Two-time champion Nojiri posted a 1m21.196s at the end of the seven-minute Q2 pole shootout to take his 15th career pole by a margin of nearly four tenths of a second ahead of Ritomo Miyata.
Lawson, who stunned the paddock by winning on his debut on Saturday, had to settle for fourth-fastest on this occasion, ending up a little under half a second shy of his Mugen team-mate Nojiri.
