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Race 20 of 20 races in the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 26 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit Ricardo Tormo Cheste, Valencia, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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 | ||
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FP1[4] | FP2[5] | |||||
1 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Ducati | 1:30.490 | 1:30.167 | |
2 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Ducati | 1:30.857 | 1:30.186 | |
3 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 1:30.191 | 1:30.445 | |
4 | 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1:30.969 | 1:30.193 | |
5 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 1:30.564 | 1:30.213 | |
6 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | 1:30.556 | 1:30.217 | |
7 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Ducati | 1:30.450 | 1:30.272 | |
8 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1:31.252 | 1:30.274 | |
9 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | 1:30.534 | 1:30.314 | |
10 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | Aprilia | 1:31.046 | 1:30.330 | |
11 | 49 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Ducati | 1:30.378 | 1:30.403 | |
12 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati | 1:30.811 | 1:30.482 | |
13 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | KTM | 1:30.567 | 1:30.614 | |
14 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 1:31.112 | 1:30.587 | |
15 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 1:31.514 | 1:31.600 | |
16 | 10 | Luca Marini | Ducati | 1:31.297 | 1:30.701 | |
17 | 43 | Jack Miller | KTM | 1:30.901 | 1:30.702 | |
18 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1:31.443 | 1:30.821 | |
19 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1:30.874 | 1:30.891 | |
20 | 42 | Álex Rins | Honda | 1:31.488 | 1:30.970 | |
21 | 36 | Joan Mir | Honda | 1:31.553 | ||
22 | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 1:31.997 | 1:31.769 | |
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT |
The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2.
Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | |||
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Time results[6] | ||||||
1 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | 1:29.142 | ||
2 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Ducati | 1:29.289 | ||
3 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 1:29.296 | ||
4 | 49 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Ducati | 1:29.395 | ||
5 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Ducati | 1:29.396 | ||
6 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1:29.402 | ||
7 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 1:29.459 | ||
8 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | Aprilia | 1:29.470 | ||
9 | 43 | Jack Miller | KTM | 1:29.481 | ||
10 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 1:29.571 | ||
11 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati | 1:29.573 | ||
12 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Ducati | 1:29.614 | ||
13 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | 1:29.615 | ||
14 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 1:29.775 | ||
15 | 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1:29.801 | ||
16 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1:30.002 | ||
17 | 10 | Luca Marini | Ducati | 1:30.343 | ||
18 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | KTM | 1:30.445 | ||
19 | 42 | Álex Rins | Honda | 1:30.464 | ||
20 | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 1:30.795 | ||
21 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1.30.940 | ||
36 | Joan Mir | Honda | NC | |||
OFFICIAL MOTOGP PRACTICE TIMES REPORT |
The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2.
Fastest session lap |
Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Free practice times | ||
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P1[7] | P2[8] | P3[9] | ||||
1 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 1:34.185 | 1:33.900 | 1:33.264 |
2 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Kalex | 1:34.399 | 1:34.122 | 1:33.429 |
3 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1:33.238 | 1:32.686 | 1:33.035 |
4 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 1:34.838 | 1:33.472 | 1:32.708 |
5 | 21 | Alonso López | Boscoscuro | 1:34.938 | 1:34.354 | 1:33.751 |
6 | 37 | Pedro Acosta | Kalex | 1:34.024 | 1:33.768 | 1:34.103 |
7 | 18 | Manuel González | Kalex | 1:35.182 | 1:34.470 | 1:33.856 |
8 | 40 | Arón Canet | Kalex | 1:34.200 | 1:33.951 | 1:33.889 |
9 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 1:34.496 | 1:34.004 | 1:33.193 |
10 | 71 | Dennis Foggia | Kalex | 1:34.540 | 1:34.317 | 1:33.923 |
11 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | 1:34.637 | 1:35.054 | 1:33.956 |
Source : OFFICIAL MOTO2 COMBINED PRACTICE TIMES REPORT |
The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2.
