Japanese MotoGP: Qualifying postponed due to thunderstorm

A heavy thunderstorm at the Japanese MotoGP disrupted the Saturday schedule, cancelling Free Practice 3 and postponing Qualifying 1 and 2.
Red flag, MotoGP, Japanese MotoGP, 24 September
Red flag, MotoGP, Japanese MotoGP, 24 September

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While the morning sessions were completed as plann♔ed, conditions deteriorated rapidly as Moto2 Qualifying 2 got underway with thunder, lightning and torrential rain forcing red flags.

MotoGP Free Practice 3 w𒈔as cancelled outright. Then after a near two-hour delay,📖 Moto2 Qualifying resumed.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez eventually took a sensational pole position when Qualifying was ☂finally able to take place.

Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Japanese MotoGP, 24 September
Marc Marquez, MotoGP, Japanese MotoGP, 24 September

If it hadn't been possible for MotoGP qualifying to take place, Race Direction may have de🐭cided to use the combined practice result💫s to decide Sunday’s grid.

Race day is forecast to be dry.

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