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2023 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2023 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar) was the nineteenth round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail on 19 November 2023.

Qatar  2023 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 19 of 20 races in the
2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date19 November 2023
Official nameQatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar
LocationLusail International Circuit
Lusail, Qatar
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Luca Marini Ducati
Time 1:51.762
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati
Time 1:52.978 on lap 22
Podium
First Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati
Second Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati
Third Italy Luca Marini Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider United States Joe Roberts Kalex
Time 1:57.305
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex
Time 1:57.366 on lap 18
Podium
First Spain Fermín Aldeguer Boscosuro
Second Spain Manuel González Kalex
Third Spain Arón Canet Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Daniel Holgado KTM
Time 2:04.742
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna
Time 2:05.501 on lap 15
Podium
First Spain Jaume Masià Honda
Second Colombia David Alonso Gas Gas
Third Turkey Deniz Öncü KTM

For the first time since 2006, the Grand Prix was not held as the opening round of the season due to the renovation of the circuit.[1]

In the MotoGP class, Prima Pramac Racing became the first independent team to win the Teams' Championship.[2]

In the Moto2 class, Red Bull KTM Ajo won their third consecutive and fourth overall Teams' Championship.[3]

In the Moto3 class, Jaume Masià won the Grand Prix and clinched the Riders' Championship.[4]

Practice session edit

MotoGP edit

Combined Free Practice 1-2 edit

Free Practice sessions on Friday and Saturday do not determine riders to qualify for Q2.

Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Free practice times
FP1[5] FP2[6]
1 20   Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1:56.961 1:53.531
2 89   Jorge Martín Ducati 1:56.393 1:53.604
3 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 1:56.820 1:53.604
4 49   Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 1:56.830 1:53.657
5 21   Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1:56.804 1:53.672
6 88   Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 1:57.606 1:53.899
7 5   Johann Zarco Ducati 1:56.565 1:53.916
8 12   Maverick Viñales Aprilia 1:56.975 1:54.039
9 73   Álex Márquez Ducati 1:57.835 1:54.048
10 1   Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1:56.622 1:54.069
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Practice edit

The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2.

Pos. No. Biker Constructor
Time results[7]
1 25   Raúl Fernández Aprilia 1:52.843
2 49   Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 1:52.892
3 12   Maverick Viñales Aprilia 1:52.936
4 33   Brad Binder KTM 1:52.955
5 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 1:53.033
6 10   Luca Marini Ducati 1:53.094
7 89   Jorge Martín Ducati 1:53.094
8 1   Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1:53.202
9 37   Augusto Fernández KTM 1:53.289
10 93   Marc Márquez Honda 1:53.323
11 43   Jack Miller KTM 1:53.337
12 73   Álex Márquez Ducati 1:53.561
13 21   Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1:53.564
14 44   Pol Espargaró KTM 1:53.696
15 72   Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 1:53.704
16 5   Johann Zarco Ducati 1:53.778
17 36   Joan Mir Honda 1:53.921
18 23   Enea Bastianini Ducati 1:53.937
19 88   Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 1:53.005
20 27   Iker Lecuona Honda 1:54.254
21 20   Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1:54.260
22 30   Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1.54.441
OFFICIAL MOTOGP PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Moto2 edit

Combined Practice 1-2-3 edit

The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2.

Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Free practice times
P1[8] P2[9] P3[10]
1 54   Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro 2:01.097 1:58.059 1:57.895
2 16   Joe Roberts Kalex 2:03.418 1:59.231 1:58.087
3 96   Jake Dixon Kalex 2:01.768 1:58.581 1:58.203
4 18   Manuel González Kalex 2:01.440 1:58.673 1:58.262
5 3   Lukas Tulovic Kalex 2:06.246 2:00.299 1:58.373
Source : OFFICIAL MOTO2 COMBINED PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Moto3 edit

Combined Practice 1-2-3 edit

The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2.

Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Practice times
P1[11] P2[12] P3[13]
1 53   Deniz Öncü KTM 2:09.404 2:08.421 2:05.843
2 80   David Alonso Gas Gas 2:10.971 2:07.795 '2:06.049
3 66   Daniel Holgado KTM 2:11.293 2:08.063 2:06.067
4 71   Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna 2:12.815 2:07.868 2:06.282
5 5   Jaume Masià Honda 2:09.817 2:06.794 2:06.318
Source : OFFICIAL MOTO3 COMBINED PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Qualifying edit

