With a new Moto2 Lap Record at the Twin Ring Motegi, Manuel Gonzalez was able to secure his seventh pole of the season.
For the first time since the Austrian Grand Prix, the Moto2 World Championship leader, Manuel Gonzalez, will start from pole position after setting a Moto2 Lap Record at the Twin Ring Motegi.
Daniel Holgado has started the last two Moto2 races from pole, but in Japan, he was unable to match Gonzalez and will start from second place on the grid.
The front row of the grid was completed by the CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team rider, David Alonso, who will start from third place.
Celestino Vietti was the top Boscoscuro rider in the Moto2 Qualifying session as the Beta Tools SpeedRS Team qualified in fourth place.
MotoGP-bound, Diogo Moreira will start the Japanese Grand Prix from the middle of the second row of the grid in fifth place.
British rider Jake Dixon will start the Japanese Grand Prix from sixth place on the grid despite topping the Practice sessions on Friday.
Barry Baltus will head the third row of the grid as he will start from seventh place on the grid for the Fantic Racing Lino Sonego squad.
Japanese rider Ayumu Sasaki will start his home Grand Prix from eighth place on the grid for the RW – Idrofoglia Racing squad.
Moto2 rookie, Collin Veijer, will start from the rear of the third row of the grid in ninth place for the Red Bull KTM Ajo squad.
Completing the top ten on the grid was the BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2 rider, Izan Guevara.
Moto2 Japan, Full Qualifying Results:
2025 Japan Moto2 | Twin Ring Motegi | Qualifying Results | Round 17 of 22PosNameNat.TeamBikeTimes1Manuel GonzalezESPLiqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GPKalex1:47.9252Daniel HolgadoESPCFMOTO Gaviota Aspar TeamKalex1:48.0573David AlonsoCOLCFMOTO Gaviota Aspar TeamKalex1:48.1294Celestino ViettiITABeta Tools SpeedRS TeamBoscoscuro1:48.1325Diogo MoreiraBRAItaltrans Racing TeamKalex1:48.1536Jake DixonGBRElf Marc VDS Racing TeamBoscoscuro1:48.2187Barry BaltusBELFantic Racing Lino SonegoKalex1:48.2468Ayumu SasakiJPNRW – Idrofoglia RacingKalex1:48.3179Collin VeijerDEURed Bull KTM AjoKalex1:48.56110Izan GuevaraESPBLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2Boscoscuro1:48.58411Tony ArbolinoITABLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2Boscoscuro1:48.61112Albert ArenasESPITALJET Gresini Moto2Kalex1:48.62613Ivan OrtolaESPQJMOTOR – Frinsa – MSiBoscoscuro1:48.63314Zonta van den GoorberghNEDRW – Idrofoglia RacingKalex1:48.66615Joe RobertsUSAOnlyFans American Racing TeamKalex1:48.71616Alonso LopezESPBeta Tools SpeedRS TeamBoscoscuro1:48.88617Daniel MunozESPRed Bull KTM AjoKalex1:49.05218Filip SalacCZEElf Marc VDS Racing TeamBoscoscuro1:49.54319Marcos RamirezESPOnlyFans American Racing TeamKalexQ120Senna AgiusAUSLiqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GPKalexQ121Jorge NavarroESPKLINT Forward Factory TeamForwardQ122Adrian HuertasESPItaltrans Racing TeamKalexQ123Aron CanetESPFantic Racing Lino SonegoKalexQ124Darryn BinderRSAITALJET Gresini Moto2KalexQ125Mario AjiINDIDEMITSU Honda Team AsiaKalexQ126Alex EscrigESPKLINT Forward Factory TeamForwardQ127Yuki KuniiJPNIDEMITSU Honda Team AsiaKalexQ128Unai OrradreESPQJMOTOR – Frinsa – MSiBoscoscuroQ1
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