2023 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

  2023 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 20 races in the
2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date30 April 2023
Official nameGran Premio MotoGP Guru by Gryfyn de España
LocationCircuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto
Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Aleix Espargaró Aprilia
Time 1:37.216
Fastest lap
Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati
Time 1:37.989 on lap 19
Podium
First Francesco Bagnaia Ducati
Second Brad Binder KTM
Third Jack Miller KTM
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Sam Lowes Kalex
Time 1:40.750
Fastest lap
Rider Sam Lowes Kalex
Time 1:41.366 on lap 4
Podium
First Sam Lowes Kalex
Second Pedro Acosta Kalex
Third Alonso López Boscoscuro
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Deniz Öncü KTM
Time 1:45.668
Fastest lap
Rider Ryusei Yamanaka Gas Gas
Time 1:46.016 on lap 5
Podium
First Iván Ortolá KTM
Second David Alonso Gas Gas
Third Jaume Masià Honda

The 2023 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio MotoGP Guru by Gryfyn de España) was the fourth round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto in Jerez de la Frontera on 30 April 2023.

Practice session

MotoGP

Combined Practice 1-2

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

Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Practice times
P1[1] P2[2]
1 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 1:37.090 1:36.708
2 12 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 1:37.389 1:36.710
3 26 Dani Pedrosa KTM 1:36.770 1:37.251
4 89 Jorge Martín Ducati 1:36.804 1:37.306
5 43 Jack Miller KTM 1:37.262 1:36.835
6 5 Johann Zarco Ducati 1:37.432 1:36.896
7 88 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 1:37.633 1:36.956
8 73 Álex Márquez Ducati 1:37.138 1:37.041
9 30 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1:37.044 1:37.483
10 10 Luca Marini Ducati 1:37.053 1:37.276
11 33 Brad Binder KTM 1:37.097 1:37.390
12 72 Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 1:37.682 1:37.174
13 1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1:37.388 1:37.233
14 25 Raúl Fernández Aprilia 1:38.055 1:37.403
15 42 Álex Rins Honda 1:37.487 1:38.132
16 20 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1:38.073 1:37.505
17 21 Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1:38.106 1:37.700
18 36 Joan Mir Honda 1:37.850 1:37.916
19 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 1:38.104 1:37.860
20 6 Stefan Bradl Honda 1:37.902 1:37.873
21 23 Enea Bastianini Ducati 1:38.931 1:37.985
22 37 Augusto Fernández KTM 1:38.278 1:38.928
23 94 Jonas Folger KTM 1:39.545 1:38.698
24 27 Iker Lecuona Honda 1:40.509 1:39.274
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Free practice

Pos. No. Biker Constructor
Time results[3]
1 88 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 1:37.229
2 20 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1:37.332
3 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 1:37.472
4 21 Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1:37.512
5 30 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1:37.524
6 72 Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 1:37.633
7 33 Brad Binder KTM 1:37.639
8 89 Jorge Martín Ducati 1:37.643
9 73 Álex Márquez Ducati 1:37.647
10 12 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 1:37.665
11 5 Johann Zarco Ducati 1:37.786
12 1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1:37.816
13 10 Luca Marini Ducati 1:37.866
14 26 Dani Pedrosa KTM 1:37.917
15 43 Jack Miller KTM 1:37.920
16 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 1:38.098
17 6 Stefan Bradl Honda 1:38.248
18 36 Joan Mir Honda 1:38.287
19 37 Augusto Fernández KTM 1:38.467
20 25 Raúl Fernández Aprilia 1:38.498
21 42 Álex Rins Honda 1:38.634
22 23 Enea Bastianini Ducati 1:39.093
23 94 Jonas Folger KTM 1:39.535
24 27 Iker Lecuona Honda 1:39.756
OFFICIAL MOTOGP FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
Row
Q1[4] Q2[5]
1 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:37.216 1 1
2 43 Jack Miller KTM Qualified in Q2 1:37.437 2
3 89 Jorge Martín Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:37.458 3
4 33 Brad Binder KTM 1:36.541 1:37.532 4 2
5 1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1:36.493 1:37.557 5
6 26 Dani Pedrosa KTM Qualified in Q2 1:37.583 6
7 88 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:37.596 7 3
8 5 Johann Zarco Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:37.616 8
9 10 Luca Marini Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:37.666 9
10 12 Maverick Viñales Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:37.765 10 4
11 30 Takaaki Nakagami Honda Qualified in Q2 1:37.876 11
12 73 Álex Márquez Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:37.920 12
13 72 Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 1:36.578 N/A 13 5
14 21 Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1:36.793 N/A 14
15 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 1:36.967 N/A 15
16 20 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1:37.072 N/A 16 6
17 25 Raúl Fernández Aprilia 1:37.164 N/A 17
18 42 Álex Rins Honda 1:37.256 N/A 18
19 6 Stefan Bradl Honda 1:37.297 N/A 19 7
20 36 Joan Mir Honda 1:37.346 N/A 20
21 37 Augusto Fernández KTM 1:37.753 N/A 21
22 94 Jonas Folger KTM 1:38.492 N/A 22 8
23 27 Iker Lecuona Honda 1:38.582 N/A 23
24 23 Enea Bastianini Ducati No time N/A 24
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto2

Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
Row
Q1[6] Q2[7]
1 22 Sam Lowes Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:40.750 1 1
2 37 Pedro Acosta Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:41.328 2
3 96 Jake Dixon Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:41.330 3
4 21 Alonso López Boscoscuro Qualified in Q2 1:41.459 4 2
5 79 Ai Ogura Kalex 1:41.245 1:41.507 5
6 7 Barry Baltus Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:41.570 6
7 13 Celestino Vietti Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:41.586 7 3
8 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 1:41.765 1:41.653 8
9 75 Albert Arenas Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:41.657 9
10 14 Tony Arbolino Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:41.762 10 4
11 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:41.772 11
12 40 Arón Canet Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:41.774 12
13 12 Filip Salač Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:41.801 13 5
14 54 Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuto Qualified in Q2 1:41.960 14
15 64 Bo Bendsneyder Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:42.045 15
16 18 Manuel González Kalex 1:41.937 1:42.052 16 6
17 84 Zonta van den Goorbergh Kalex 1:41.807 1:42.071 17
18 11 Sergio García Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:42.587 18
19 52 Jeremy Alcoba Kalex 1:41.971 N/A 19 7
20 3 Lukas Tulovic Kalex 1:42.147 N/A 20
21 4 Sean Dylan Kelly Kalex 1:42.173 N/A 21
22 72 Borja Gómez Kalex 1:42.197 N/A 22 8
23 24 Marcos Ramírez Forward 1:42.286 N/A 23
24 71 Dennis Foggia Kalex 1:42.435 N/A 24
25 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 1:42.676 N/A 25 9
26 28 Izan Guevara Kalex 1:42.953 N/A 26
27 33 Rory Skinner Kalex 1:43.011 N/A 27
28 8 Senna Agius Kalex 1:43.335 N/A 28 10
29 2 Soichiro Minamimoto Kalex 1:43.788 N/A 29
30 17 Álex Escrig Forward 1:44.222 N/A 30
OFFICIAL MOTO2 QUALIFYING RESULTS

MotoGP Sprint

The MotoGP Sprint was held on 29 April.

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 33 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11 18:07.055 4 12
2 1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 11 +0.428 5 9
3 43 Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11 +0.680 2 7
4 89 Jorge Martín Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 11 +0.853 3 6
5 88 Miguel Oliveira CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 11 +1.638 7 5
6 26 Dani Pedrosa Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11 +1.738 6 4
7 12 Maverick Viñales Aprilia Racing Aprilia 11 +3.248 10 3
8 5 Johann Zarco Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 11 +3.380 8 2
9 72 Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 11 +5.711 13 1
10 10 Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 11 +7.015 9
11 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 11 +7.174 15
12 20 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 11 +7.467 16
13 42 Álex Rins LCR Honda Castrol Honda 11 +9.867 18
14 25 Raúl Fernández CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 11 +11.550 17
15 6 Stefan Bradl HRC Team Honda 11 +15.455 19
16 21 Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 11 +15.849 14
17 37 Augusto Fernández GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 11 +15.969 21
18 27 Iker Lecuona Repsol Honda Team Honda 11 +25.356 23
19 94 Jonas Folger GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 11 +25.530 22
Ret 36 Joan Mir Repsol Honda Team Honda 7 Accident Damage 20
Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Aprilia 5 Accident 1
Ret 30 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 3 Accident 11
Ret 73 Álex Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 3 Accident 12
DNS 23 Enea Bastianini Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati Did not start
Fastest sprint lap: Dani Pedrosa (KTM) – 1:37.927 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT
  • Enea Bastianini withdrew from the sprint and the main race after experiencing pain from a previous injury.

Race

MotoGP

The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was red-flagged during the first lap due to an accident involving Miguel Oliveira and Fabio Quartararo. The race was later restarted over 24 laps with the original starting grid.

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 24 39:29.085 5 25
2 33 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 24 +0.221 4 20
3 43 Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 24 +1.119 2 16
4 89 Jorge Martín Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 24 +1.942 3 13
5 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Aprilia 24 +4.760 1 11
6 10 Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 24 +6.329 9 10
7 26 Dani Pedrosa Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 24 +6.371 6 9
8 73 Álex Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 24 +14.952 12 8
9 30 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 24 +15.692 11 7
10 20 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 24 +15.846 16 6
11 21 Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 24 +17.209 14 5
12 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 24 +17.911 15 4
13 37 Augusto Fernández GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 24 +19.010 21 3
14 6 Stefan Bradl HRC Team Honda 24 +27.294 19 2
15 25 Raúl Fernández CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 24 +36.371 17 1
16 27 Iker Lecuona Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +36.753 23
17 94 Jonas Folger GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 24 +47.146 22
Ret 12 Maverick Viñales Aprilia Racing Aprilia 23 Snapped chain 10
Ret 5 Johann Zarco Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 16 Accident 8
Ret 72 Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 16 Accident 13
Ret 42 Álex Rins LCR Honda Castrol Honda 2 Accident damage 18
Ret 36 Joan Mir Repsol Honda Team Honda 1 Accident 20
Ret 88 Miguel Oliveira CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 0 Did not restart 7
DNS 23 Enea Bastianini Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati Did not start
Fastest lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 1:37.989 (lap 19)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2

