Dovizioso leads the way to Q2, Rossi through

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Andrea Dovizioso remains the fastest man so far at Motegi after FP3, leading the charge to Q2 ahead of title rival Marc Marquez.

Aeix Espargaro remains third, just ahead of Ducati Team’s Jorge Lorenzo.

The biggest news saw Italian Valentino Rossi dig deep after a tough time for the Yamaha factory bikes in the wet on Friday, and the nine-time World Champion managed to get into the top ten and then the top five.

Teammate Maverick Viñales was the big name left out, and the Spaniard will head through Q1.

Johann Zarco goes through once more in P6, ahead of a positive weekend so far for Andrea Iannone in seventh. Danilo Petrucci, after a difficult Aragon, was back in the mix in eighth.

Dani Pedrosa went safely through in P9, with Alex Rins the final automatic entrant to Q2 after proving one of the 12 riders to improve his time on Saturday morning – making it both Hamamatsu factory machines moving through.

Q2 Result:

Pos Rider Team Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev
1 Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Team 298.3 1'55.254  
2 Valentino ROSSI Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 295.1 1'55.283 0.029 / 0.029
3 Andrea IANNONE Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 298 1'55.499 0.245 / 0.216
4 Jorge LORENZO Ducati Team 294.9 1'55.558 0.304 / 0.059
5 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 298.1 1'55.655 0.401 / 0.097
6 Alex RINS Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 298.8 1'56.139 0.885 / 0.484
7 Pol ESPARGARO Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 298.5 1'56.218 0.964 / 0.079
8 Johann ZARCO Monster Yamaha Tech 3 297.6 1'56.257 1.003 / 0.039
9 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 288.5 1'56.267 1.013 / 0.010
10 Sam LOWES Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 293.2 1'56.281 1.027 / 0.014
11 Danilo PETRUCCI OCTO Pramac Racing 299.4 1'56.329 1.075 / 0.048
12 Maverick VIÑALES Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 297.2 1'56.354 1.100 / 0.025
13 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati Team 297.3 1'56.383 1.129 / 0.029
14 Alvaro BAUTISTA Pull&Bear Aspar Team 295.2 1'56.498 1.244 / 0.115
15 Cal CRUTCHLOW LCR Honda 291.4 1'56.787 1.533 / 0.289
16 Bradley SMITH Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 291.4 1'56.840 1.586 / 0.053
17 Hiroshi AOYAMA EG 0,0 Marc VDS 297.4 1'57.218 1.964 / 0.378
18 Loris BAZ Reale Avintia Racing 292.1 1'57.237 1.983 / 0.019
19 Tito RABAT EG 0,0 Marc VDS 292.2 1'57.247 1.993 / 0.010
20 Karel ABRAHAM Pull&Bear Aspar Team 293.5 1'57.405 2.151 / 0.158
21 Hector BARBERA Reale Avintia Racing 295.2 1'57.463 2.209 / 0.058
22 Kohta NOZANE Monster Yamaha Tech 3 295.8 1'57.497 2.243 / 0.034
23 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing 293.7 1'58.528 3.274 / 1.031
24 Scott REDDING OCTO Pramac Racing 293.6 1'58.730 3.476 / 0.202