2023 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

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Date26 November 2023
Official nameGran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana
LocationCircuit Ricardo Tormo
Cheste, Valencia, Spain
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
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Race details
Race 20 of 20 races in the
2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date26 November 2023
Official nameGran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana
LocationCircuit Ricardo Tormo
Cheste, Valencia, Spain
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Maverick Viñales[a] Aprilia
Time 1:28.931
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Time 1:30.145 on lap 3
Podium
First Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati
Second France Johann Zarco Ducati
Third South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Arón Canet Kalex
Time 1:33.314
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro
Time 1:33.665 on lap 8
Podium
First Spain Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro
Second Spain Arón Canet Kalex
Third Spain Alonso López Boscoscuro
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Netherlands Collin Veijer Husqvarna
Time 1:38.311
Fastest lap
Rider Colombia David Alonso Gas Gas
Time 1:38.438 on lap 14
Podium
First Japan Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna
Second Colombia David Alonso Gas Gas
Third Spain Iván Ortolá KTM

The 2023 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana) was the twentieth and final round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Cheste on 26 November 2023.

In the MotoGP class, Francesco Bagnaia successfully defended his Riders' Championship by winning the Grand Prix and with closest title contender Jorge Martín crashing out.[2]

In the Moto3 class, Intact GP won their first Teams' Championship.[3]

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
FP1[4] FP2[5]
1 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 1:30.490 1:30.167
2 73 Spain Álex Márquez Ducati 1:30.857 1:30.186
3 5 France Johann Zarco Ducati 1:30.191 1:30.445
4 1 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1:30.969 1:30.193
5 93 Spain Marc Márquez Honda 1:30.564 1:30.213
6 20 France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1:30.556 1:30.217
7 89 Spain Jorge Martín Ducati 1:30.450 1:30.272
8 33 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 1:31.252 1:30.274
9 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia 1:30.534 1:30.314
10 25 Spain Raúl Fernández Aprilia 1:31.046 1:30.330
11 49 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 1:30.378 1:30.403
12 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati 1:30.811 1:30.482
13 37 Spain Augusto Fernández KTM 1:30.567 1:30.614
14 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1:31.112 1:30.587
15 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 1:31.514 1:31.600
16 10 Italy Luca Marini Ducati 1:31.297 1:30.701
17 43 Australia Jack Miller KTM 1:30.901 1:30.702
18 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1:31.443 1:30.821
19 44 Spain Pol Espargaró KTM 1:30.874 1:30.891
20 42 Spain Álex Rins Honda 1:31.488 1:30.970
21 36 Spain Joan Mir Honda 1:31.553
22 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1:31.997 1:31.769
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Practice

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

Pos. No. Biker Constructor
Time results[6]
1 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia 1:29.142
2 89 Spain Jorge Martín Ducati 1:29.289
3 5 France Johann Zarco Ducati 1:29.296
4 49 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 1:29.395
5 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 1:29.396
6 33 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 1:29.402
7 93 Spain Marc Márquez Honda 1:29.459
8 25 Spain Raúl Fernández Aprilia 1:29.470
9 43 Australia Jack Miller KTM 1:29.481
10 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 1:29.571
11 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati 1:29.573
12 73 Spain Álex Márquez Ducati 1:29.614
13 20 France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1:29.615
14 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1:29.775
15 1 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1:29.801
16 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1:30.002
17 10 Italy Luca Marini Ducati 1:30.343
18 37 Spain Augusto Fernández KTM 1:30.445
19 42 Spain Álex Rins Honda 1:30.464
20 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1:30.795
21 44 Spain Pol Espargaró KTM 1.30.940
36 Spain Joan Mir Honda NC
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
P1[7] P2[8] P3[9]
1 54 Spain Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro 1:34.185 1:33.900 1:33.264
2 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez Kalex 1:34.399 1:34.122 1:33.429
3 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex 1:33.238 1:32.686 1:33.035
4 13 Italy Celestino Vietti Kalex 1:34.838 1:33.472 1:32.708
5 21 Spain Alonso López Boscoscuro 1:34.938 1:34.354 1:33.751
6 37 Spain Pedro Acosta Kalex 1:34.024 1:33.768 1:34.103
7 18 Spain Manuel González Kalex 1:35.182 1:34.470 1:33.856
8 40 Spain Arón Canet Kalex 1:34.200 1:33.951 1:33.889
9 96 United Kingdom Jake Dixon Kalex 1:34.496 1:34.004 1:33.193
10 71 Italy Dennis Foggia Kalex 1:34.540 1:34.317 1:33.923
11 75 Spain Albert Arenas Kalex 1:34.637 1:35.054 1:33.956
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
P1[10] P2[11] P3[12]
1 66 Australia Joel Kelso CFMoto 1:40.161 1:39.080 1:38.569
2 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna 1:39.956 1:39.434 1:38.623
3 96 Spain Daniel Holgado KTM 1:38.919 1:38.706 1:38.669
4 21 Spain Vicente Pérez KTM 1:40.605 1:39.312 1:38.733
5 6 Japan Ryusei Yamanaka GasGas 1:39.847 1:39.187 1:38.889
Source : OFFICIAL MOTO3 COMBINED PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid		 Row
Q1[13] Q2[14]
1 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:28.931 1 1
2 1 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1:29.054 1:29.023 2
3 5 France Johann Zarco Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:29.144 3
4 43 Australia Jack Miller KTM Qualified in Q2 1:29.161 4 2
5 33 South Africa Brad Binder KTM Qualified in Q2 1:29.171 5
6 89 Spain Jorge Martín Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:29.182 6
7 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:29.223 7 3
8 73 Spain Álex Márquez Ducati 1:29.196 1:29.261 8
9 93 Spain Marc Márquez Honda Qualified in Q2 1:29.275 9
10 25 Spain Raúl Fernández Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:29.438 10 4
11 49 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:29.510 11
12 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:29.797 12
13 37 Spain Augusto Fernández KTM 1:29.233 N/A 13 5
14 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati 1:29.389 N/A 14 6
15 20 France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1:29.613 N/A 15 5
16 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1:29.864 N/A 16
17 10 Italy Luca Marini Ducati 1:29.901 N/A 17 6
18 44 Spain Pol Espargaró KTM 1:29.953 N/A 18
19 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1:30.045 N/A 19 7
20 42 Spain Álex Rins Honda 1:30.257 N/A 20
21 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1:31.044 N/A 21
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto2

Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid		 Row
Q1[15] Q2[16]
1 40 Spain Arón Canet Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:33.314 1 1
2 54 Spain Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro Qualified in Q2 1:33.488 2
3 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:33.508 3
4 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:33.573 4 2
5 96 United Kingdom Jake Dixon Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:33.648 5
6 37 Spain Pedro Acosta Kalex Qualified in Q2 1:33.762 6
7 16 United States Joe Roberts Kalex 1:33.944 1:33.773 7 3
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto3

Collin Veijer set the pole position 1:38.311 and was the fastest rider at this session ahead of Ayumu Sasaki and Deniz Öncü.[17][18]

MotoGP Sprint

Podium finishers of the sprint

The MotoGP Sprint was held on 25 November.

Pos. No. Rider Team Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 89 Spain Jorge Martín Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 13 19:38.827 6 12
2 33 South Africa Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 13 +0.190 5 9
3 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 13 +2.122 9 7
4 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia Racing Aprilia 13 +3.106 1 6
5 1 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 13 +4.253 2 5
6 49 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 13 +4.400 11 4
7 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 13 +4.502 7 3
8 73 Spain Álex Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 13 +5.578 8 2
9 5 France Johann Zarco Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 13 +5.910 3 1
10 37 Spain Augusto Fernández GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 13 +6.095 13
11 25 Spain Raúl Fernández CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 13 +7.674 10
12 43 Australia Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 13 +8.098 4
13 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Aprilia 13 +9.513 12
14 44 Spain Pol Espargaró GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 13 +12.453 18
15 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 13 +12.599 14
16 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 13 +13.787 16
17 10 Italy Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 13 +13.887[b] 17
18 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 13 +14.943[b] 19
19 42 Spain Álex Rins LCR Honda Castrol Honda 13 +20.378 20
20 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 13 +25.017 21
Ret 20 France Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 4 Accident 15
DNS 36 Spain Joan Mir Repsol Honda Team Honda Did not start
Fastest sprint lap: Spain Marc Márquez (Honda) – 1:29.809 (lap 4)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT
  • Joan Mir was declared unfit due to neck pain from a crash in Free Practice 1 and withdrew from the rest of the weekend.[19]

Warm up practice

MotoGP

Johann Zarco set the best time 1:29.984 and was the fastest rider at this session ahead of Brad Binder and Jorge Martín.[20]

Race

MotoGP

Pos. No. Rider Team Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 27 40:58.535 1 25
2 5 France Johann Zarco Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +0.360 2 20
3 33 South Africa Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +2.347 5 16
4 49 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 27 +3.176[c] 11 13
5 25 Spain Raúl Fernández CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 27 +4.636 10 11
6 73 Spain Álex Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 27 +4.708 8 10
7 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +4.736 19 9
8 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Aprilia 27 +8.014 12 8
9 10 Italy Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 27 +9.486 17 7
10 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia Racing Aprilia 27 +10.556 4[a] 6
11 20 France Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +12.001 15 5
12 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 27 +21.695 16 4
13 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team Aprilia 27 +43.297 21 3
14 44 Spain Pol Espargaró GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 25 +2 laps 18 2
Ret 42 Spain Álex Rins LCR Honda Castrol Honda 19 Accident 20
Ret 43 Australia Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 18 Accident 3
Ret 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 9 Accident 14
Ret 37 Spain Augusto Fernández GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 9 Accident 13
Ret 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 5 Collision 9
Ret 89 Spain Jorge Martín Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 5 Collision 6
Ret 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 0 Accident 7
DNS 36 Spain Joan Mir Repsol Honda Team Honda Did not start
Fastest lap: South Africa Brad Binder (KTM) – 1:30.145 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2