MotoGP edit

Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid 		Row
Q1[14] Q2[15]
1 1   Luca Marini Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:51.762 1 1
2 49   Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:51.892 2
3 73   Álex Márquez Ducati 1:52.437 1:51.898 3
4 1   Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:52.036 4 2
5 89   Jorge Martín Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:52.058 5
6 5   Johann Zarco Ducati 1:52.382 1:52.101 6
7 93   Marc Márquez Honda Qualified in Q2 1:52.103 7 3
8 12   Maverick Viñales Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:52.175 8
9 25   Raúl Fernández Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:52.348 9
10 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:52.466 16[a] 4
11 33   Brad Binder KTM Qualified in Q2 1:52.729 10
12 37   Augusto Fernández KTM Qualified in Q2 1:52.784 11
13 72   Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 1:52.504 N/A 12 6
14 20   Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1:52.524 N/A 13 5
15 23   Enea Bastianini Ducati 1:52.828 N/A 14
16 43   Jack Miller KTM 1:52.889 N/A 15
17 88   Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 1:53.099 N/A 17 6
18 21   Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1:53.143 N/A 18
19 44   Pol Espargaró KTM 1:53.362 N/A 19 7
20 36   Joan Mir Honda 1:53.570 N/A 20
21 27   Iker Lecuona Honda 1:53.838 N/A 22[b]
22 30   Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1:54.360 N/A 21 8
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto2 edit

Joe Roberts set the pole best time 1:57.305 and was the fastest rider at this session ahead of Celestino Vietti and Arón Canet.[17][18]

Moto3 edit

Daniel Holgado set the pole position 2:04.742 and was the fastest rider at this session ahead of Diogo Moreira and Deniz Öncü.[19][20]

MotoGP Sprint edit

The MotoGP Sprint was held on 18 November.

Pos. No. Rider Team Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 89   Jorge Martín Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 11 20:52.634 5 12
2 49   Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 11 +0.391 2 9
3 10   Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 11 +2.875 1 7
4 73   Álex Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 11 +3.370 3 6
5 1   Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 11 +3.957 4 5
6 12   Maverick Viñales Aprilia Racing Aprilia 11 +4.239 8 4
7 33   Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11 +5.761 11 3
8 20   Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 11 +6.454 14 2
9 37   Augusto Fernández GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 11 +8.285 12 1
10 5   Johann Zarco Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 11 +8.314 6
11 93   Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 11 +9.596 7
12 43   Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11 +10.173 16
13 72   Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 11 +10.646 13
14 25   Raúl Fernández CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 11 +11.117 9
15 21   Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 11 +12.163 18
16 44   Pol Espargaró GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 11 +12.745 19
17 27   Iker Lecuona LCR Honda Castrol Honda 11 +19.285 21
18 30   Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 11 +26.238 22
19 36   Joan Mir Repsol Honda Team Honda 11 +28.446 20
20 23   Enea Bastianini Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 11 +35.553 15
Ret 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Aprilia 1 Collision damage 10
Ret 88   Miguel Oliveira CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 0 Collision 17
Fastest sprint lap:   Jorge Martín (Ducati) – 1:53.355 (lap 6)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT

Warm up practice edit

MotoGP edit

Maverick Viñales set the best time 1:53.346 and was the fastest rider at this session ahead of Johann Zarco and Fabio Quartararo.[21]

Race edit

MotoGP edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 49   Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 22 41:43.654 2 25
2 1   Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 22 +2.734 4 20
3 10   Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 22 +4.408 1 16
4 12   Maverick Viñales Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 +4.488 8 13
5 33   Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 22 +7.246 10 11
6 73   Álex Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 22 +7.620 3 10
7 20   Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 +7.828 13 9
8 23   Enea Bastianini Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 22 +8.239 14 8
9 43   Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 22 +11.509 15 7
10 89   Jorge Martín Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +14.819 5 6
11 93   Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +14.964 7 5
12 5   Johann Zarco Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +17.431 6 4
13 72   Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 22 +17.807 12 3
14 36   Joan Mir Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +18.673 19 2
15 37   Augusto Fernández GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 22 +21.455 11 1
16 21   Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 +21.474 17
17 25   Raúl Fernández CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 22 +22.142 9
18 44   Pol Espargaró GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 22 +27.194 18
19 30   Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 22 +27.740 20
Ret 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Aprilia 6 Retired 16[a]
Ret 27   Iker Lecuona LCR Honda Castrol Honda 0 Technical issue 21[b]
DNS 88   Miguel Oliveira CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia Did not start
Fastest lap:   Enea Bastianini (Ducati) – 1:52.978 (lap 22)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT
  • Miguel Oliveira suffered a fractured scapula in a collision with Aleix Espargaró during the sprint and withdrew from the main race.[22]

