The factory Honda team set the pace in Friday’s two-part qualifying session for the 46th edition of the Suzuka 8 Hours.

MotoGP star Johann Zarco and six-time event winner Takumi Takahashi combined to post an average lap time of 2m05.187s aboard the No. 30 HRC entry, putting them at the top of the leaderboard.

Naomichi Uramoto recorded the fastest individual lap of the day, but the No. 76 AutoRace Ube Racing BMW he shared with Loris Baz and Isle of Man TT star Davey Todd ended up two tenths adrift based on the average of its two quickest riders.

Pramac MotoGP rider Jack Miller suffered a crash midway through his session on Friday afternoon, but he and Yamaha World Superbike regular Andrea Locatelli still managed to set the third-fastest average aboard the factory No. 21 R1. They are sharing the bike with Suzuka 8 Hours legend Katsuyuki Nakasuga, whose best lap was just marginally slower than Miller’s.

Gregg Black, Dan Linfoot and Cocoro Atsumi put Yoshimura Suzuki in fourth fourth place, ahead of the FIM Endurance World Championship-leading YART Yamaha team of Karel Hanika, Marvin Fritz and Jason O’Halloran in fifth.

The fastest 10 teams from Friday’s qualifying have earned a place in Saturday’s Top 10 Trial, which will determine the starting order for Sunday’s race.

Also making it into the pole shootout are Honda SI Racing, Kagayama Ducati, Harc Pro Honda, BMW Motorrad and TeamTJ Honda.

