If Brad Binder killed the suspense in Aragon regarding the 2016 title, it has now shifted to the fight for second place between Jorge Navarro and Enea Bastianini, the Spanish driver having only 4 points ahead of the Italian policeman after his victory in Aragon. Joan Mir, leading the Rookies, also still has a chance, 22 points further.
As expected, the first day was not able to decide between the two main protagonists for the title of vice-champion since if NAVARRO was 3 tenths faster than bastianini in the morning, the latter was half a second faster than the Spanish driver in the afternoon.
We will also monitor Brad Binder which, although no longer under any pressure, fell twice yesterday.
The first sessions of the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix took place with good weather conditions and this is the case again today, with 18° in the air and 21° on the track, which will allow us to compare the times achieved.
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Motegi Moto3 |
2015 |
2016 |
| FP1 | 1'57.500 Niccolo Antonelli | 1'57.523 Nicolo Bulega |
| FP22 | 1'57.609 Niccolo Antonelli | 1'56.982 Enea Bastianini |
| FP3 | 1'56.572 Niccolo Antonelli | |
| QP | 1'56.484 Romano Fenati | |
| WU (wet) | 2'11.540 Jorge Martin | |
| All time lap record | 1'56.484 Romano Fenati | |
| Running (wet) | Antonelli, Oliveira, Navarro | |
Si Enea Bastianini is one of the rare drivers not to have improved his time in FP2, he seems able to make up for the time lost this morning and immediately sets a strong pace, in 1'57.809, while Aron canet et Maria Herrera fall without gravity at turns #10 and 4 respectively.
Small crash for @MariiaHerrera_6 leaves her KTM with an all new look as she limps back to the pits. #JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/KfE1sXhuS4
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 15, 2016
The Italian driver precedes Jorge Navarro by a tenth, but is overtaken by Brad Binder shortly before the end of a first run in which we note the 12th place of Jules Danilo and the 14th of Fabio Quartararo.
On resumption, it is Nicholas Bulega which, like yesterday morning, takes charge of operations in 1'57.486.
Put your right leg in, your right leg out….@nbulega tops the times again at #JapaneseGP! pic.twitter.com/XAaKtAAloR
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 15, 2016
At this moment, we note the 2nd provisional position of Tatsuki suzuki, the driver of the CIP-Unicom Starker team seeming overmotivated by his home race and enjoying the wake of Bulega!
Bastianini regained the advantage in 1'57.194 before falling at turn #7. No injury for the rider, but the bike is damaged and the session ends there for the Gresini rider.
Briefly after coming through to the top of the times, @eneabastianini slides off into the gravel – OK👌#JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/6byCCxQzX6
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) October 15, 2016
Livio Law, very incisive this weekend, is positioned 3rd while fabio quartararo moved back to 7th place at the end of the second run.
At the restart, the French driver temporarily moved up to 5th position but it was Andrea Migno who surprised everyone by taking the lead, in 1'57.091, a time immediately improved by Fabio Quartararo then Jorge Navarro in 1'56.894.
Juanfran Guevara, Shizuka Okazaki and Tatsuki Suzuki make a mistake without bodily harm.
At the last second, Brad Binder recorded a very fast 1'56.651, to the great despair of all the other drivers...
Ranking compiled by our friends at crash.net
1. Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 56.651s
2. Jorge Navarro SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 56.894s
3. fabio quartararo FRA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 56.980s
4. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 57.128s
5. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 57.132s
6. Livio Law BEL RW Racing GP BV (Honda) 1m 57.141s
7. Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda) 1m 57.194s
8. gabriel rodrigo ARG RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 57.245s
9. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 57.334s
10. Tatsuki suzuki JPN CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 57.423s
11. Philipp Oettl GER Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 1m 57.428s
12. Hiroki Ono JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 57.522s
13. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra)
1m 57.599s
14. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda)
1m 57.614s
15. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda)
1m 57.774s
16. Adam Norrodin MAL Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 57.780s
17. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 57.807s
18. John mcphee GBR Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 57.821s
19. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 57.830s
20. Albert Arenas SPA Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 57.851s
21. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra)
1m 57.877s
22. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 57.994s
23. Francis Bagnaia ITA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 1m 58.009s
24. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 58.068s
25. George Martin SPA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 1m 58.107s
26. Andrea Locatelli ITA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 58.145s
27. Lorenzo Petrarca ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 1m 58.461s
28. Jules Danilo FRA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 58.489s
29. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 58.655s
30. Khairul Idham Pawi MAL Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 59.096s
31. Fabio Spiranelli ITA CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 59.513s
32. Maria Herrera SPA MH6 Team (KTM) 1m 59.710s
33. Stefano Valtulini ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 2m 0.836s
34. Shizuka Okazaki JPN UQ & TELURU KOHARA RT (Honda) 2m 2.480s
Rei Sato JPN 41 Planning IodaRacing Japan (Honda) No Time