Pos. No. Biker Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 21 35:45.107 1 25
2 37 Pedro Acosta Kalex 21 +2.841 2 20
3 21 Alonso López Boscoscuro 21 +9.618 4 16
4 14 Tony Arbolino Kalex 21 +10.163 10 12
5 40 Arón Canet Kalex 21 +11.056 12 11
6 96 Jake Dixon Kalex 21 +11.923 3 10
7 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex 21 +12.586 11 9
8 75 Albert Arenas Kalex 21 +14.948 9 8
9 12 Filip Salač Kalex 21 +16.470 13 7
10 54 Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro 21 +18.550 14 6
11 11 Sergio García Kalex 21 +22.134 18 5
12 18 Manuel González Kalex 21 +22.817 16 4
13 7 Barry Baltus Kalex 21 +23.080 6 3
14 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 21 +25.110 8 2
15 3 Lukas Tulovic Kalex 21 +26.709 20 1
16 52 Jeremy Alcoba Kalex 21 +26.922 19
17 64 Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 21 +28.568 15
18 71 Dennis Foggia Kalex 21 +30.384 24
19 72 Borja Gómez Kalex 21 +33.223 22
20 24 Marcos Ramírez Forward 21 +36.775 23
21 8 Senna Agius Kalex 21 +36.812 28
22 28 Izan Guevara Kalex 21 +37.151 26
23 84 Zonta van den Goorbergh Kalex 21 +39.637 17
24 33 Rory Skinner Kalex 21 +39.786 27
25 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 21 +1:02.572 25
26 2 Soichiro Minamimoto Kalex 21 +1:03.282 29
Ret 79 Ai Ogura Kalex 12 Accident damage 5
Ret 4 Sean Dylan Kelly Kalex 7 Accident 21
Ret 13 Celestino Vietti Kalex 1 Accident damage 7
Fastest lap: Sam Lowes (Kalex) – 1:41.366 (lap 4)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

Pos. No. Biker Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 48 Iván Ortolá KTM 19 33:57.506 2 25
2 80 David Alonso Gas Gas 19 +0.034 16 20
3 5 Jaume Masià Honda 19 +0.215 4 16
4 71 Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna 19 +0.422 7 13
5 99 José Antonio Rueda KTM 19 +0.549 9 11
6 96 Daniel Holgado KTM 19 +0.640 6 10
7 43 Xavier Artigas CFMoto 19 +0.738 8 9
8 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 19 +1.991 15 8
9 53 Deniz Öncü KTM 19 +3.862 1 7
10 10 Diogo Moreira KTM 19 +4.397 13 6
11 55 Romano Fenati Honda 19 +4.412 3 5
12 19 Scott Ogden Honda 19 +4.722 10 4
13 18 Matteo Bertelle Honda 19 +10.012 17 3
14 7 Filippo Farioli KTM 19 +11.335 22 2
15 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 19 +11.613 21 1
16 72 Taiyo Furusato Honda 19 +14.667 23
17 16 Andrea Migno KTM 19 +16.525 14
18 66 Joel Kelso CFMoto 19 +26.905 11
19 64 Mario Aji Honda 19 +30.347 26
20 92 David Almansa CFMoto 19 +33.542 27
21 63 Syarifuddin Azman KTM 19 +33.578 28
22 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 19 +33.671 24
23 95 Collin Veijer Husqvarna 19 +35.488 19
24 70 Joshua Whatley Honda 19 +35.734 25
25 6 Ryusei Yamanaka Gas Gas 18 +1 lap 5
Ret 27 Kaito Toba Honda 14 Accident damage 12
Ret 54 Riccardo Rossi Honda 8 Accident 20
Ret 38 David Salvador KTM 5 Accident 18
DNS 44 David Muñoz KTM Did not start
Fastest lap: Ryusei Yamanaka (Honda) – 1:46.016 (lap 5)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT
  • David Muñoz withdrew from the race after suffering a left heel fracture from a crash in Q2.

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[8][9][10]

MotoGP

Moto2

Moto3

References

  1. ^ "GRAN PREMIO MotoGP GURU BY GRYFYN DE ESPAÑA Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  2. ^ "GRAN PREMIO MotoGP GURU BY GRYFYN DE ESPAÑA Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  3. ^ "GRAN PREMIO MotoGP GURU BY GRYFYN DE ESPAÑA Free Practice Classification 2023" (PDF).
  4. ^ "GRAN PREMIO MotoGP GURU BY GRYFYN DE ESPAÑA Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  5. ^ "GRAN PREMIO MotoGP GURU BY GRYFYN DE ESPAÑA MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "GRAN PREMIO MotoGP GURU BY GRYFYN DE ESPAÑA Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  7. ^ "GRAN PREMIO MotoGP GURU BY GRYFYN DE ESPAÑA Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  8. ^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.