Moto3 Motegi: eerste pole position voor Andrea Migno
15 oktober 2016
Andrea Migno heeft in Motegi zijn eerste pole position in zijn carriere gerealiseerd. De SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM Moto3 coureur reed in de kwalificatie de tweede tijd, maar snelste man Hiroki Ono werd drie plaatsen teruggezet vanwege langzaam rijden op de baan. Brad Binder en Enea Bastianini maakten de eerste startrij compleet.
Moto3 Motegi, kwalificatie:
| 1 | Hiroki ONO | JPN | Honda Team Asia | Honda | 217.2 | 1'56.443 | |
| 2 | Andrea MIGNO | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | KTM | 216.1 | 1'56.529 | 0.086 / 0.086 |
| 3 | Brad BINDER | RSA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 214.1 | 1'56.659 | 0.216 / 0.130 |
| 4 | Enea BASTIANINI | ITA | Gresini Racing Moto3 | Honda | 216.9 | 1'56.664 | 0.221 / 0.005 |
| 5 | Nicolo BULEGA | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | KTM | 213.0 | 1'56.673 | 0.230 / 0.009 |
| 6 | Lorenzo DALLA PORTA | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | KTM | 215.5 | 1'56.682 | 0.239 / 0.009 |
| 7 | Niccolò ANTONELLI | ITA | Ongetta-Rivacold | Honda | 217.0 | 1'56.740 | 0.297 / 0.058 |
| 8 | Fabio QUARTARARO | FRA | Leopard Racing | KTM | 212.9 | 1'56.836 | 0.393 / 0.096 |
| 9 | Adam NORRODIN | MAL | Drive M7 SIC Racing Team | Honda | 216.1 | 1'56.873 | 0.430 / 0.037 |
| 10 | Philipp OETTL | GER | Schedl GP Racing | KTM | 211.8 | 1'56.899 | 0.456 / 0.026 |
| 11 | Jorge NAVARRO | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Honda | 211.2 | 1'56.951 | 0.508 / 0.052 |
| 12 | Francesco BAGNAIA | ITA | Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team | Mahindra | 214.9 | 1'57.001 | 0.558 / 0.050 |
| 13 | Albert ARENAS | SPA | Peugeot MC Saxoprint | Peugeot | 213.4 | 1'57.061 | 0.618 / 0.060 |
| 14 | Joan MIR | SPA | Leopard Racing | KTM | 214.4 | 1'57.062 | 0.619 / 0.001 |
| 15 | Livio LOI | BEL | RW Racing GP BV | Honda | 213.6 | 1'57.082 | 0.639 / 0.020 |
| 16 | John MCPHEE | GBR | Peugeot MC Saxoprint | Peugeot | 213.3 | 1'57.087 | 0.644 / 0.005 |
| 17 | Aron CANET | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Honda | 212.9 | 1'57.153 | 0.710 / 0.066 |
| 18 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | ITA | Gresini Racing Moto3 | Honda | 215.0 | 1'57.187 | 0.744 / 0.034 |
| 19 | Gabriel RODRIGO | ARG | RBA Racing Team | KTM | 216.3 | 1'57.220 | 0.777 / 0.033 |
| 20 | Juanfran GUEVARA | SPA | RBA Racing Team | KTM | 218.8 | 1'57.224 | 0.781 / 0.004 |
| 21 | Jakub KORNFEIL | CZE | Drive M7 SIC Racing Team | Honda | 215.6 | 1'57.236 | 0.793 / 0.012 |
| 22 | Khairul Idham PAWI | MAL | Honda Team Asia | Honda | 215.0 | 1'57.395 | 0.952 / 0.159 |
| 23 | Jorge MARTIN | SPA | Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team | Mahindra | 213.4 | 1'57.397 | 0.954 / 0.002 |
| 24 | Jules DANILO | FRA | Ongetta-Rivacold | Honda | 217.2 | 1'57.509 | 1.066 / 0.112 |
| 25 | Tatsuki SUZUKI | JPN | CIP-Unicom Starker | Mahindra | 216.0 | 1'57.552 | 1.109 / 0.043 |
| 26 | Marcos RAMIREZ | SPA | Platinum Bay Real Estate | Mahindra | 214.7 | 1'57.681 | 1.238 / 0.129 |
| 27 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NED | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 215.0 | 1'57.722 | 1.279 / 0.041 |
| 28 | Darryn BINDER | RSA | Platinum Bay Real Estate | Mahindra | 214.3 | 1'57.844 | 1.401 / 0.122 |
| 29 | Andrea LOCATELLI | ITA | Leopard Racing | KTM | 210.6 | 1'58.506 | 2.063 / 0.662 |
| 30 | Maria HERRERA | SPA | MH6 Team | KTM | 214.4 | 1'59.243 | 2.800 / 0.737 |
| 31 | Lorenzo PETRARCA | ITA | 3570 Team Italia | Mahindra | 207.2 | 1'59.369 | 2.926 / 0.126 |
| 32 | Fabio SPIRANELLI | ITA | CIP-Unicom Starker | Mahindra | 209.5 | 1'59.380 | 2.937 / 0.011 |
| 33 | Stefano VALTULINI | ITA | 3570 Team Italia | Mahindra | 210.4 | 2'00.081 | 3.638 / 0.701 |
| 34 | Shizuka OKAZAKI | JPN | UQ & TELURU KOHARA RT | Honda | 203.3 | 2'02.753 | 6.310 / 2.672 |
| 35 | Rei SATO | JPN | 41 Planning IodaRacing Japan | Honda | 202.0 | 2'03.505 | 7.062 / 0.752 |