Sementara itu para jawara Moto3, Alex Rins, Alex Marquez dan Jack Miller bersaing cukup ketat. Rins hanya mampu berada di posisi kelima, diikuti rekan satu timnya dengan selisih waktu yang cukup tipis. Sedangkan Jack Miller berada di posisi ketujuh dengan selisih waktu 0.111 detik dari torehan waktu sang rival, Alex Marquez.(otosport.co.id)
Hasil FP1 Moto3 Motegi :
1. Danny Kent GBR Red Bull Husqvarna Ajo (Husqvarna) 1m 57.611s
2. Isaac Viñales SPA Calvo Team (KTM) 1m 58.064s
3. Juanfran Guevara SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 (Kalex-KTM) 1m 58.179s
4. Enea Bastianini ITA Junior Team GO&FUN Moto3 (KTM) 1m 58.213s
5. Alex Rins SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 58.233s
6. Alex Marquez SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 58.305s
7. Jack Miller AUS Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 58.344s
8. Miguel Oliveira POR Mahindra Racing (Mahindra) 1m 58.408s
9. Efren Vazquez SPA SaxoPrint-RTG (Honda) 1m 58.601s
10. Brad Binder RSA Ambrogio Racing (Mahindra) 1m 58.657s
11. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Calvo Team (KTM) 1m 58.673s
12. Niccolò Antonelli ITA Junior Team GO&FUN Moto3 (KTM) 1m 58.716s
13. Alexis Masbou FRA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 58.788s
14. Francesco Bagnaia ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 58.998s
15. Romano Fenati ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 59.042s
16. Zulfahmi Khairuddin MAL Ongetta-AirAsia (Honda) 1m 59.200s
17. Eric Granado BRA Calvo Team (KTM) 1m 59.202s
18. Niklas Ajo FIN Avant Tecno Husqvarna Ajo (Husqvarna) 1m 59.204s
19. Matteo Ferrari ITA San Carlo Team Italia (Mahindra) 1m 59.392s
20. Jules Danilo FRA Ambrogio Racing (Mahindra) 1m 59.393s
21. Andrea Migno ITA Mahindra Racing (Mahindra) 1m 59.395s
22. Luca Grünwald GER Kiefer Racing (Kalex-KTM) 1m 59.488s
23. John McPhee GBR SaxoPrint-RTG (Honda) 1m 59.488s
24. Alessandro Tonucci ITA CIP (Mahindra) 1m 59.596s
25. Karel Hanika CZE Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 59.764s
26. Hikari Okubo JPN Hot Racing with I-Factory (Honda) 1m 59.994s
27. Philipp Oettl GER Interwetten Paddock Moto3 (Kalex-KTM) 2m 0.006s
28. Hafiq Azmi MAL SIC-AJO (KTM) 2m 0.183s
29. Jorge Navarro SPA Marc VDS Racing Team (Kalex-KTM) 2m 0.211s
30. Jasper Iwema NED CIP (Mahindra) 2m 0.547s
31. Sena Yamada JPN Liberto Plusone & Endurance (Honda) 2m 0.898s
32. Andrea Locatelli ITA San Carlo Team Italia (Mahindra) 2m 0.914s
33. Gabriel Ramos VEN Kiefer Racing (Kalex-KTM) 2m 1.453s
34. Scott Deroue NED RW Racing GP (Kalex-KTM) 2m 2.443s