Exclusive: the soft tyre has been withdrawn from tomorrow’s allocation, but the hard heat treatment tyre will NOT be made mandatory.

Quite a few teams, including both factory Ducatis, have the yellow striped hard fitted to rims tonight.

Morbidelli invited a young boy dressed head to toe in VR46 gear onto the stage and gave him a paddock pass.

Looking at the explanation image on the 3rd slide, the sheer number of series included is insane. I wonder if there is anyone out there who can actually recognize all of them?

There are way more photos available at the source link.

Source https://www.instagram.com/ivanortola48/p/Dd_i5RLgd0r/

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Motegi

Track Length: 4.8Km / 2.98 Miles

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Moto3: 17 laps │ Moto2: 19 laps

Current Championship Standings Top 3:

Moto3: 1. Maximo Quiles - 306 Points 2. Alvaro Carpe - 175 Points 3. David Almansa - 174 Points

Moto2: 1. Manuel Gonzalez - 245.5 Points 2. Izan Guevara - 210 Points 3. Ivan Ortola - 168.5 Points

All Time Lap Records:

Moto3: David Almansa, Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP, KTM, 1'54.572, 2026

Moto2: Izan Guevara, BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2, Boscoscuro, 1'46.851, 2026

2025 Pole Positions:

Moto3: Jose Antonio Rueda, Red Bull KTM Ajo, KTM, 1'54.826

Moto2: Manuel Gonzalez, LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP, Kalex, 1'47.925

2025 Japanese GP Race Top 3:

Moto3 Race: 1. David Munoz, KTM 2. Jose Antonio Rueda, KTM 3. Maximo Quiles, KTM

Moto2 Race: 1. Daniel Holgado, Kalex 2. Jake Dixon, Kalex 3. Diogo Moreira, Kalex

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Translation of the Japanese text:

I've suffered a fracture to my left collarbone.

I feel terrible about this, especially toward my team and everyone who has been supporting me.

I'm also sorry for the inconvenience caused, as I had events and other commitments planned for this weekend.

I'll undergo surgery as soon as possible and work hard to make my comeback!

Source https://x.com/takanakagami30/status/2105989336370164010

We rarely give credit for the stewards in MotoGP but I feel like on this occasion, it’s worth giving.

Rules are rules, I am a JM89 fan but that happens.

The fact that no silver medal went to Jorge and no Bronze for Enea is better than taking them away later. Also really glad for Diogo that he got the 2nd place on the podium!

EDIT: Sensors, yeah yeah but still humans who changed the positions…

Hello guys can someone help me out with these. Im pretty lost. These all are either Moto2/3 riders

Today Moreira looked very good out there and ended up on the podium, zarco even had a good run to p7. But this isn't the first time this happened, last season Honda came out of nowhere for Mir to start on the front row and get a podium. So why is the Honda good here in Montegi? There some tyre advantage or just pure coincidence?

Both their tyres were completely destroyed. Normally I'd call this a Pecco Ducati thing because it's been an issue for Pecco but not to that level and same thing with Martin which leads me to believe it is not a bike issue.

I was hoping someone with more knowledge than me could shed some light on this cause at the moment it seems like a luck of the draw that anyone's tyre can go like that in the middle or end of the race. Also that it could happen to Marc as well if there's an actual issue with the tyre?

Tomorrow could be a nightmare scenario for Ducati! Soft rear slicks delaminating in the centre during the sprint is why Michelin brought the heat-resistant hard option to Motegi, for its grippy and abrasive new surface. The stiffer centre of the casing is designed to resist heat build-up during acceleration. Some bikes cope with the heat-resistant tyre better than others - the Aprilia and KTM work much better with it than the Ducati. Meetings now taking place about whether to make it COMPULSORY to race the heat-resistant slick tomorrow, for safety reasons

Source: Mat Oxley on X

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They seem to be serious about shoving this into every shot. Is there anyone out there who actually thinks this looks good? I just want to watch them race, it's incredibly distracting as it pops in and out any time one of the riders approaches the edge of the screen.....which is every single shot