Dovizioso Pimpin Latihan Perdana MotoGP Jepang

Pebalap asal Italia ini diikuti oleh pebalap Repsol Honda, Marc Marquez di posisi kedua dan pebalap Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, Jorge Lorenzo di posisi ketiga.

Sementara itu posisi keempat dan kelima masing-masing ditempati oleh pebalap Movistar Yamaha MotoGP lainnya, Valentino Rossi dan rider Repsol Honda, Dani Pedrosa.

Hasil sesi latihan bebas pertama MotoGP Jepang 2016:

1. Andrea Dovizioso - Ducati Team (1m 45.786s)

2. Marc Marquez - Repsol Honda Team (+0.245s)

3. Jorge Lorenzo - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (+0.395s)

4. Valentino Rossi - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (+0.436s)

5. Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda Team (+0.528s)

6. Maverick Viñales - Team Suzuki Ecstar (+0.563s)

7. Aleix Espargaro - Team Suzuki Ecstar (+0.620s)

8. Cal Crutchlow - LCR Honda (+0.804s)

9. Alvaro Bautista - Factory Aprilia Gresini (+0.935s)

10. Hector Barbera - Ducati Team (+1.067s)

11. Pol Espargaro - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (+1.212s)

12. Danilo Petrucci - Octo Pramac Yakhnich (+1.339s)

13. Stefan Bradl - Factory Aprilia Gresini (+1.640s)

14. Scott Redding - Octo Pramac Yakhnich (+1.855s)

15. Yonny Hernandez - Aspar MotoGP Team (+1.918s)

16. Jack Miller - Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (+1.991s)

17. Eugene Laverty - Aspar MotoGP Team (+2.202s)

18. Katsuyuki Nakasuga - Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing (+2.272s)

19. Tito Rabat - Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (+2.623s)

20. Loris Baz - Avintia Racing (+3.128s)

21. Bradley Smith - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (+5.629s)

Di luar 107%:

Mike Jones - Avintia Racing (+7.687s) [initial]