Moto2 edit

Pos. No. Rider Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 54   Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro 18 35:32.117 4 25
2 18   Manuel González Kalex 18 +2.643 9 20
3 40   Arón Canet Kalex 18 +2.652 3 16
4 79   Ai Ogura Kalex 18 +4.585 12 13
5 96   Jake Dixon Kalex 18 +4.645 6 11
6 13   Celestino Vietti Kalex 18 +5.936 2 10
7 35   Somkiat Chantra Kalex 18 +6.212 13 9
8 37   Pedro Acosta Kalex 18 +6.598 7 8
9 21   Alonso López Boscoscuro 18 +7.269 10 7
10 14   Tony Arbolino Kalex 18 +11.302 11 6
11 16   Joe Roberts Kalex 18 +11.565 1 5
12 22   Sam Lowes Kalex 18 +11.663 5 4
13 24   Marcos Ramírez Kalex 18 +16.105 8 3
14 15   Darryn Binder Kalex 18 +16.306 20 2
15 52   Jeremy Alcoba Kalex 18 +19.293 19 1
16 71   Dennis Foggia Kalex 18 +19.513 23
17 11   Sergio García Kalex 18 +19.602 21
18 7   Barry Baltus Kalex 18 +19.968 16
19 84   Zonta van den Goorbergh Kalex 18 +23.303 14
20 17   Álex Escrig Forward 18 +25.075 15
21 75   Albert Arenas Kalex 18 +28.571 22
22 64   Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 18 +28.636 25
23 28   Izan Guevara Kalex 18 +30.571 24
24 33   Rory Skinner Kalex 18 +32.413 29
25 23   Taiga Hada Kalex 18 +35.127 28
26 9   Mattia Casadei Kalex 18 +36.741 27
Ret 5   Kohta Nozane Kalex 11 Accident 30
Ret 3   Lukas Tulovic Kalex 7 Accident 17
Ret 4   Sean Dylan Kelly Forward 4 Accident 26
DNS 12   Filip Salač Kalex Did not start 18
Fastest lap:   Sam Lowes (Kalex) – 1:57.366 (lap 18)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT
  • Filip Salač stopped with a technical issue on the sighting lap and was unable to start.

Moto3 edit

Pos. No. Rider Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5   Jaume Masià Honda 16 33:50.694 10 25
2 80   David Alonso Gas Gas 16 +0.068 12 20
3 53   Deniz Öncü KTM 16 +0.163 3 16
4 54   Riccardo Rossi Honda 16 +0.285 18 13
5 21   Vicente Pérez KTM 16 +1.553 11 11
6 71   Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna 16 +1.566 4 10
7 18   Matteo Bertelle Honda 16 +1.725 8 9
8 27   Kaito Toba Honda 16 +1.846 23 8
9 96   Daniel Holgado KTM 16 +1.943 1 7
10 95   Collin Veijer Husqvarna 16 +2.019 5 6
11 55   Romano Fenati Honda 16 +3.634 6 5
12 44   David Muñoz KTM 16 +4.003 21 4
13 66   Joel Kelso CFMoto 16 +4.060 7 3
14 72   Taiyo Furusato Honda 16 +4.166 16 2
15 48   Iván Ortolá KTM 16 +4.228 9 1
16 99   José Antonio Rueda KTM 16 +4.707 17
17 31   Adrián Fernández Honda 16 +5.139 13
18 82   Stefano Nepa KTM 16 +5.221 20
19 19   Scott Ogden Honda 16 +5.589 15
20 43   Xavier Artigas CFMoto 16 +7.934 14
21 6   Ryusei Yamanaka Gas Gas 16 +8.140 24
22 63   Syarifuddin Azman KTM 16 +22.445 22
23 38   David Salvador KTM 16 +22.622 26
24 20   Lorenzo Fellon KTM 16 +33.718 25
25 64   Mario Aji Honda 16 +34.010 28[c]
26 10   Diogo Moreira KTM 16 +41.722 2
Ret 7   Filippo Farioli KTM 3 Accident 27[c]
Ret 70   Joshua Whatley Honda 0 Accident 19
Fastest lap:   Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna) – 2:05.501 (lap 15)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[23][24][25]

MotoGP edit

Moto2 edit

Moto3 edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Six-place grid penalty for unsportmanlike behavior after hitting Franco Morbidelli during FP2.[16]
  2. ^ a b Three-place grid penalty for riding slowly on the racing line and hindering another rider during Q1.[16]
  3. ^ a b Back of the grid start penalty.

References edit

  1. ^ "Portimao named as 2023 MotoGP World Championship season opener". 2 August 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Prima Pramac Racing make history with teams' title". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Red Bull KTM Ajo retains Moto2 Team World Champion title". ajo.fi. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Masia crowned Champion following barnstorming victory under the floodlights". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  7. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar MotoGP Practice Classification 2023" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar Moto2 Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  9. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar Moto2 Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  10. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar Moto2 Practice Nr. 3 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  11. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar Moto3 Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  12. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar Moto3 Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  13. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar Moto3 Practice Nr. 3 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  14. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  15. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  16. ^ a b "A. Espargaro handed six place grid penalty following Morbidelli clash". motogp.com. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
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  18. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
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  20. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar Moto3 Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  21. ^ "Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar MotoGP Warm Up Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  22. ^ McLaren, Peter (18 November 2023). "Miguel Oliveira, Aleix Espargaro suffer fractures in Qatar MotoGP Sprint". crash.net. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
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  25. ^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

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