Suzuka 8 Hours – Friday qualifying results:PosNo.TEAMRider BlueBestRider YellowBestRider RedBest130Honda HRCTAKAHASHI Takumi02:05.554ZARCO Johann02:04.820–02:05.187276AutoRace Ube Racing TeamURAMOTO Naomichi02:04.796BAZ Loris02:05.895TODD Davey02:08.92402:05.346321YAMAHA RACING TEAMNAKASUGA Katsuyuki02:05.893MILLER Jack02:05.816LOCATELLI Andrea02:05.26202:05.53941YOSHIMURA SERT MOTULBLACK Gregg02:06.339LINFOOT Dan02:05.520ATSUMI Cocoro02:05.82802:05.67457YART – YAMAHAHANIKA Karel02:06.001FRITZ Marvin02:05.925O’HALLORAN Jason02:06.33902:05.963617Astemo Pro Honda SI RacingNOZANE Kohta02:06.222ARAKAWA Kohta02:07.037YAMANAKA Ryusei02:05.91002:06.06673SDG-DUCATI Team KAGAYAMAMIZUNO Ryo02:06.001SCHRÖTTER Marcel02:06.357HASLAM Leon02:06.19002:06.096873SDG Team HARC-PRO. HondaNAGOE Teppei02:06.829ABE Keito02:06.651KUNII Yuki02:06.17102:06.411937BMW MOTORRAD WORLD ENDURANCE TEAMREITERBERGER Markus02:06.857VAN DER MARK Michael02:06.113ODENDAAL Steven02:07.40402:06.4851040TeamATJ with docomo BusinessIWATA Satoru02:06.471SUZUKI Koki02:06.777KUNIMINE Takuma02:07.30102:06.6241171Honda Dream RT SAKURAI HONDABROOKES Joshua02:08.263HIURA Daijiro02:05.951ITO Kazuki02:07.38502:06.668120Team SUZUKI CN CHALLENGEMASSON Etienne02:06.871ARENAS OVEJERO Albert02:06.655TSUDA Takuya02:06.69102:06.6731311Kawasaki Webike TrickstarRAMOS ALVARO Roman02:06.994DI MEGLIO Mickael02:06.851LEBLANC Grégory02:08.32002:06.923145F.C.C. TSR Honda FranceTECHER Alan02:07.348PEROLARI Corentin02:07.713HADA Taiga02:06.59102:06.9701595S-PULSE DREAM RACINGOGATA Hideyuki02:08.590FOLGER Jonas02:07.033HAMAHARA Sodo02:07.17102:07.1021688Honda Asia-Dream Racing with AstemoATIRATPHUVAPAT Nakarin02:07.023ANUAR Azroy hakeem02:08.018ZAIDI Muhammad Zaqhwan02:07.51402:07.2691750MARUMAE Team KODAMAKODAMA Yuta02:07.369SUGAWARA Riku02:07.426STAUFFER Max02:08.33002:07.3981899Elf Marc VDS Racing Team / KM99DE PUNIET Randy02:07.418MARINO Florian02:08.593GUARNONI Jérémy02:07.47402:07.446196ERC Endurance #6MYKHALCHYK Illya02:06.956FORAY Kenny02:08.400CHECA CARRERA David02:09.68202:07.6782025Team ÉtoileOKUBO Hikari02:07.413WATANABE Kazuki02:08.470ITO Motoharu02:09.43902:07.9422141Kaedear-Dafy-Rac41-HondaISHIZUKA Takeshi02:08.232LEESCH Chris02:08.863MANFREDI Kevin02:07.66402:07.9482259Team BabyFace Titanium PowerTSUDA Kazuma02:08.634MAEDA Keisuke02:07.289MULHAUSER Robin02:09.70202:07.962234Tati team AVA6 racingCLERE Hugo02:08.615VIÑALES MARES Isaac02:07.948NISHIMURA Sho02:08.06102:08.0052420Honda Suzuka Racing TeamPAWI Khairul idham02:07.830AOTA Kai02:09.608SUGIYAMA Yuki02:08.19602:08.0132544Honda No LimitsTOBA Kaito02:08.016GIANNINI Gabriele02:08.035HAGA Akito02:14.77002:08.026269SANMEI Team TARO PLUSONE with SDGSEKIGUCHI Taro02:08.236KAMEI Yudai02:08.009NAKAMURA Tatsuya02:08.34302:08.1232745SHINSYUREN with TOTECHIGASHIMURA Isami02:11.978NAKAMURA Shuichiro02:08.205NAKAJIMA Hinata02:08.29102:08.2482864Kawasaki Plaza Racing TeamIWATO Ryosuke02:07.949MIE Gun02:09.756NAKAYAMA Yosuke02:08.71402:08.3322923KRP SANYOUKOUGYO&RS-ITOHSANO Yuto02:07.949SANO Katsuto02:08.841SHINJO Masahiro02:10.60302:08.39530711BAKUON!!RPT NAGANO & RT MATSUNAGASAKURAYAMA Shigenori02:12.921ITO Yuki02:08.551MATSUOKA Rei02:08.38902:08.47031112Honda Tochigi Racing & Koyokai DREAM RTTAKAHASHI Naoki02:08.825AZMAN Muhammad helmi02:09.103KATO Takafumi02:12.75902:08.9643293TONE Team 4413 EVA 02 BMWHOSHINO Tomoya02:09.935YOSHIDA Ainosuke02:12.366MERCADO Leandro denis02:08.33502:09.1353352NCXX RACING with RIDERS CLUBITE Shota02:08.289TOSHIMA Rei02:10.342OKABE Ren02:13.36802:09.31634777Wójcik Racing Team #777 SSTTORRES FERNANDEZ Jordi02:09.291PAWELEC Milan02:09.786MOLIK Mateusz02:10.79602:09.5393519Team TATARA apriliaWADA Ruka02:09.837WATANUKI Maiku02:09.906BAIOCCO Matteo02:11.95002:09.8723655NATIONAL MOTOS HONDA FMASUCHET Valentin02:09.541RAYMOND Guillaume02:11.001NIGON Johan02:11.97102:10.2713749Revo-M2CALIA Kevin02:10.117SALTARELLI Simone02:10.868FERRONI Flavio02:11.16002:10.4933875Honda Kumamoto Racing & Hamamatsu ESCARGOTYOSHIDA Mitsuhiro02:12.910KOJIMA Kazuhiro02:10.573YAMATO Syuu02:10.46802:10.5213978Honda Blue Helmets MSC Kumamoto & AsakaHASEGAWA Shudai02:09.972OKADA Hiromasa02:12.413IDE Yousuke02:15.79402:11.1934056AOSHIMA MEGU with HAMAGUCHI RacingYOKOYAMA Shota02:10.848–VIETTI-RAMUS Doriano02:11.62502:11.2374165Motobox Kremer Racing #65MORAIS Sheridan02:12.029RUBIN Daniel02:12.404SMITS Twan02:10.64302:11.3364213Taira Promote RacingSHIBATA Yoshimasa02:11.838TARUMI Hayato02:16.383KAWASAKI Shogo02:11.01802:11.4284357NICHIRIN RACINGADACHI Masaki02:12.827HORII Souta02:11.282SAKAI Takatsugu02:13.76602:12.05544503EDWIN GESUNDHEIT RacingMASUDA Yuuki02:12.007MAEKAWA Takashi02:16.420KABETANI Yuya02:12.27002:12.1394531TEAM SUGAI RACING JAPANSUGAI Yoshiyuki02:13.109MATSUKAWA Yasuhiro02:12.649HIRANO Runa02:14.75702:12.8794638Team38MORIMOTO Seiichiro02:13.024NOJIMA Yoshiaki02:15.583TAKATANI Junpei02:12.91902:12.9724766BALZ & ADVANCE MC with FUJIKI KOGYOKIKUCHI Jun02:11.731KAWAGUCHI Atsushi02:15.827YOSHIHARA Masanori02:14.65502:13.1934815IWATA RACING FAMILYTAKAI Kyohei02:12.892HATTORI Ryoga02:15.979ENDO Akiyoshi02:13.76002:13.3264989CLUBNEXT&HONDADREAMTAKASAKIYOSHIHIRO Hikaru02:12.151YAMAZOE Yasunori02:15.289OHNUKI Kimihiko02:16.99902:13.7205046MOTORCYCLES#27 EJ YICNISHINAKA Tsuna02:15.423KUSU Rui02:12.834–02:14.1295116Team Etching FactoryHANAMURA Shunichi02:12.580NAGAYAMA Shota02:16.662–02:14.6215229DOG HOUSE&TRIPOINT FUCHS SilkoleneIWATANI Keita02:13.764SAMURA Eisuke02:15.949OOSUKA Toshiharu02:16.81702:14.85753411Team Matsunaga KDC&YSP Nagoya kitaARAKAWA Masahiko02:15.196MATSUNAGA Osamu02:14.759KATO Hisayuki02:15.67102:14.9785426Verity OIL & fenice KT with KIRINJISHIKUNO Mitsuhiro02:14.465CHINUSHI Hisashi02:17.310SATO Naoyuki02:16.08802:15.27755828TEAM FRONTIER–KATAHIRA Ryosuke—-Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter