Qualifying for the Motegi MotoGP occurred earlier today on a track drenched with rain. Marc Marquez (Honda) displayed mastery of the tricky conditions, while taking pole position ahead of second quickest Johann Zarco (Ducati) and third quickest Brad Binder (KTM).
The title contenders all made it to Q2, but could only manage sixth position (Aleix Espargaró – Aprilia), ninth (Fabio Quartararo – Yamaha) and twelfth (Pecco Bagnaia – Ducati).
For full results of today’s qualifying, take a look here. You can find additional details on the MotoGP site. Stay tuned for MD’s race report tomorrow – weather reports indicate the track will be dry for the race.
Oops! I just checked the weather in Haga but it’s already 7pm there. Sunny and 62.
But that also means that I can look up the results. The results seem to indicate some sort of wet conditions and a bit of a surprise at the end of the race that I will not spoil.