.086
10. Riccardo Rossi (SIC58 Squadra Corse) + 1.172