MotoGP Japanese GP: Full starting grid

Check out the full starting grid for the Japanese Grand Prix, which takes place on 4 October 2026

Aprilia's Jorge Martin will start the Japanese Grand Prix from pole position after breaking the circuit record in Saturday's qualifying session at Motegi.

The 2024 MotoGP champion will line up just in front of Ducati rival Marc Marquez, who won the sprint race on Saturday and has vowed to attack in the remaining rounds of the season.

Completing the front row will be Austrian GP winner Pedro Acosta, meaning the top three places on the grid will be occupied by riders representing three different manufacturers.

Starting fourth will be Martin's team-mate Marco Bezzecchi, who lost significant ground in the title fight with an ill-judged move to start on medium tyres in the sprint.

Alex Marquez will line up in fifth place on Gresini but will have to serve a double long lap penalty for taking out Acosta and Fabio di Giannantonio on Saturday.

Di Giannantonio will start just behind the younger Marquez in seventh, while Enea Bastianini will take the start from seventh after narrowly missing out on a sprint podium on Saturday.

Completing the top 10 will be Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse), Diogo Moreira and Johann Zarco (both LCR). The latter will have to serve a double long lap penalty for attempting to restart his bike in the opposite direction at Turn 9 during Sunday morning's extended warm-up.

Ai Ogura will start his home race from 11th on the grid.

Francesco Bagnaia, winner of the last two Japanese GPs aboard the factory Ducati, failed to make it into Q2 and is due to start 13th.

Michelin has banned teams from using the soft tyre in the grand prix, while suggesting the new reinforced hard compound as the primary option. The warm-up has been extended to 20 minutes to allow riders to evaluate the hard tyre. The medium compound can also be used during the race, but it has so far provided mixed results for riders.

2026 Japanese GP - Full starting grid

Cla	Nº	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	89	Jorge Martín	Aprilia	1'42.371	-
2	93	Marc Márquez	Ducati	1'42.481	0.110
3	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	1'42.493	0.122
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Aprilia	1'42.530	0.159
5	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	1'42.546	0.175
6	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1'42.628	0.257
7	23	Enea Bastianini	KTM	1'42.669	0.298
8	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1'42.741	0.370
9	11	Diogo Moreira	Honda	1'42.916	0.545
10	5	Johann Zarco	Honda	1'42.918	0.547
11	79	Ai Ogura	Aprilia	1'42.933	0.562
12	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1'43.059	0.688
13	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'43.007	0.636
14	21	Franco Morbidelli	Ducati	1'43.136	0.765
15	15	Somkiat Chantra	Honda	1'43.196	0.825
16	10	Luca Marini	Honda	1'43.278	0.907
17	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1'43.399	1.028
18	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Ducati	1'43.419	1.048
19	12	Maverick Viñales	KTM	1'43.605	1.234
20	43	Jack Miller	Yamaha	1'43.811	1.440
21	42	Alex Rins	Yamaha	1'43.896	1.525
22	7	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Yamaha	1'44.031	C