“I am happy with fifth gate pick for tomorrow. I had a very good first split but couldn’t put the second part together like I wanted - I also tried different combinations in the whoops. The start is going to be very tight tomorrow but I’m looking forward to racing in Japan. The spectators are really enthusiastic and this would be a great place to get on the box for Honda,” said Coppins.

1 Pichon, Mickael FRA FFM Honda 1:49.779
2 de Dijcker, Ken BEL FMB Honda 1:49.870
3 Everts, Stefan BEL FMB Yamaha 1:50.132
4 Townley, Ben NZL MNZ KTM 1:50.269
5 Coppins, Joshua NZL MNZ Honda 1:50.652
6 Cooper, Paul GBR ACU Honda 1:50.764
7 Ramon, Steve BEL FMB KTM 1:50.782
8 Leok, Tanel EST MUL Kawasaki 1:50.882
9 Nemeth, Kornel HUN MAMS Suzuki 1:51.641
10 Pyrhonen, Antti FIN SML TM 1:51.881
11 Smets, Joel BEL FMB Suzuki 1:52.165
12 Noble, James GBR ACU Honda 1:52.192
13 Leuret, Pascal FRA FFM Honda 1:52.243
14 Jorgensen, Brian DEN DMU Yamaha 1:53.044
15 van Daele, Marvin BEL FMB Honda 1:54.075