Motegi MotoGP: Marquez leads Quartararo in warm-up

Marquez was the only rider to break into the 1m45s bracket during the 20-minute session under sunny skies, setting a best time of 1m45.816s on his Repsol Honda.

Petronas Yamaha man Quartararo was his nearest rival, 0.220s behind, while Suzuki's Alex Rins was a similar margin behind in third.

Franco Morbidelli followed his up his strong run to the second-fastest time in qualifying on Saturday by placing the second of the Petronas bikes fourth, ahead of works Yamaha pair Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi.

Andrea Dovizioso was best of the Ducatis in seventh ahead of LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow, the second Suzuki of Joan Mir and Aprilia's Andrea Iannone.

Jorge Lorenzo was 18th-fastest and 1.7s off the pace of Honda teammate Marquez.

Avintia Ducati rider Tito Rabat did not take part in the session, having also skipped qualifying, and formally withdrew from the weekend shortly after.

Session results:

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	01'45.816
2	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	01'46.036	00.220
3	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	01'46.282	00.466
4	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	01'46.351	00.535
5	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	01'46.437	00.621
6	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	01'46.511	00.695
7	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	01'46.574	00.758
8	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	01'46.667	00.851
9	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	01'46.729	00.913
10	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	01'46.797	00.981
11	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	01'46.799	00.983
12	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	01'46.862	01.046
13	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	01'46.894	01.078
14	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	01'47.138	01.322
15	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	01'47.222	01.406
16	82	Mika Kallio	KTM	01'47.467	01.651
17	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	01'47.521	01.705
18	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	01'47.590	01.774
19	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	01'47.726	01.910
20	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki	01'47.843	02.027
21	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	01'47.845	02.029
22	55	Hafizh Syahrin	KTM	01'47.995	02.179
	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati
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