An overall performance which nevertheless shows the progress made by Aprilia. The fact remains that you have to stay on your wheels and this is what Bautista brilliantly achieved, unlike his teammate. Redding therefore takes the chestnuts out of the fire and joins his teammate Petrucci in Q.2.
| Motegi MotoGP | 2015 | 2016 |
| FP1 | 1'45.432 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'45.786 Andrea Dovizioso |
| FP2 | 1'44.731 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'45.151 Jorge Lorenzo |
| FP3 | 1'44.089 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'44.987 Marc Marquez |
| FP4 | 1'45.000 Jorge Lorenzo | 1'45.304 Marc Marquez |
| Q1 | 1'45.030 Maverick Vinales | |
| Q2 | 1'43.790 Jorge Lorenzo | |
| WU (wet) | 1'55.235 Dani Pedrosa | |
| All time lap record | 1'43.790 Jorge Lorenzo | |
| Running (wet) | Pedrosa, Lorenzo, Rossi |
Miller is fourth in the exercise ahead of Smith. It lit up follows and dominates the regulars Hernandez, Rabat and Laverty. Baz will start twentieth and the replacement of Pedrosa Aoyama definitely last behind Mike Jones replacement of Barbera at Avintia.
Motegi MotoGP Q.1: Chronos compilation crash.net
1. Álvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 45.614s [Lap 6/8] 300km/h (Top Speed)
2. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 45.708s +0.094s
[8/8] 303km/h
3. Stefan bradl
GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 45.823s +0.209s [3/6] 301km/h
4. Jack Miller
AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 46.347s +0.733s [7/8] 301km/h
5. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 46.593s +0.979s
[4/4] 303km/h
6. Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 1m 46.627s +1.013s [4/7] 300km/h
7. Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 46.705s +1.091s
[7/8] 302km/h
8. Tito Rabat
ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 46.753s +1.139s [8/8] 301km/h
9. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 47.060s +1.446s
[8/8] 305km/h
10. Loris Baz
FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 47.501s +1.887s [6/6] 296km/h
11. Mike Jones
AUS Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 47.631s +2.017s [8/8] 302km/h
12. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 47.788s +2.174s [8/8] 307km/h
