Jakartakita.com – Pebalap tim Pramac Ducati Jorge Martin meraih pole position MotoGP Jepang 2023 usai mencatatkan waktu tercepat 1 menit 43,198 detik dalam sesi Q2 babak kualifikasi yang berlangsung di Sirkuit Motegi, Sabtu (30/9/2023).
Pole position yang diraih merupakan yang ke-11 di ajang MotoGP bagi pebalap Spanyol tersebut, yang kedua musim ini.
Pebalap Ducati Francesco Bagnaia start dari posisi kedua dalam balapan yang berlangsung Minggu (1/10/2023) usai mencatatkan waktu lebih lambat 0,171 detik dari Martin di Q2.
Pebalap tim Red Bull KTM Jack Miller start dari posisi ketiga, sedangkan pebalap tim VR46 Ducati Marco Bezzecchi start dari posisi keempat.
| JAPANESE MOTOGP, MOTEGI – FULL QUALIFYING RESULTS | ||||||
| POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | TIME/DIFF | LAP | MAX |
| 1 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | 1’43.198s | 3/8 | 317k |
| 2 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | +0.171s | 6/8 | 315k |
| 3 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.353s | 6/8 | 313k |
| 4 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +0.426s | 4/6 | 316k |
| 5 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.511s | 7/8 | 316k |
| 6 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +0.610s | 6/8 | 307k |
| 7 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.614s | 5/7 | 313k |
| 8 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.617s | 7/7 | 314k |
| 9 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.624s | 6/8 | 313k |
| 10 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +0.653s | 6/8 | 315k |
| 11 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +0.856s | 6/8 | 309k |
| 12 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | +0.898s | 6/8 | 312k |
| Qualifying 1: | ||||||
| 13 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* | 1’44.129s | 7/7 | 309k |
| 14 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1’44.138s | 3/8 | 309k |
| 15 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1’44.15s | 7/7 | 311k |
| 16 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | 1’44.427s | 3/7 | 314k |
| 17 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1’44.521s | 3/7 | 311k |
| 18 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1’44.626s | 6/8 | 309k |
| 19 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Yamalube RS4GP (YZR-M1) | 1’45.273s | 4/4 | 311k |
| 20 | Stefan Bradl | GER | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1’45.451s | 7/8 | 310k |
| 21 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | 1’45.707s | 6/7 | 311k |
*Rookie