# Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2023

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2023 was de veertiende race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2023. De race werd verreden op 1 oktober 2023 op de Twin Ring Motegi nabij Motegi, Japan.

## Uitslag
### MotoGP

Álex Rins stond ingeschreven voor de race, maar hij had nog te veel last van een blessure die hij opliep bij een ongeluk tijdens de Grand Prix van Italië. Na de vrije trainingen op vrijdag werd hij vervangen door Stefan Bradl.

#### Sprintrace

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Ducati | 12 | 21:00.734 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | 12 | +1.390 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 12 | +5.279 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 43 | Jack Miller | KTM | 12 | +6.194 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 12 | +6.315 | 10 | 5 |
| 6 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Ducati | 12 | +8.919 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 12 | +9.298 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 49 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Ducati | 12 | +10.189 | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | 12 | +12.404 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | Aprilia | 12 | +15.366 | 11 | |
| 11 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 12 | +15.473 | 12 | |
| 12 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | KTM | 12 | +15.592 | 13 | |
| 13 | 36 | Joan Mir | Honda | 12 | +17.052 | 15 | |
| 14 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Aprilia | 12 | +18.092 | 16 | |
| 15 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | 12 | +19.333 | 14 | |
| 16 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 12 | +19.645 | 17 | |
| 17 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 12 | +21.862 | 18 | |
| 18 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 12 | +26.026 | 19 | |
| 19 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati | 12 | +27.911 | 21 | |
| 20 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 12 | +28.178 | 20 | |
| DNF | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 8 | Uitgevallen | 9 | |
| WD | 42 | Álex Rins | Honda | 0 | Blessure | | |

#### Grand Prix

De race was gepland over een lengte van 25 ronden, maar werd na twaalf ronden afgebroken vanwege zware regenval. Er werd een poging gedaan om de race te herstarten, die uiteindelijk niet doorging. Johann Zarco werd niet geklasseerd omdat hij na de rode vlag via de verkeerde route de pitstraat binnenkwam.
| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Ducati | 12 | 24:06.314 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 12 | +1.413 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 12 | +2.013 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Ducati | 12 | +2.943 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 12 | +3.181 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 43 | Jack Miller | KTM | 12 | +6.837 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | KTM | 12 | +7.587 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 49 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Ducati | 12 | +8.602 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | Aprilia | 12 | +11.229 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | 12 | +12.244 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 12 | +14.714 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 36 | Joan Mir | Honda | 12 | +14.924 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 12 | +16.057 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 12 | +17.253 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 12 | +24.921 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati | 12 | +33.962 | 21 | |
| 17 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 12 | +1:14.934 | 17 | |
| 18 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Aprilia | 11 | +1 ronde | 16 | |
| 19 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | 11 | +1 ronde | 8 | |
| NC | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 12 | Niet geklasseerd | 10 | |
| DNF | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | 5 | Ongeluk | 5 | |
| WD | 42 | Álex Rins | Honda | 0 | Blessure | | |

