Lorenzo mendapatkan posisi tersebut usai meraih catatan waktu tercepat di sesi kualifikasi, Sabtu (26/10/2013). Pembalap kebangsaan Spanyol itu unggul dengan mengantungi catatan 1 menit 53.471 detik.
Berikut hasil kualifikasi GP Motegi Jepang:
1. Jorge Lorenzo/ Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 1m 53.471s
2. Marc Marquez/ Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 54.129s
3. Nicky Hayden/ Ducati Team (GP13) 1m 54.539s
4. Dani Pedrosa/ Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 54.542s
5. Valentino Rossi/ Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 1m 54.732s
6. Andrea Dovizioso/ Ducati Team (GP13) 1m 55.036s
7. Alvaro Bautista/ Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RC213V) 1m 55.135s
8. Stefan Bradl/ LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) 1m 55.610s
9. Aleix Espargaro/ Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 1m 55.719s
10. Yonny Hernandez/ Ignite Pramac Racing (GP13) 1m 55.998s
11. Cal Crutchlow/ Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 56.058s
12. Katsuyuki Nakasuga/ Yamaha YSP Racing Team (YZR-M1) 1m 56.125s
13. Bradley Smith/ Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 57.114s
14. Colin Edwards/ NGM Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 1m 57.297s
15. Andrea Iannone/ Energy T.I. Pramac Racing (GP13) 1m 57.347s
16. Danilo Petrucci/ Came IodaRacing Project (Suter-BMW CRT)* 1m 57.540s
17. Randy De Puniet/ Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 1m 57.715s
18. Hiroshi Aoyama/ Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 1m 57.994s
19. Michael Laverty/ Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT) 1m 58.540s
20. Luca Scassa/ Cardion AB Motoracing (ART CRT) 1m 58.802s
21. Claudio Corti/ NGM Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 1m 59.617s
22. Hector Barbera/ Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 1m 59.646s
23. Damian Cudlin/ Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART CRT)* 2m 0.982s
24. Bryan Staring/ Go&Fun Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT) 2m 2.712s
25. Lukas Pesek/ Came IodaRacing Project (Suter-BMW CRT)* 2m 2.932s
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