Jakartakita.com – Pebalap tim Repsol Honda yang berstatus juara dunia, Marc Marquez, berhasil meraih pole position MotoGP Jepang 2019. Pebalap Spanyol tersebut mencatatkan waktu satu putaran tercepat 45,763 detik dalam sesi Q2 babak kualifikasi yang berlangsung di Sirkuit Motegi, Sabtu (19/10/2019) siang WIB.
Pole position yang diraih merupakan pole position pertama di ajang MotoGP Jepang bagi Marquez. Selain itu juga merupakan pole position ke-10 musim ini, ke-62 bersama tim Repsol Honda.
Pebalap tim Petronas Yamaha Franco Morbidelli start dari posisi kedua dalam balapan yang berlangsung Minggu (20/10/2019) siang WIB, sedangkan pebalap rookie tim Petronas Yamaha Fabio Quartararo start dari posisi ketiga.
Pebalap Yamaha Maverick Vinales start dari posisi keempat. Rekan setim Vinales, Valentino ‘The Doctor’ Rossi, start dari posisi ke-10.
Hasil babak kualifikasi MotoGP Jepang 2019
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME/DIFF | LAP | MAX |
| 1 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 45.763s | 8/8 | 305k |
| 2 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.132s | 8/8 | 300k |
| 3 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)* | +0.181s | 8/8 | 301k |
| 4 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.327s | 6/7 | 300k |
| 5 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.426s | 8/8 | 305k |
| 6 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Ducati (GP19) | +0.574s | 8/8 | 308k |
| 7 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Ducati Team (GP19) | +0.647s | 8/8 | 309k |
| 8 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Ducati Team (GP19) | +0.664s | 5/6 | 305k |
| 9 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +0.795s | 7/8 | 303k |
| 10 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.795s | 8/8 | 301k |
| 11 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.837s | 7/8 | 307k |
| 12 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* | +0.853s | 8/8 | 306k |
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| 13 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1’46.998s | 6/7 | 299k |
| 14 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP18)* | 1’47.594s | 8/8 | 303k |
| 15 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) | 1’47.654s | 8/8 | 305k |
| 16 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)* | 1’47.894s | 8/8 | 299k |
| 17 | Mika Kallio | FIN | Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) | 1’47.979s | 8/8 | 301k |
| 18 | Karel Abraham | CZE | Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) | 1’48.121s | 8/8 | 305k |
| 19 | Jorge Lorenzo | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1’48.492s | 8/8 | 306k |
| 20 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAL | Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 1’48.522s | 8/8 | 298k |
| 21 | Sylvain Guintoli | FRA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | 1’49.186s | 5/8 | 303k |
| 22 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | 1’49.243s | 4/7 | 298k |
| Tito Rabat | SPA | Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) | No Time | 0/0 | 0 |
*Rookie