Pos. No. Rider Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 54 Spain Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro 22 34:33.384 2 25
2 40 Spain Arón Canet Kalex 22 +3.986 1 20
3 21 Spain Alonso López Boscoscuro 22 +6.455 14 16
4 24 Spain Marcos Ramírez Kalex 22 +6.476 3 13
5 35 Thailand Somkiat Chantra Kalex 22 +7.060 10 11
6 96 United Kingdom Jake Dixon Kalex 22 +7.864 5 10
7 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex 22 +8.924 4 9
8 16 United States Joe Roberts Kalex 22 +11.842 7 8
9 71 Italy Dennis Foggia Kalex 22 +12.096 12 7
10 75 Spain Albert Arenas Kalex 22 +12.549 9 6
11 79 Japan Ai Ogura Kalex 22 +13.527 17 5
12 37 Spain Pedro Acosta Kalex 22 +14.044 6 4
13 18 Spain Manuel González Kalex 22 +15.570 18 3
14 7 Belgium Barry Baltus Kalex 22 +15.861 16 2
15 52 Spain Jeremy Alcoba Kalex 22 +18.539 23 1
16 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Kalex 22 +18.608 19
17 12 Czech Republic Filip Salač Kalex 22 +25.356 8
18 84 Netherlands Zonta van den Goorbergh Kalex 22 +26.716 20
19 44 Italy Matteo Ferrari Kalex 22 +31.074 24
20 15 South Africa Darryn Binder Kalex 22 +33.307 25
21 33 United Kingdom Rory Skinner Kalex 22 +35.853 26
22 23 Japan Taiga Hada Kalex 22 +36.352 29
23 17 Spain Álex Escrig Forward 22 +36.955 22
24 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 22 +41.137 27
25 9 Italy Mattia Casadei Kalex 22 +42.309 30
26 4 United States Sean Dylan Kelly Forward 22 +55.828 32
Ret 45 Spain Héctor Garzó NTS 16 Accident 28
Ret 13 Italy Celestino Vietti Kalex 6 Accident damage 11
Ret 3 Germany Lukas Tulovic Kalex 4 Accident 21
Ret 11 Spain Sergio García Kalex 0 Accident 13
Ret 28 Spain Izan Guevara Kalex 0 Accident 15
Ret 5 Japan Kohta Nozane Kalex 0 Accident 31
Fastest lap: Spain Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro) – 1:33.665 (lap 8)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

Pos. No. Rider Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna 20 33:03.409 2 25
2 80 Colombia David Alonso Gas Gas 20 +0.082 5 20
3 48 Spain Iván Ortolá KTM 20 +0.128 6 16
4 95 Netherlands Collin Veijer Husqvarna 20 +0.266 1 13
5 53 Turkey Deniz Öncü KTM 20 +0.384 3 11
6 99 Spain José Antonio Rueda KTM 20 +3.589 7 10
7 66 Australia Joel Kelso CFMoto 20 +4.623 4 9
8 96 Spain Daniel Holgado KTM 20 +6.105 18 8
9 44 Spain David Muñoz KTM 20 +6.305 9 7
10 6 Japan Ryusei Yamanaka Gas Gas 20 +6.907 10 6
11 72 Japan Taiyo Furusato Honda 20 +9.166 16 5
12 7 Italy Filippo Farioli KTM 20 +9.663 14 4
13 5 Spain Jaume Masià Honda 20 +10.446 8 3
14 31 Spain Adrián Fernández Honda 20 +10.556 12 2
15 82 Italy Stefano Nepa KTM 20 +11.462 11 1
16 55 Italy Romano Fenati Honda 20 +13.966 20
17 54 Italy Riccardo Rossi Honda 20 +14.000 15
18 18 Italy Matteo Bertelle Honda 20 +25.472 19
19 43 Spain Xavier Artigas CFMoto 20 +28.354 22
20 27 Japan Kaito Toba Honda 20 +28.420 21
21 38 Spain David Salvador KTM 20 +33.908 23
22 69 Spain Marcos Ruda Husqvarna 20 +36.632 25
23 64 Indonesia Mario Aji Honda 20 +36.785 26
Ret 20 France Lorenzo Fellon KTM 2 Accident 24
Ret 21 Spain Vicente Pérez KTM 0 Accident 13
Ret 10 Brazil Diogo Moreira KTM 0 Accident 17
DNS 63 Malaysia Syarifuddin Azman KTM Did not start
DNS 19 United Kingdom Scott Ogden Honda Did not start
WD 92 Spain David Almansa Husqvarna Withdrew
Fastest lap: Colombia David Alonso (Gas Gas) – 1:38.438 (lap 14)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT
  • Syarifuddin Azman suffered a fractured right wrist from a crash in Practice 2 and withdrew from the weekend.[21]
  • Scott Ogden suffered a dislocated shoulder from a crash in Practice 3 and withdrew from the weekend.[22]
  • David Almansa was entered as a wildcard, but suffered an injury in Practice 1 and was replaced for the rest of the weekend by Marcos Ruda.[22]

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[23][24][25]

MotoGP

Moto2

Moto3

Notes

References

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