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MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN
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Free Practice Nr. 1
Classification 3
1 43 Jack MILLER AUS Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'44.509 25 28 311.2
2 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'44.537 24 26 0.028 0.028 313.0
3 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'44.558 28 30 0.049 0.021 310.3
4 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'44.577 25 26 0.068 0.019 310.3
5 10 Luca MARINI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'44.645 26 27 0.136 0.068 312.1
6 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'44.656 23 26 0.147 0.011 311.2
7 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'44.678 24 26 0.169 0.022 312.1
8 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'44.735 29 30 0.226 0.057 311.2
9 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'44.743 27 28 0.234 0.008 310.3
10 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'44.797 24 25 0.288 0.054 311.2
11 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'44.798 24 25 0.289 0.001 313.9
12 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU HONDA 1'44.886 26 28 0.377 0.088 306.8
13 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'44.913 27 31 0.404 0.027 309.4
14 23 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'44.978 19 24 0.469 0.065 312.1
15 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'45.009 26 28 0.500 0.031 313.0
16 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'45.065 24 28 0.556 0.056 305.9
17 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Tea YAMAHA 1'45.187 23 27 0.678 0.122 307.6
18 40 Darryn BINDER RSA WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Tea YAMAHA 1'45.366 27 30 0.857 0.179 306.8
19 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'45.426 27 29 0.917 0.060 312.1
20 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA LCR Honda CASTROL HONDA 1'45.600 29 30 1.091 0.174 308.5
21 25 Raul FERNANDEZ SPA Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'45.739 25 27 1.230 0.139 309.4
22 45 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA JPN HRC Team HONDA 1'45.845 22 24 1.336 0.106 304.2
23 87 Remy GARDNER AUS Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'45.991 25 27 1.482 0.146 307.6
24 49 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'46.365 17 24 1.856 0.374 311.2
25 85 Takuya TSUDA JPN Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'46.718 22 22 2.209 0.353 304.2

Shame about Taki's hand at his home race.

He did a lot better than even he expected.

Supposedly he was to have another exam after FP1 to see if he can continue.

A tad moist for FP2.

The special practice schedule, due to the tight travel time from Aragon, means FP2 was pushed over from Friday and became the new cut-off point for direct access to Qualifying 2.

1   Marc Marquez   SPA   Repsol Honda (RC213V)   1'55.232s   8/16   302k
2   Jorge Martin   SPA   Pramac Ducati (GP22)   +0.144s   10/19   304k
3   Jack Miller   AUS   Ducati Lenovo (GP22)   +0.155s   14/15   303k
4   Miguel Oliveira   POR   Red Bull KTM (RC16)   +0.196s   16/18   295k
5   Johann Zarco   FRA   Pramac Ducati (GP22)   +0.398s   9/18   303k
6   Franco Morbidelli   ITA   Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)   +0.936s   13/16   295k
7   Enea Bastianini   ITA   Gresini Ducati (GP21)   +0.965s   14/16   299k
8   Alex Marquez   SPA   LCR Honda (RC213V)   +1.117s   17/18   301k
9   Luca Marini   ITA   Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)   +1.316s   15/16   303k
10   Fabio Quartararo   FRA   Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)   +1.329s   11/19   298k
11   Aleix Espargaro   SPA   Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)   +1.345s   12/13   300k
12   Fabio Di Giannantonio   ITA   Gresini Ducati (GP21)*   +1.356s   16/17   302k
13   Marco Bezzecchi   ITA   Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)*   +1.423s   15/17   297k
14   Cal Crutchlow   GBR   WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)   +1.511s   15/16   292k
15   Francesco Bagnaia   ITA   Ducati Lenovo (GP22)   +1.520s   15/17   303k
16   Remy Gardner   AUS   KTM Tech3 (RC16)*   +1.619s   12/19   287k
17   Takaaki Nakagami   JPN   LCR Honda (RC213V)   +1.642s   16/18   294k
18   Maverick Viñales   SPA   Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)   +1.693s   14/15   298k
19   Pol Espargaro   SPA   Repsol Honda (RC213V)   +1.771s   15/15   289k
20   Raul Fernandez   SPA   KTM Tech3 (RC16)*   +2.060s   16/16   291k
21   Darryn Binder   RSA   WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)*   +2.374s   15/18   288k
22   Tetsuta Nagashima   JPN   HRC Team (RC213V)   +2.424s   16/17   298k
23   Alex Rins   SPA   Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   +2.439s   16/17   296k
24   Brad Binder   RSA   Red Bull KTM (RC16)   +2.595s   14/16   293k
25   Takuya Tsuda   JPN   Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   +3.399s   15/18   294k

Qualy day was very wet. QP 2 for moto2 was delayed, and FP3 for Motogp was cancelled.

Dorna changed the format for the results so they don't copy/paste very well anymore.

Marc is back. Pole in the wet. It's going to be a dry race. Should be interesting.

We'll see how he holds up. Tough bugger though.

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1012859/1/miller-dominates-take-victory-motegi-bagnaia-crashes-out-final-lap

Jack rode out of his skin.

Pecco made a bad decision. I hope it doesn't cost him the title.

Marc did a good job to hold on to 4th.

1. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team)
2. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 3.409
3. Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) + 4.136
4. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) + 7.784
5. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 8.185
6. Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 8.348
7. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) + 9.879
8. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) + 10.193
9. Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) + 10.318
10. Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 16.419

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1012867/1/ducati-boss-bagnaia-said-sorry-what-happened

https://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2022/09/25/free-relive-the-finale-to-a-dramatic-japanese-gp/438235

Damn Jack!  [clap]

Feel bad for Aleix... https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1012871/1/very-sad-big-mistake-aleix-espargaro-explains-bike-misery-motegi

His data guy will probably get a kick in the nuts.

Japanese marshals putting on a show.  [clap]

https://youtu.be/XOIW5tHw8Gk

They have fun with it. [thumbsup]

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The lost opportunity will sting.

https://youtu.be/H71tpNJngok

Glad to see Jack display his potential, but I can't help but think of Troy Bayliss after finally having the bike set up in a way that suits him.

Was that the issue? Kind of like Lorenzo who rode the wheels off it after he said they listened to him about bike set up.

It was with Troy. He brought his SBK crew across for that race and they set It up for him the way he likes. He won big.

I'm not sure if its the same for Jack, but that organisational culture issue comes to mind.

AAcccording to Simon Crafar Jack's improvement has come from setting the bike up more like the others. Not sure if they made any further changes for the Motegi race.