Хорхе Лоренцо взял поул-позицию в Мотеги, увеличив отрыв от соперников. Но борьба за подиум будет предельно близкой: Дани Педроса и Кэл Кратчлоу, а также Бен Спис едут примерно в одном темпе, их разделили 0.14 секунды. Результаты квалификации Гран-При Японии, MotoGP.
МОТОГОНКИ.РУ, 13 октября 2012 -
| 1. | Jorge Lorenzo | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing/Yamaha | 1:44.969 | |
| 2. | Dani Pedrosa | SPA | Repsol Honda Team/Honda | 1:45.215 | +0.246 / 0.246 |
| 3. | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3/Yamaha | 1:45.257 | +0.288 / 0.042 |
| 4. | Ben Spies | USA | Yamaha Factory Racing/Yamaha | 1:45.336 | +0.367 / 0.079 |
| 5. | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | San Carlo Honda Gresini/Honda | 1:45.481 | +0.512 / 0.145 |
| 6. | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3/Yamaha | 1:45.612 | +0.643 / 0.131 |
| 7. | Casey Stoner | AUS | Repsol Honda Team/Honda | 1:45.745 | +0.776 / 0.133 |
| 8. | Stefan Bradl | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP/Honda | 1:45.848 | +0.879 / 0.103 |
| 9. | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Ducati Team/Ducati | 1:45.976 | +1.007 / 0.128 |
| 10. | Nicky Hayden | USA | Ducati Team/Ducati | 1:46.461 | +1.492 / 0.485 |
| 11. | Katsuyuki Nakasuga | JPN | Yamaha YSP Racing Team/Yamaha | 1:46.780 | +1.811 / 0.319 |
| 12. | Hector Barbera | SPA | Pramac Racing Team/Ducati | 1:46.881 | +1.912 / 0.101 |
| 13. | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Power Electronics Aspar/ART | 1:47.383 | +2.414 / 0.502 |
| 14. | Randy De Puniet | FRA | Power Electronics Aspar/ART | 1:47.581 | +2.612 / 0.198 |
| 15. | Karel Abraham | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing/Ducati | 1:47.791 | +2.822 / 0.210 |
| 16. | Colin Edwards | USA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing/Suter | 1:48.125 | +3.156 / 0.334 |
| 17. | Yonny Hernandez | COL | Avintia Blusens/BQR | 1:48.513 | +3.544 / 0.388 |
| 18. | Michele Pirro | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini/FTR | 1:48.653 | +3.684 / 0.140 |
| 19. | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Came IodaRacing Project/Ioda-Suter | 1:48.831 | +3.862 / 0.178 |
| 20. | James Ellison | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport/ART | 1:49.023 | +4.054 / 0.192 |
| 21. | Roberto Rolfo | ITA | Speed Master/ART | 1:49.183 | +4.214 / 0.160 |
| 22. | Ivan Silva | SPA | Avintia Blusens/BQR | 1:49.831 | +4.862 / 0.648 |
