Submitted by Jacob Leech on
Tito Rabat has topped the timesheets following Moto2 FP3 at Motegi, the Spaniard was in imperious form reeling off a number of quick laps and demonstrating intimidating race pace. He will however be in for a stern challenge as he finished the session ahead of both Tom Luthi and Johann Zarco by less than a tenth of a second. Maverick Vinales also showed consistent race pace and took fourth spot a tenth further back while Mika Kallio could only manage fifth place and has some work to do match Rabat's consistency.
There was an almost half second gap from Kallio to Julian Simon in sixth who was the best of the second bunch of riders, Simon is also rumored to have signed a contract with QMMF racing for 2015 after losing his seat at Italtrans racing to Kallio. Simon edged out Jonas Folger and Franco Morbidelli while Sandro Cortese and Jordi Torres rounded out the top ten. In further silly season gossip it is believed that Torres is bound for the World Superbike Championship next season with the withdrawal of he Aspar Moto2 team and after failing to replicate his race winning form of 2013.
Results:
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Dif Prev |
| 1 | 53 | Esteve RABAT | Kalex | 1'51.134 | ||
| 2 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Suter | 1'51.187 | 0.053 | 0.053 |
| 3 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | Caterham Suter | 1'51.216 | 0.082 | 0.029 |
| 4 | 40 | Maverick VIÑALES | Kalex | 1'51.295 | 0.161 | 0.079 |
| 5 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | Kalex | 1'51.355 | 0.221 | 0.060 |
| 6 | 60 | Julian SIMON | Kalex | 1'51.720 | 0.586 | 0.365 |
| 7 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | Kalex | 1'51.799 | 0.665 | 0.079 |
| 8 | 21 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Kalex | 1'51.805 | 0.671 | 0.006 |
| 9 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | Kalex | 1'51.870 | 0.736 | 0.065 |
| 10 | 81 | Jordi TORRES | Suter | 1'51.895 | 0.761 | 0.025 |
| 11 | 49 | Axel PONS | Kalex | 1'52.065 | 0.931 | 0.170 |
| 12 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Tech 3 | 1'52.080 | 0.946 | 0.015 |
| 13 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Kalex | 1'52.134 | 1.000 | 0.054 |
| 14 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | Suter | 1'52.184 | 1.050 | 0.050 |
| 15 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | Suter | 1'52.205 | 1.071 | 0.021 |
| 16 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | Kalex | 1'52.240 | 1.106 | 0.035 |
| 17 | 39 | Luis SALOM | Kalex | 1'52.255 | 1.121 | 0.015 |
| 18 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | Tech 3 | 1'52.294 | 1.160 | 0.039 |
| 19 | 55 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Kalex | 1'52.297 | 1.163 | 0.003 |
| 20 | 18 | Nicolas TEROL | Suter | 1'52.318 | 1.184 | 0.021 |
| 21 | 22 | Sam LOWES | Speed Up | 1'52.379 | 1.245 | 0.061 |
| 22 | 14 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | Caterham Suter | 1'52.415 | 1.281 | 0.036 |
| 23 | 54 | Mattia PASINI | Kalex | 1'52.492 | 1.358 | 0.077 |
| 24 | 95 | Anthony WEST | Speed Up | 1'52.709 | 1.575 | 0.217 |
| 25 | 72 | Yuki TAKAHASHI | Moriwaki | 1'52.746 | 1.612 | 0.037 |
| 26 | 70 | Robin MULHAUSER | Suter | 1'52.842 | 1.708 | 0.096 |
| 27 | 8 | Gino REA | Suter | 1'52.852 | 1.718 | 0.010 |
| 28 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Suter | 1'52.927 | 1.793 | 0.075 |
| 29 | 25 | Azlan SHAH | Kalex | 1'53.276 | 2.142 | 0.349 |
| 30 | 4 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | Suter | 1'53.307 | 2.173 | 0.031 |
| 31 | 10 | Thitipong WAROKORN | Kalex | 1'53.374 | 2.240 | 0.067 |
| 32 | 20 | Florian MARINO | Kalex | 1'53.415 | 2.281 | 0.041 |
| 33 | 71 | Tomoyoshi KOYAMA | NTS | 1'53.579 | 2.445 | 0.164 |
| 34 | 84 | Riccardo RUSSO | Suter | 1'53.875 | 2.741 | 0.296 |
| 35 | 97 | Roman RAMOS | Speed Up | 1'53.956 | 2.822 | 0.081 |
| 36 | 65 | Chalermpol POLAMAI | Tech 3 | 1'54.830 | 3.696 | 0.874 |