### Moto2

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 19 | 35:19.273 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 19 | +1.353 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 37 | Pedro Acosta | Kalex | 19 | +3.080 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 19 | +5.065 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Filip Salač | Kalex | 19 | +10.492 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 18 | Manuel González | Kalex | 19 | +12.961 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Kalex | 19 | +14.352 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 40 | Arón Canet | Kalex | 19 | +16.360 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 84 | Zonta van den Goorbergh | Kalex | 19 | +17.692 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Darryn Binder | Kalex | 19 | +19.405 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 19 | +20.661 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 19 | +20.809 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | Alonso López | Boscoscuro | 19 | +21.303 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | 28 | Izan Guevara | Kalex | 19 | +21.477 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | Barry Baltus | Kalex | 19 | +24.032 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Kalex | 19 | +25.623 | 23 | |
| 17 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 19 | +26.803 | 21 | |
| 18 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | 19 | +27.371 | 20 | |
| 19 | 23 | Taiga Hada | Kalex | 19 | +29.412 | 24 | |
| 20 | 67 | Alberto Surra | Forward | 19 | +33.825 | 28 | |
| 21 | 8 | Senna Agius | Kalex | 19 | +34.103 | 29 | |
| 22 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 19 | +34.291 | 9 | |
| 23 | 4 | Sean Dylan Kelly | Forward | 19 | +36.473 | 25 | |
| 24 | 72 | Borja Gómez | Kalex | 19 | +39.635 | 26 | |
| 25 | 33 | Rory Skinner | Kalex | 19 | +43.069 | 27 | |
| 26 | 9 | Mattia Casadei | Kalex | 19 | +45.508 | 30 | |
| DNF | 11 | Sergio García | Kalex | 9 | Ongeluk | 14 | |
| DNF | 71 | Dennis Foggia | Kalex | 8 | Ongeluk | 16 | |
| DNF | 5 | Kohta Nozane | Kalex | 7 | Ongeluk | 22 | |
| DNF | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 6 | Ongeluk | 8 | |

### Moto3

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 5 | Jaume Masiá | Honda | 17 | 33:30.018 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Husqvarna | 17 | +1.546 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 96 | Daniel Holgado | KTM | 17 | +1.602 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 17 | +5.200 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 48 | Iván Ortolá | KTM | 17 | +5.230 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 44 | David Muñoz | KTM | 17 | +8.900 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 80 | David Alonso | GasGas | 17 | +8.959 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 27 | Kaito Toba | KTM | 17 | +9.253 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | GasGas | 17 | +9.629 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 99 | José Antonio Rueda | KTM | 17 | +9.734 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 95 | Collin Veijer | Husqvarna | 17 | +9.804 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 72 | Taiyo Furusato | Honda | 17 | +10.195 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | Honda | 17 | +10.874 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Diogo Moreira | KTM | 17 | +11.577 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 66 | Joel Kelso | CFMoto | 17 | +13.905 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | Filippo Farioli | KTM | 17 | +16.674 | 22 | |
| 17 | 92 | David Almansa | Honda | 17 | +31.109 | 20 | |
| 18 | 19 | Scott Ogden | Honda | 17 | +31.282 | 21 | |
| 19 | 63 | Syarifuddin Azman | KTM | 17 | +31.478 | 23 | |
| 20 | 70 | Joshua Whatley | Honda | 17 | +31.551 | 27 | |
| 21 | 20 | Lorenzo Fellon | Honda | 17 | +31.587 | 26 | |
| 22 | 22 | Ana Carrasco | KTM | 17 | +32.969 | 25 | |
| 23 | 64 | Mario Aji | Honda | 17 | +38.000 | 24 | |
| DNF | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 13 | Schade ongeluk | 16 | |
| DNF | 53 | Deniz Öncü | KTM | 10 | Schade ongeluk | 2 | |
| DNF | 18 | Matteo Bertelle | Honda | 10 | Ongeluk | 3 | |
| DNF | 43 | Xavier Artigas | CFMoto | 9 | Ongeluk | 19 | |

## Tussenstanden na wedstrijd
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 319 |
| 2 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Ducati | 316 |
| 3 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Ducati | 265 |
| 4 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | 201 |
| 5 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 171 |

### Moto2

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 37 | Pedro Acosta | Kalex | 252 |
| 2 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 202 |
| 3 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 159 |
| 4 | 40 | Arón Canet | Kalex | 124 |
| 5 | 21 | Alonso López | Boscoscuro | 119 |

### Moto3

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 5 | Jaume Masiá | Honda | 199 |
| 2 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Husqvarna | 193 |
| 3 | 96 | Daniel Holgado | KTM | 190 |
| 4 | 80 | David Alonso | GasGas | 160 |
| 5 | 53 | Deniz Öncü | KTM | 147 |
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