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 , 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 BikerConstructorFP1FP2120 Fabio QuartararoYamaha 1:56.961 1:53.531289 Jorge MartínDucati 1:56.393 1:53.604341 Aleix EspargaróAprilia 1:56.820 1:53.604449 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati 1:56.830 1:53.657521 Franco MorbidelliYamaha 1:56.804 1:53.672688 Miguel OliveiraAprilia 1:57.606 1:53.89975 Johann ZarcoDucati1:56.565 1:53.916812 Maverick ViñalesAprilia 1:56.975 1:54.039973 Álex MárquezDucati 1:57.835 1:54.048101 Francesco BagnaiaDucati 1:56.622 1:54.069 OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Practice
The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2. BikerConstructorTime results125 Raúl FernándezAprilia1:52.843249 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati1:52.892312 Maverick ViñalesAprilia1:52.936433 Brad BinderKTM1:52.955541 Aleix EspargaróAprilia1:53.033610 Luca MariniDucati1:53.094789 Jorge MartínDucati1:53.09481 Francesco BagnaiaDucati1:53.202937 Augusto FernándezKTM1:53.2891093 Marc MárquezHonda1:53.3231143 Jack MillerKTM1:53.3371273 Álex MárquezDucati1:53.5611321 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:53.5641444 Pol EspargaróKTM1:53.6961572 Marco BezzecchiDucati 1:53.704165 Johann ZarcoDucati1:53.7781736 Joan MirHonda1:53.9211823 Enea BastianiniDucati1:53.9371988 Miguel OliveiraAprilia1:53.0052027 Iker LecuonaHonda1:54.2542120 Fabio QuartararoYamaha1:54.2602230 Takaaki NakagamiHonda 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 BikerConstructorP1P2P3154 Fermín AldeguerBoscoscuro 2:01.097 1:58.059 1:57.895216 Joe RobertsKalex2:03.4181:59.2311:58.087396 Jake DixonKalex2:01.7681:58.5811:58.203418 Manuel GonzálezKalex2:01.4401:58.6731:58.26253 Lukas TulovicKalex2:06.2462:00.2991:58.373 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 BikerConstructorP1P2P3153 Deniz ÖncüKTM2:09.404 2:08.4212:05.843280 David AlonsoGas Gas2:10.971 2:07.7952:06.049'' |- ! scope="row" |3 | align="center" |66 | Daniel Holgado|KTM|2:11.293 | 2:08.063 |2:06.067|- ! scope="row" |4 | align="center" |71 | Ayumu Sasaki|Husqvarna|2:12.815 | 2:07.868 | 2:06.282|- ! scope="row" |5 | align="center" |5 | Jaume Masià|Honda|2:09.817 |style="background:#ccffcc;| 2:06.794''' 2:06.318 Source : OFFICIAL MOTO3 COMBINED PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Qualifying MotoGP Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2110 Luca MariniDucati Qualified in Q2 1:51.7621 1249 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati Qualified in Q21:51.8922373 Álex MárquezDucati1:52.4371:51.898341 Francesco BagnaiaDucati Qualified in Q21:52.0364 2589 Jorge MartínDucati Qualified in Q21:52.058565 Johann ZarcoDucati 1:52.3821:52.1016793 Marc MárquezHonda Qualified in Q21:52.1037 3812 Maverick ViñalesAprilia Qualified in Q21:52.1758925 Raúl FernándezAprilia Qualified in Q21:52.34891041 Aleix EspargaróAprilia Qualified in Q21:52.46616 41133 Brad BinderKTM Qualified in Q21:52.729101237 Augusto FernándezKTM Qualified in Q21:52.784111372 Marco BezzecchiDucati1:52.504N/A12 61420 Fabio QuartararoYamaha1:52.524N/A1351523 Enea BastianiniDucati1:52.828N/A141643 Jack MillerKTM1:52.889N/A151788 Miguel OliveiraAprilia1:53.099N/A1761821 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:53.143N/A181944 Pol EspargaróKTM1:53.362N/A1972036 Joan MirHonda1:53.570N/A202127 Iker LecuonaHonda1:53.838N/A222230 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:54.360N/A218 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. RiderTeamConstructorTime/RetiredPoints189 Jorge Martín Prima Pramac RacingDucati11 20:52.634512249 Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGPDucati11 +0.39129310 Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati11 +2.87517473 Álex Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGPDucati11 +3.3703651 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo TeamDucati11 +3.95745612 Maverick Viñales Aprilia RacingAprilia11 +4.23984733 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM11 +5.761113820 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha11 +6.454142937 Augusto Fernández GasGas Factory Racing Tech3KTM11 +8.285121105 Johann Zarco Prima Pramac RacingDucati11 +8.31461193 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda TeamHonda11 +9.59671243 Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM11 +10.173161372 Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati11 +10.646131425 Raúl Fernández CryptoData RNF MotoGP TeamAprilia11 +11.11791521 Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha11 +12.163181644 Pol Espargaró GasGas Factory Racing Tech3KTM11 +12.745191727 Iker Lecuona LCR Honda CastrolHonda11 +19.285211830 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda IdemitsuHonda11 +26.238221936 Joan Mir Repsol Honda TeamHonda11 +28.446202023 Enea Bastianini Ducati Lenovo TeamDucati11 +35.55315Ret41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia RacingAprilia1 Collision damage10Ret88 