# 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.
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.
In the MotoGP class, Prima Pramac Racing became the first independent team to win the Teams' Championship.
In the Moto2 class, Red Bull KTM Ajo won their third consecutive and fourth overall Teams' Championship.
In the Moto3 class, Jaume Masià won the Grand Prix and clinched the Riders' Championship.

## Practice session
### MotoGP
#### Combined Free Practice 1-2

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 | Free practice times |
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | FP1 | FP2 |
| 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

The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2.
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor |
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Time results |
| 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
#### Combined Practice 1-2-3

The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2.
* Fastest session lap
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Free practice times | Free practice times | Free practice times |
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | P1 | P2 | P3 |
| 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
#### Combined Practice 1-2-3

The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2.
* Fastest session lap
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Practice times | Practice times | Practice times |
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | P1 | P2 | P3 |
| 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
### MotoGP

* Fastest session lap
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Qualifying times | Qualifying times | Final grid | Row |
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Final grid | Row |
| 1 | 10 | Luca Marini | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:51.762 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 49 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:51.892 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Ducati | 1:52.437 | 1:51.898 | 3 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 1:52.382 | 1:52.101 | 6 | 2 |
| 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 | 3 |
| 9 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | Aprilia | Qualified in Q2 | 1:52.348 | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | Qualified in Q2 | 1:52.466 | 16 | 4 |
| 11 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:52.729 | 10 | 4 |
| 12 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:52.784 | 11 | 4 |
| 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 | 5 |
| 16 | 43 | Jack Miller | KTM | 1:52.889 | N/A | 15 | 5 |
| 17 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Aprilia | 1:53.099 | N/A | 17 | 6 |
| 18 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 1:53.143 | N/A | 18 | 6 |
| 19 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1:53.362 | N/A | 19 | 7 |
| 20 | 36 | Joan Mir | Honda | 1:53.570 | N/A | 20 | 7 |
| 21 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Honda | 1:53.838 | N/A | 22 | 7 |
| 22 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1:54.360 | N/A | 21 | 8 |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS ||||||||

### Moto2

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.

### Moto3

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

## MotoGP Sprint

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
### MotoGP

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

## Race
### MotoGP

| 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 | |
| Ret | 27 | Iker Lecuona | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 0 | Technical issue | 21 | |
| 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.

### Moto2

| 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

| 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 | |
| 26 | 10 | Diogo Moreira | KTM | 16 | +41.722 | 2 | |
| Ret | 7 | Filippo Farioli | KTM | 3 | Accident | 27 | |
| 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

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.

### MotoGP

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | 437 |
| 2 | Jorge Martín | 416 |
| 3 | Marco Bezzecchi | 326 |
| 4 | Brad Binder | 268 |
| 5 | Johann Zarco | 204 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Ducati | 663 |
| 2 | KTM | 348 |
| 3 | Aprilia | 309 |
| 4 | Yamaha | 187 |
| 5 | Honda | 174 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Prima Pramac Racing | 620 |
| 2 | Ducati Lenovo Team | 531 |
| 3 | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | 520 |
| 4 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 431 |
| 5 | Aprilia Racing | 390 |

### Moto2

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Pedro Acosta | 328.5 |
| 2 | Tony Arbolino | 249.5 |
| 3 | Jake Dixon | 194 |
| 4 | Fermín Aldeguer | 187 |
| 5 | Arón Canet | 175 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Kalex | 442.5 |
| 2 | Boscoscuro | 261 |
| 3 | Forward | 4 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 407.5 |
| 2 | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | 344.5 |
| 3 | Beta Tools Speed Up | 321 |
| 4 | Idemitsu Honda Team Asia | 295 |
| 5 | Pons Wegow Los40 | 259 |

### Moto3

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Jaume Masià | 271 |
| 2 | Ayumu Sasaki | 243 |
| 3 | David Alonso | 225 |
| 4 | Daniel Holgado | 212 |
| 5 | Deniz Öncü | 212 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | KTM | 378 |
| 2 | Honda | 322 |
| 3 | Husqvarna | 282 |
| 4 | Gas Gas | 250 |
| 5 | CFMoto | 104 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | 379 |
| 2 | Leopard Racing | 344 |
| 3 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 323 |
| 4 | Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team | 303 |
| 5 | Angeluss MTA Team | 272 |