Bulega i Bastianini ostavili najbolji utisak na otvaranju trkačkog vikenda
Pretendent na titulu „Debitant godine“, Nicolo Bulega, ostavio je najbolji utisak na početku Moto3 takmičenja u Japanu.
Brad Binder, momak koji je osvojio titulu 4 trke pre kraja sezone, nije ostavio veliki utisak na Motegiju. On je doživeo pad u krivini br.3, ali se nepovređen vratio u garažu.
Ozbiljniji incident je viđen kada je Jorge Martin izgubio kontrolu nad svojim motorom. Njemu je ukazana medicinska pomoć jer se još uvek nije dovoljno oporavio od nedavne povrede stopala.
FP1
1. Nicolo Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 57.523s
2. Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 57.672s
3. Jorge Navarro SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 57.721s
4. Fabio Quartararo FRA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 57.838s
5. Livio Loi BEL RW Racing GP BV (Honda) 1m 57.870s
6. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 57.906s
7. Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda) 1m 58.034s
8. Gabriel Rodrigo ARG RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 58.142s
9. Bo Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 58.226s
10. Joan Mir SPA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 58.242s
11. Philipp Oettl GER Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 1m 58.314s
12. Niccolò Antonelli ITA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 58.315s
13. Hiroki Ono JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 58.357s
14. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 58.428s
15. Francesco Bagnaia ITA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 1m 58.434s
16. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 58.785s
17. Jorge Martin SPA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 1m 58.815s
18. Adam Norrodin MAL Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 58.930s
19. Aron Canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 59.013s
20. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra) 1m 59.077s
21. Darryn Binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra) 1m 59.119s
22. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 59.133s
23. Maria Herrera SPA MH6 Team (KTM) 1m 59.251s
24. Tatsuki Suzuki JPN CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 59.434s
25. Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda) 1m 59.483s
26. Andrea Locatelli ITA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 59.589s
27. Jules Danilo FRA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 59.597s
28. Albert Arenas SPA Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 59.966s
29. John McPhee GBR Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 2m 0.052s
30. Khairul Idham Pawi MAL Honda Team Asia (Honda) 2m 0.476s
31. Lorenzo Petrarca ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 2m 0.909s
32. Stefano Valtulini ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 2m 1.329s
33. Fabio Spiranelli ITA CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 2m 1.468s
34. Rei Sato JPN 41 Planning IodaRacing Japan (Honda) 2m 2.920s
35. Shizuka Okazaki JPN UQ & TELURU KOHARA RT (Honda) 2m 3.064s
Enea Bastianini je zablistao na drugom slobodnom treningu. Mladi italijanski as se u finišu sezone bori sa Navarrom za vicešampionsku titulu. On je odvezao najbrži krug u vremenu 1.56:982 sek. i tako nadmašio drugoplasiranog domaćeg favorita Hiroki Ona. Navarro je završio na 4.poziciji, iza Loia, dok je Binder bio tek 27-mi.
FP2
1. Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda) 1m 56.982s
2. Hiroki Ono JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 57.103s
3. Livio Loi BEL RW Racing GP BV (Honda) 1m 57.391s
4. Jorge Navarro SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 57.447s
5. Joan Mir SPA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 57.565s
6. Francesco Bagnaia ITA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 1m 57.576s
7. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 57.580s
8. Niccolò Antonelli ITA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 57.649s
9. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 57.668s
10. Philipp Oettl GER Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 1m 57.670s
11. Fabio Quartararo FRA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 57.696s
12. Nicolo Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 57.778s
13. Aron Canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 57.810s
14. Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda) 1m 57.885s
15. Adam Norrodin MAL Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 58.071s
16. Albert Arenas SPA Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 58.107s
17. Maria Herrera SPA MH6 Team (KTM) 1m 58.290s
18. Bo Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 58.309s
19. John McPhee GBR Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 58.378s
20. Darryn Binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra) 1m 58.385s
21. Gabriel Rodrigo ARG RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 58.418s
22. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 58.444s
23. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 58.446s
24. Jules Danilo FRA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 58.495s
25. Jorge Martin SPA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 1m 58.513s
26. Tatsuki Suzuki JPN CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 58.595s
27. Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 58.612s
28. Andrea Locatelli ITA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 58.694s
29. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra) 1m 58.831s
30. Khairul Idham Pawi MAL Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 59.031s
31. Fabio Spiranelli ITA CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 59.524s
32. Stefano Valtulini ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 1m 59.803s
33. Lorenzo Petrarca ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 2m 0.008s
34. Shizuka Okazaki JPN UQ & TELURU KOHARA RT (Honda) 2m 3.328s