Miguel Oliveira CryptoData RNF MotoGP TeamAprilia0 Collision17Fastest 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 RiderTeamConstructorTime/RetiredPoints149 Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGPDucati22 41:43.65422521 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo TeamDucati22 +2.734420310 Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati22 +4.408116412 Maverick Viñales Aprilia RacingAprilia22 +4.488813533 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM22 +7.2461011673 Álex Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGPDucati22 +7.620310720 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha22 +7.828139823 Enea Bastianini Ducati Lenovo TeamDucati22 +8.239148943 Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM22 +11.5091571089 Jorge Martín Prima Pramac RacingDucati22 +14.819561193 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda TeamHonda22 +14.96475125 Johann Zarco Prima Pramac RacingDucati22 +17.431641372 Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati22 +17.8071231436 Joan Mir Repsol Honda TeamHonda22 +18.6731921537 Augusto Fernández GasGas Factory Racing Tech3KTM22 +21.4551111621 Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha22 +21.474171725 Raúl Fernández CryptoData RNF MotoGP TeamAprilia22 +22.14291844 Pol Espargaró GasGas Factory Racing Tech3KTM22 +27.194181930 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda IdemitsuHonda22 +27.74020Ret41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia RacingAprilia6 Retired16Ret27 Iker Lecuona LCR Honda CastrolHonda0 Technical issue21DNS88 Miguel Oliveira CryptoData RNF MotoGP TeamAprilia Did not startFastest 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 RiderConstructorTime/RetiredPoints154 Fermín AldeguerBoscoscuro18 35:32.117425218 Manuel GonzálezKalex18 +2.643920340 Arón CanetKalex18 +2.652316479 Ai OguraKalex18 +4.5851213596 Jake DixonKalex18 +4.645611613 Celestino ViettiKalex18 +5.936210735 Somkiat ChantraKalex18 +6.212139837 Pedro AcostaKalex18 +6.59878921 Alonso LópezBoscoscuro18 +7.2691071014 Tony ArbolinoKalex18 +11.3021161116 Joe RobertsKalex18 +11.565151222 Sam LowesKalex18 +11.663541324 Marcos RamírezKalex18 +16.105831415 Darryn BinderKalex18 +16.3062021552 Jeremy AlcobaKalex18 +19.2931911671 Dennis FoggiaKalex18 +19.513231711 Sergio GarcíaKalex18 +19.60221187 Barry BaltusKalex18 +19.968161984 Zonta van den GoorberghKalex18 +23.303142017 Álex EscrigForward18 +25.075152175 Albert ArenasKalex18 +28.571222264 Bo BendsneyderKalex18 +28.636252328 Izan GuevaraKalex18 +30.571242433 Rory SkinnerKalex18 +32.413292523 Taiga HadaKalex18 +35.12728269 Mattia CasadeiKalex18 +36.74127Ret5 Kohta NozaneKalex11 Accident30Ret3 Lukas TulovicKalex7 Accident17Ret4 Sean Dylan KellyForward4 Accident26DNS12 Filip SalačKalex Did not start18Fastest 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 RiderConstructorTime/RetiredPoints15 Jaume MasiàHonda16 33:50.6941025280 David AlonsoGas Gas16 +0.0681220353 Deniz ÖncüKTM16 +0.163316454 Riccardo RossiHonda16 +0.2851813521 Vicente PérezKTM16 +1.5531111671 Ayumu SasakiHusqvarna16 +1.566410718 Matteo BertelleHonda16 +1.72589827 Kaito TobaHonda16 +1.846238996 Daniel HolgadoKTM16 +1.943171095 Collin VeijerHusqvarna16 +2.019561155 Romano FenatiHonda16 +3.634651244 David MuñozKTM16 +4.0032141366 Joel KelsoCFMoto16 +4.060731472 Taiyo FurusatoHonda16 +4.1661621548 Iván OrtoláKTM16 +4.228911699 José Antonio RuedaKTM16 +4.707171731 Adrián FernándezHonda16 +5.139131882 Stefano NepaKTM16 +5.221201919 Scott OgdenHonda16 +5.589152043 Xavier ArtigasCFMoto16 +7.93414216 Ryusei YamanakaGas Gas16 +8.140242263 Syarifuddin AzmanKTM16 +22.445222338 David SalvadorKTM16 +22.622262420 Lorenzo FellonKTM16 +33.718252564 Mario AjiHonda16 +34.010282610 Diogo MoreiraKTM16 +41.7222Ret7 Filippo FarioliKTM3 Accident27Ret70 Joshua WhatleyHonda0 Accident19Fastest 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
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Francesco Bagnaia 437 2 Jorge Martín 416 3 Marco Bezzecchi 326 4 Brad Binder 268 5 Johann Zarco 204
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Ducati 663 2 KTM 348 3 Aprilia 309 4 Yamaha 187 5 Honda 174
Teams' Championship standings 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
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Pedro Acosta 328.5 2 Tony Arbolino 249.5 3 Jake Dixon 194 4 Fermín Aldeguer 187 5 Arón Canet 175
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Kalex 442.5 2 Boscoscuro 261 3 Forward 4
Teams' Championship standings 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
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Jaume Masià 271 2 Ayumu Sasaki 243 3 David Alonso 225 4 Daniel Holgado 212 5 Deniz Öncü 212
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 KTM 378 2 Honda 322 3 Husqvarna 282 4 Gas Gas 250 5 CFMoto 104
Teams' Championship standings 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
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