# 2023 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

The 2023 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas (officially known as the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas) was the third round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on April 16, 2023.

## Background
### MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After starting off the season with a third place finish at Portuguese GP, Marco Bezzecchi came in second for the sprint race and won the Grand Prix race at the Argentina GP. This gave him a 9 point lead over his compatriot Francesco Bagnaia and a lead in the MotoGP standings with Bezzecchi having 50 points.

## 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 | 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 2:01.892 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 42 | Álex Rins | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 2:02.052 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 10 | Luca Marini | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 2:02.181 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 2:02.242 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Ducati | 2'02.523 | 2:02.268 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | Qualified in Q2 | 2:02.539 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 2'02.749 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | Qualified in Q2 | 2:02.882 | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 2:02.387 | 2:03.062 | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 43 | Jack Miller | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 2'03.084 | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 2:03.107 | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 2:03.292 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 36 | Joan Mir | Honda | 2:02.743 | N/A | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 2:02.950 | N/A | 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Aprilia | 2:03.065 | N/A | 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 49 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Ducati | 2:03.350 | N/A | 16 | 6 |
| 17 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 2:03.403 | N/A | 17 | 6 |
| 18 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati | 2'03.452 | N/A | 18 | 6 |
| 19 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | Aprilia | 2:03.527 | N/A | 19 | 7 |
| 20 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | KTM | 2:03.798 | N/A | 20 | 7 |
| 21 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 2:03.907 | N/A | 21 | 7 |
| 22 | 94 | Jonas Folger | KTM | 2'07.597 | N/A | 21 | 8 |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS ||||||||

## MotoGP Sprint

The MotoGP Sprint was held on April 15.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 10 | 20:35.270 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 42 | Álex Rins | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 10 | +2.545 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati | 10 | +4.706 | 12 | 7 |
| 4 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 10 | +5.052 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 10 | +8.175 | 11 | 5 |
| 6 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 10 | +8.877 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | 10 | Luca Marini | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 10 | +9.453 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team | Aprilia | 10 | +10.768 | 15 | 2 |
| 9 | 43 | Jack Miller | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 10 | +12.448 | 10 | 1 |
| 10 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 10 | +12.739 | 8 | |
| 11 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati | 10 | +14.251 | 9 | |
| 12 | 36 | Joan Mir | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 10 | +14.988 | 13 | |
| 13 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 10 | +15.592 | 17 | |
| 14 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 10 | +16.534 | 14 | |
| 15 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team | Aprilia | 10 | +19.290 | 19 | |
| 16 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM | 10 | +23.128 | 20 | |
| 17 | 49 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 10 | +25.626 | 16 | |
| 18 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 10 | +25.787 | 21 | |
| 19 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 10 | +27.169 | 7 | |
| 20 | 94 | Jonas Folger | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM | 10 | +46.973 | 22 | |
| Ret | 73 | Álex Márquez | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 6 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 5 | Retired | 18 | |
| Fastest sprint lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 2:03.082 (lap 5) |||||||||
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT |||||||||

## Race
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 42 | Álex Rins | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 20 | 41:14.649 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 10 | Luca Marini | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 20 | +3.498 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +4.936 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 20 | +8.318 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team | Aprilia | 20 | +9.989 | 15 | 11 |
| 6 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 20 | +12.049 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati | 20 | +12.242 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +20.399 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 49 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 20 | +27.981 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM | 20 | +28.217 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 20 | +32.370 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 94 | Jonas Folger | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM | 20 | +1:08.065 | 22 | 4 |
| 13 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 20 | +1:23.012 | 11 | 3 |
| Ret | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 18 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 11 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 36 | Joan Mir | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 8 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 7 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 43 | Jack Miller | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 6 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 25 | Raúl Fernández | CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team | Aprilia | 6 | Ride-Height Device | 19 | |
| Ret | 73 | Álex Márquez | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 0 | Collision | 4 | |
| Ret | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 89 | Jorge Martín | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati | 0 | Collision | 12 | |
| Fastest lap: Álex Rins (Honda) – 2:03.126 (lap 4) |||||||||
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT |||||||||

### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 37 | Pedro Acosta | Kalex | 16 | 34:42.879 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 16 | +0.146 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 16 | +5.851 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Kalex | 16 | +6.049 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Filip Salač | Kalex | 16 | +7.462 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 16 | +7.668 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | Alonso López | Boscoscuro | 16 | +7.715 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 40 | Arón Canet | Kalex | 16 | +8.078 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 16 | +11.114 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Manuel González | Kalex | 16 | +12.561 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 16 | +13.607 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | 16 | +14.001 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 16 | +20.054 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 71 | Dennis Foggia | Kalex | 16 | +22.990 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 16 | +28.820 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 16 | +31.893 | 17 | |
| 17 | 84 | Zonta van den Goorbergh | Kalex | 16 | +34.734 | 21 | |
| 18 | 4 | Sean Dylan Kelly | Kalex | 16 | +34.934 | 22 | |
| 19 | 33 | Rory Skinner | Kalex | 16 | +42.540 | 24 | |
| 20 | 72 | Borja Gómez | Kalex | 16 | +49.973 | 26 | |
| 21 | 28 | Izan Guevara | Kalex | 16 | +51.470 | 27 | |
| 22 | 98 | David Sanchis | Forward | 16 | +1:05.224 | 28 | |
| 23 | 2 | Soichiro Minamimoto | Kalex | 16 | +1:44.447 | 29 | |
| Ret | 11 | Sergio García | Kalex | 9 | Retired | 20 | |
| Ret | 24 | Marcos Ramírez | Forward | 8 | Throttle | 25 | |
| Ret | 7 | Barry Baltus | Kalex | 7 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 3 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 3 | Lukas Tulovic | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 23 | |
| DNS | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | | Did not start | 6 | |
| DNS | 15 | Darryn Binder | Kalex | | Did not start | | |
| Fastest lap: Jeremy Alcoba (Kalex) – 2:09.465 (lap 6) ||||||||
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT ||||||||
* Jake Dixon crashed on the warm up lap and was unable to start.
* Darryn Binder withdrew from the race after suffering a fractured right hand during practice 3.

