Official Qualifying Results for Moto R
DATE: 2018-04-08 WEATHER: Fine COURSE: Dry International South Course 1.264km
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Type | Team | Time | Delay | Gap | Lap | |
| 1 | 3 | Takanobu Irie | Honda CRF | Adult Night Ramen Gathering | R 55.815 | 81.53km/h | 4/7 | ||
| 2 | 22 | Hideki Usuno | Honda RS/CR | Team Evolve Racing | 56.836 | 1.021 | 1.021 | 7/9 | |
| 3 | 7 | Shigeru Hayata | ZAC Zac-M | 56.866 | 1.051 | 0.030 | 9/9 | ||
| 4 | 39 | Jun Aoyama | Honda NX4 | APW | 57.640 | 1.825 | 0.774 | 6/13 | |
| 5 | 87 | Tadao Hanada | Honda CBR250R | YTR | 58.169 | 2.354 | 0.529 | 8/16 | |
| 6 | 13 | Norifumi Imamura | Honda CBR250R | Team Bambulance | 58.743 | 2.928 | 0.574 | 12/15 | |
| 7 | 4 | Koji Umira | Kawasaki Ninja250R | Rider House Miyajima Kuma-san Group | 59.007 | 3.192 | 0.264 | 14/14 | |
| 8 | 96 | Masahiro Takeshima | Yamaha YZF-R25 | Team Bambulance | 59.030 | 3.215 | 0.023 | 12/12 | |
| 9 | 34 | Haru Sawaguchi | Kawasaki Ninja250 | Gekokujou Racing | 59.409 | 3.594 | 0.379 | 15/16 | |
| 10 | 69 | Shingi Tada | Kawasaki Ninja250R | club69 | 1'01.228 | 5.413 | 1.819 | 14/15 | |
| 11 | 32 | Hiroyuki Kaneda | Kawasaki Ninja 250SL | TW's Racing Zone & KIKS | 1'01.432 | 5.617 | 0.204 | 14/15 | |
| 12 | 31 | Tadahiro Morishita | Yamaha YZF-R15 | Tsubame Racing | 1'02.545 | 6.730 | 1.113 | 13/13 |
Cars with the "R" mark have updated the Course Records. The previous record time was 56.360
