Jau plīvojot rūtainajam karogam, čempionāta līderis uzrādīja rezultātu 1:44.969, rezultātā par 0.246 apsteidzot savu tuvāko sekotāju kopvērtējumā Daniju Pedrosu no “Honda” vienības. Lorenco ar šo rezultātu uzrādījis jaunu Motegi trases rekordu.
No pirmās rindas Japānas GP svētdien uzsāks arī “Tech 3 Yamaha” braucējs Kals Kračlovs, bet no otrās rindas startēs Bens Spīss, Alvaro Bautista un Andreā Doviciozo.
Japānas GP kvalifikācijas rezultāti
13. oktobris, Motegi (Japāna)
| Vieta | Pilots | Komanda | Laiks |
| 1. | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 1:44.969 |
| 2. | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | +0.246 |
| 3. | Cal Crutchlow | Tech 3 Yamaha | +0.288 |
| 4. | Ben Spies | Yamaha | +0.367 |
| 5. | Alvaro Bautista | Gresini Honda | +0.512 |
| 6. | Andrea Dovizioso | Tech 3 Yamaha | +0.643 |
| 7. | Casey Stoner | Honda | +0.776 |
| 8. | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda | +0.879 |
| 9. | Valentino Rossi | Ducati | +1.007 |
| 10. | Nicky Hayden | Ducati | +1.492 |
| 11. | Katsuyuki Nakasuga | Yamaha | +1.811 |
| 12. | Hector Barbera | Pramac Ducati | +1.912 |
| 13. | Aleix Espargaro | Aspar Aprilia | +2.414 |
| 14. | Randy de Puniet | Aspar Aprilia | +2.612 |
| 15. | Karel Abraham | Cardion Ducati | +2.822 |
| 16. | Colin Edwards | Forward Suter-BMW | +3.156 |
| 17. | Yonny Hernandez | Avintia FTR-Kawasaki | +3.544 |
| 18. | Michele Pirro | Gresini FTR-Honda | +3.684 |
| 19. | Danilo Petrucci | Ioda Suter-BMW | +3.862 |
| 20. | James Ellison | Paul Bird Aprilia | +4.054 |
| 21. | Roberto Rolfo | Speed Master Aprilia | +4.214 |
| 22. | Ivan Silva | Avintia FTR-Kawasaki | +4.862 |
MotoGP čempionāta kopvērtējums
| Vieta | Pilots | Punkti | Vieta | Konstruktors | Punkti |
| 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | 290 | 1 | Honda | 312 |
| 2 | Daniel Pedrosa | 257 | 2 | Yamaha | 306 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner | 186 | 3 | Ducati | 152 |
| 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | 179 | 4 | ART/Aprilia | 75 |
| 5 | Cal Crutchlow | 135 | 5 | BQR-FTR/Kawasaki | 33 |
| 6 | Valentino Rossi | 128 | 6 | FTR/Honda | 25 |
| 7 | Alvaro Bautista | 128 | 7 | Suter/BMW | 22 |
| 8 | Stefan Bradl | 115 | 8 | Ioda/Aprilia | 9 |
| 9 | Nicky Hayden | 93 | 9 | Ioda/BMW | 2 |
| 10 | Ben Spies | 88 | 10 | APR/Kawasaki | 2 |
| 11 | Héctor Barberá | 64 | |||
| 12 | Randy de Puniet | 53 | |||
| 13 | Aleix Espargaró | 51 | |||
| 14 | Karel Abraham | 32 | |||
| 15 | Yonni Hernández | 28 | |||
| 16 | Michele Pirro | 25 | |||
| 17 | Colin Edwards | 22 | |||
| 18 | James Ellison | 19 | |||
| 19 | Jonathan Rea | 17 | |||
| 20 | Mattia Pasini | 13 | |||
| 21 | Danilo Petrucci | 11 | |||
| 22 | Ivan Silva | 11 | |||
| 23 | Toni Elías | 10 | |||
| 24 | Steve Rapp | 2 | |||
| 25 | David Salom | 1 |