MotoGP Practice Results | Alex Marquez leads Acosta and Marc Marquez in Motegi
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Alex Marquez set the pace during the timed practice session at the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix. Pedro Acosta finished second, while Marc Marquez completed the top three on Friday.
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The timed practice session had an eventful start at the Motegi circuit. During the first 10 minutes, Alex Rins and Luca Marini lost control of their bikes and crashed at Turn 3 and Turn 1, respectively. Then, eight minutes into the session, smoke began coming out of one of home favorite Ai Ogura's bikes, forcing him to pull over and leading to a red flag.
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Entering the final 20 minutes, Pedro Acosta led the session with a 1:43.5, with last year's winner Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Di Giannantonio sitting outside the automatic qualification spots through to Q2.
During the final part of the session, focus shifted towards flying laps, with the riders opting for medium front and soft rear tyres. Together with the three championship contenders, Alex Marquez, Pedro Acosta, Enea Bastianini, Di Giannantonio, Fabio Quartararo, Johann Zarco and Diogo Moreira have booked their place in Q2.
Bagnaia, and the two Trackhouse MotoGP riders, Ogura and Raul Fernandez, will have to start qualifying in Q1 on Saturday.
MotoGP Full Results | Timed Practice of the Japanese Grand Prix
Riders through to Q2 in Moto2 and Moto3
Future Honda MotoGP rider David Alonso was the quickest in Moto2 during the timed practice session, finishing marginally ahead of Manuel Gonzalez and Pramac's Izan Guevara. The Colombian rider's best time was 1:47.5.
In Moto3, Marco Morelli set the best time with a 1:55.2. See the complete list of riders through to Q2 below!