Lorenzo romps to stunning Motegi pole
It was Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo who romped to pole position for the AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan tomorrow in a hard-fought and incident-packed qualifying session at the Twin Ring Motegi ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Cal Crutchlow. Read more.

Lorenzo scores 50th career pole in Motegi
Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo left it until the last minute this afternoon to clinch a sensational pole position start for tomorrow’s Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit. Read more.

Front row start for Pedrosa in Japan, Stoner in 7th
In a very exciting qualifying session for the Grand Prix of Japan, the Repsol Honda Team finished with Dani Pedrosa in second position and Casey Stoner in seventh. Read more.

Crutchlow secures front row in Motegi
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider Cal Crutchlow stormed to the front row of the grid for the fourth race in succession after a dramatic conclusion to today’s MotoGP qualifying session at the Twin Ring Motegi track in Japan. Read more.

Espargaró storms to pole in frantic Japan qualifying
It was Tuenti Movil HP 40’s Pol Espargaró who stormed to pole position in a frantic Moto2™ qualifying session at the AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan in Motegi in front of Marc Márquez and Esteve Rabat. Read more.

Kent charges to maiden pole in Motegi
In a typically exciting Moto3™ qualifying session at the AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan in Motegi it was Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Danny Kent who charged to his maiden pole position ahead of Maverick Viñales and Sandro Cortese. Read more.

Motegi to host MotoGP™ until at least 2018
Dorna Sports, commercial rights holder of the MotoGP™ World Championship, and Mobilityland Corporation, hosts and organizers of the Japanese Grand Prix, are pleased to announce the extension on the promotion contract from 2014 to 2018, following an agreement reached by Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta and Mobilityland President Hiroshi Soda. Read more.

Gresini Racing and Álvaro Bautista renew for 2013
Gresini Racing and Alvaro Bautista have reached an agreement to continue together in 2013, extending the collaboration started this season. The Team, led by Fausto Gresini, and Spanish rider Bautista hope to achieve significant results together in the 2013 season. Read more.

Japan qualifying sees Bradl in eighth
The second day of practices at the 4.801km Japanese circuit saw LCR Honda’s Stefan Bradl placing his RC213V in 8th place (1’45.848) ahead tomorrow’s 24-lap race. Read more.

Espargaró top Motegi CRT in 13th
Once again, the Power Electronics Aspar riders headed the CRTs in qualifying. Read more.