Ya en los primeros libres del día Álex Debón demostró su adaptación al trazado japonés a pesar de la lluvia. Una vez se ha secado la pista, el piloto del Lotus Aprilia ha vuelto ha batir a todos los pilotos de la categoría con un mejor tiempo de 1’52.807, sólo 26 centésimas más rápido que el líder del Mundial, Marco Simoncelli, que se ha situado segundo.
En los cronometrados los españoles han realizado un sensacional trabajo, situándose seis pilotos entre los diez primeros. Además de Debón, el tercer mejor tiempo ha sido para Barberá, quinto Bautista, séptimo Faubel, octavo Simón y décimo Aleix Espargaró.
En el Top Ten, junto a los españoles se han colado dos japoneses, Hiroshi Aoyama (4º) y Yuki Takahashi (6º) y los dos pilotos del Metis Gilera, Simoncelli y Locatelli (9º). Mattia Pasini ha sido undécimo y Mika Kallio sólo ha podido ser 12º.
Los dos pilotos del Blusens Aprilia se han situado en la parte trasera de la clasificación: Manuel Hernández saldría 21º y Dani Arcas, sustituto de Laverty, 26º.
<strong>Clasificación Campeonato del Mundo de MotoGP, Motegi (Japón). Entrenamientos de clasificación 250cc (1º). </strong>
<td width="18"><strong>Pos.</strong></td>
<td width="150"><strong>Piloto</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>Marca</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>Tiempo</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>Dif.</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>Vel.Máx</strong></td>
<td width="18"><strong>1</strong></td>
<td width="150"><strong>Alex DEBON</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>APRILIA</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>1'52.807</strong></td>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td width="50"><strong>250.8</strong></td>
<td width="18">2</td>
<td width="150">Marco SIMONCELLI</td>
<td width="100">GILERA</td>
<td width="100">1'52.833</td>
<td width="50">0.026</td>
<td width="50">250.8</td>
<td width="18"><strong>3</strong></td>
<td width="150"><strong>Hector BARBERA</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>APRILIA</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>1'52.861</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>0.054</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>253.8</strong></td>
<td width="18">4</td>
<td width="150">Hiroshi AOYAMA</td>
<td width="100">KTM</td>
<td width="100">1'52.902</td>
<td width="50">0.095</td>
<td width="50">255.4</td>
<td width="18"><strong>5</strong></td>
<td width="150"><strong>Alvaro BAUTISTA</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>APRILIA</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>1'53.125</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>0.318</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>253.8</strong></td>
<td width="18">6</td>
<td width="150">Yuki TAKAHASHI</td>
<td width="100">HONDA</td>
<td width="100">1'53.157</td>
<td width="50">0.350</td>
<td width="50">255.0</td>
<td width="18"><strong>7</strong></td>
<td width="150"><strong>Hector FAUBEL</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>APRILIA</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>1'53.437</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>0.630</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>255.2</strong></td>
<td width="18"><strong>8</strong></td>
<td width="150"><strong>Julian SIMON</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>KTM</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>1'53.574</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>0.767</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>249.6</strong></td>
<td width="18">9</td>
<td width="150">Roberto LOCATELLI</td>
<td width="100">GILERA</td>
<td width="100">1'53.632</td>
<td width="50">0.825</td>
<td width="50">249.3</td>
<td width="18"><strong>10</strong></td>
<td width="150"><strong>Aleix ESPARGARO</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>APRILIA</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>1'53.658</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>0.851</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>249.7</strong></td>
<td width="18">11</td>
<td width="150">Mattia PASINI</td>
<td width="100">APRILIA</td>
<td width="100">1'54.016</td>
<td width="50">1.209</td>
<td width="50">252.2</td>
<td width="18">12</td>
<td width="150">Mika KALLIO</td>
<td width="100">KTM</td>
<td width="100">1'54.043</td>
<td width="50">1.236</td>
<td width="50">253.3</td>
<td width="18">13</td>
<td width="150">Lukas PESEK</td>
<td width="100">APRILIA</td>
<td width="100">1'54.526</td>
<td width="50">1.719</td>
<td width="50">249.7</td>
<td width="18">14</td>
<td width="150">Fabrizio LAI</td>
<td width="100">GILERA</td>
<td width="100">1'54.621</td>
<td width="50">1.814</td>
<td width="50">248.7</td>
<td width="18">15</td>
<td width="150">Ratthapark WILAIROT</td>
<td width="100">HONDA</td>
<td width="100">1'54.925</td>
<td width="50">2.118</td>
<td width="50">252.8</td>
<td width="18">16</td>
<td width="150">Shoya TOMIZAWA</td>
<td width="100">HONDA</td>
<td width="100">1'54.999</td>
<td width="50">2.192</td>
<td width="50">249.1</td>
<td width="18">17</td>
<td width="150">Takumi TAKAHASHI</td>
<td width="100">HONDA</td>
<td width="100">1'55.031</td>
<td width="50">2.224</td>
<td width="50">239.8</td>
<td width="18">18</td>
<td width="150">Alex BALDOLINI</td>
<td width="100">APRILIA</td>
<td width="100">1'55.178</td>
<td width="50">2.371</td>
<td width="50">247.0</td>
<td width="18">19</td>
<td width="150">Simone GROTZKYJ</td>
<td width="100">GILERA</td>
<td width="100">1'55.512</td>
<td width="50">2.705</td>
<td width="50">247.6</td>
<td width="18">20</td>
<td width="150">Doni Tata PRADITA</td>
<td width="100">YAMAHA</td>
<td width="100">1'56.193</td>
<td width="50">3.386</td>
<td width="50">247.7</td>
<td width="18"><strong>21</strong></td>
<td width="150"><strong>Manuel HERNANDEZ</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>APRILIA</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>1'56.554</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>3.747</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>245.6</strong></td>
<td width="18">22</td>
<td width="150">Karel ABRAHAM</td>
<td width="100">APRILIA</td>
<td width="100">1'56.590</td>
<td width="50">3.783</td>
<td width="50">246.9</td>
<td width="18">23</td>
<td width="150">Imre TOTH</td>
<td width="100">APRILIA</td>
<td width="100">1'58.000</td>
<td width="50">5.193</td>
<td width="50">247.0</td>
<td width="18">24</td>
<td width="150">Kazuki WATANABE</td>
<td width="100">YAMAHA</td>
<td width="100">1'58.290</td>
<td width="50">5.483</td>
<td width="50">238.3</td>
<td width="18">25</td>
<td width="150">Yuuki ITO</td>
<td width="100">YAMAHA</td>
<td width="100">1'58.973</td>
<td width="50">6.166</td>
<td width="50">239.3</td>
<td width="18"><strong>26</strong></td>
<td width="150"><strong>Daniel ARCAS</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>APRILIA</strong></td>
<td width="100"><strong>1'59.277</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>6.470</strong></td>
<td width="50"><strong>241.1</strong></td>
<td width="18">27</td>
<td width="150">Takumi ENDOH</td>
<td width="100">YAMAHA</td>
<td width="100">2'00.329</td>
<td width="50">7.522</td>
<td width="50">235.3</td>