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 48 | Iván Ortolá | KTM | 14 | 32:01.062 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Jaume Masià | Honda | 14 | +0.457 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 43 | Xavier Artigas | CFMoto | 14 | +0.558 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Diogo Moreira | KTM | 14 | +0.567 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 96 | Daniel Holgado | KTM | 14 | +0.657 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 53 | Deniz Öncü | KTM | 14 | +9.493 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | 38 | David Salvador | KTM | 14 | +9.547 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 80 | David Alonso | Gas Gas | 14 | +9.663 | 22 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | Gas Gas | 14 | +9.975 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 99 | José Antonio Rueda | KTM | 14 | +10.085 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 27 | Kaito Toba | Honda | 14 | +12.430 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 64 | Mario Aji | Honda | 14 | +15.789 | 25 | 4 |
| 13 | 95 | Collin Veijer | Husqvarna | 14 | +15.967 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 19 | Scott Ogden | Honda | 14 | +16.179 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | Honda | 14 | +16.214 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 55 | Romano Fenati | Honda | 14 | +23.833 | 13 | |
| 17 | 92 | David Almansa | CFMoto | 14 | +24.204 | 28 | |
| 18 | 7 | Filippo Farioli | KTM | 14 | +24.401 | 20 | |
| 19 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 14 | +24.676 | 24 | |
| 20 | 72 | Taiyo Furusato | Honda | 14 | +24.913 | 19 | |
| 21 | 22 | Ana Carrasco | KTM | 14 | +35.940 | 26 | |
| Ret | 44 | David Muñoz | KTM | 13 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 13 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Husqvarna | 12 | Accident Damage | 2 | |
| Ret | 18 | Matteo Bertelle | Honda | 6 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 63 | Syarifuddin Azman | KTM | 5 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 4 | Accident | 10 | |
| DNS | 70 | Joshua Whatley | Honda | | Did not start | 27 | |
| Fastest lap: Iván Ortolá (KTM) – 2:16.356 (lap 7) ||||||||
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT ||||||||
* Joshua Whatley crashed on the warm up lap and was unable to start.

## 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 | Marco Bezzecchi | 64 |
| | 2 | Francesco Bagnaia | 53 |
| 9 | 3 | Álex Rins | 47 |
| 1 | 4 | Maverick Viñales | 45 |
| 2 | 5 | Johann Zarco | 44 |
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | Ducati | 103 |
| 3 | 2 | Honda | 54 |
| | 3 | Aprilia | 51 |
| 2 | 4 | KTM | 49 |
| 1 | 5 | Yamaha | 43 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | 102 |
| | 2 | Prima Pramac Racing | 73 |
| 1 | 3 | Aprilia Racing | 63 |
| 3 | 4 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 63 |
| | 5 | Ducati Lenovo Team | 58 |

### Moto2

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Tony Arbolino | 61 |
| 1 | 2 | Pedro Acosta | 54 |
| 1 | 3 | Arón Canet | 41 |
| 1 | 4 | Filip Salač | 33 |
| 1 | 5 | Alonso López | 29 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Kalex | 75 |
| 2 | Boscoscuro | 33 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | 79 |
| 1 | 2 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 73 |
| 1 | 3 | Pons Wegow Los40 | 53 |
| | 4 | QJmotor Gresini Moto2 | 52 |
| 1 | 5 | Beta Tools Speed Up | 43 |

### Moto3

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Daniel Holgado | 49 |
| | 2 | Diogo Moreira | 49 |
| 4 | 3 | Xavier Artigas | 32 |
| 6 | 4 | Jaume Masià | 31 |
| 2 | 5 | Tatsuki Suzuki | 27 |
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | KTM | 70 |
| | 2 | Honda | 56 |
| | 3 | CFMoto | 32 |
| 1 | 4 | Gas Gas | 15 |
| 1 | 5 | Husqvarna | 13 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| 2 | 1 | Leopard Racing | 58 |
| 1 | 2 | MT Helmets – MSi | 54 |
| 1 | 3 | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | 49 |
| 4 | 4 | Angeluss MTA Team | 44 |
| | 5 | CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP | 39 |