Fastest session lap |
Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Practice times | ||
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P1[10] | P2[11] | P3[12] | ||||
1 | 66 | Joel Kelso | CFMoto | 1:40.161 | 1:39.080 | 1:38.569 |
2 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Husqvarna | 1:39.956 | 1:39.434 | 1:38.623 |
3 | 96 | Daniel Holgado | KTM | 1:38.919 | 1:38.706 | 1:38.669 |
4 | 21 | Vicente Pérez | KTM | 1:40.605 | 1:39.312 | 1:38.733 |
5 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | GasGas | 1:39.847 | 1:39.187 | 1:38.889 |
Source : OFFICIAL MOTO3 COMBINED PRACTICE TIMES REPORT |
Fastest session lap |
Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid |
Row | |
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Q1[13] | Q2[14] | ||||||
1 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | Qualified in Q2 | 1:28.931 | 1 | 1 |
2 | 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1:29.054 | 1:29.023 | 2 | |
3 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:29.144 | 3 | |
4 | 43 | Jack Miller | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:29.161 | 4 | 2 |
5 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:29.171 | 5 | |
6 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:29.182 | 6 | |
7 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:29.223 | 7 | 3 |
8 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Ducati | 1:29.196 | 1:29.261 | 8 | |
9 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:29.275 | 9 | |
10 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | Aprilia | Qualified in Q2 | 1:29.438 | 10 | 4 |
11 | 49 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:29.510 | 11 | |
12 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | Qualified in Q2 | 1:29.797 | 12 | |
13 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | KTM | 1:29.233 | N/A | 13 | 5 |
14 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati | 1:29.389 | N/A | 14 | 6 |
15 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | 1:29.613 | N/A | 15 | 5 |
16 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1:29.864 | N/A | 16 | |
17 | 10 | Luca Marini | Ducati | 1:29.901 | N/A | 17 | 6 |
18 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1:29.953 | N/A | 18 | |
19 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 1:30.045 | N/A | 19 | 7 |
20 | 42 | Álex Rins | Honda | 1:30.257 | N/A | 20 | |
21 | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 1:31.044 | N/A | 21 | |
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS |
Fastest session lap |
Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid |
Row | |
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Q1[15] | Q2[16] | ||||||
1 | 40 | Arón Canet | Kalex | Qualified in Q2 | 1:33.314 | 1 | 1 |
2 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | Qualified in Q2 | 1:33.488 | 2 | |
3 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Kalex | Qualified in Q2 | 1:33.508 | 3 | |
4 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | Qualified in Q2 | 1:33.573 | 4 | 2 |
5 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | Qualified in Q2 | 1:33.648 | 5 | |
6 | 37 | Pedro Acosta | Kalex | Qualified in Q2 | 1:33.762 | 6 | |
7 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 1:33.944 | 1:33.773 | 7 | 3 |
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS |
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]
The MotoGP Sprint was held on 25 November.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati | 13 | 19:38.827 | 6 | 12 |
2 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 13 | +0.190 | 5 | 9 |
3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 13 | +2.122 | 9 | 7 |
4 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 13 | +3.106 | 1 | 6 |
5 | 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 13 | +4.253 | 2 | 5 |
6 | 49 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 13 | +4.400 | 11 | 4 |
7 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 13 | +4.502 | 7 | 3 |
8 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 13 | +5.578 | 8 | 2 |
9 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati | 13 | +5.910 | 3 | 1 |
10 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM | 13 | +6.095 | 13 | |
11 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team | Aprilia | 13 | +7.674 | 10 | |
12 | 43 | Jack Miller | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 13 | +8.098 | 4 | |
13 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 13 | +9.513 | 12 | |
14 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM | 13 | +12.453 | 18 | |
15 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 13 | +12.599 | 14 | |
16 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 13 | +13.787 | 16 | |
17 | 10 | Luca Marini | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 13 | +13.887[b] | 17 | |
18 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 13 | +14.943[b] | 19 | |
19 | 42 | Álex Rins | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 13 | +20.378 | 20 | |
20 | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team | Aprilia | 13 | +25.017 | 21 | |
Ret | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 15 | |
DNS | 36 | Joan Mir | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | Did not start | |||
Fastest sprint lap: Marc Márquez (Honda) – 1:29.809 (lap 4) | ||||||||
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT |
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]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 27 | 40:58.535 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +0.360 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +2.347 | 5 | 16 |
4 | 49 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 27 | +3.176[c] | 11 | 13 |
5 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team | Aprilia | 27 | +4.636 | 10 | 11 |
6 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati | 27 | +4.708 | 8 | 10 |
7 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +4.736 | 19 | 9 |
8 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 27 | +8.014 | 12 | 8 |
9 | 10 | Luca Marini | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 27 | +9.486 | 17 | 7 |
10 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 27 | +10.556 | 4[a] | 6 |
11 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +12.001 | 15 | 5 |
12 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 27 | +21.695 | 16 | 4 |
13 | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team | Aprilia | 27 | +43.297 | 21 | 3 |
14 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM | 25 | +2 laps | 18 | 2 |
Ret | 42 | Álex Rins | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 19 | Accident | 20 | |
Ret | 43 | Jack Miller | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 18 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 9 | Accident | 14 | |
Ret | 37 | Augusto Fernández | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM | 9 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 5 | Collision | 9 | |
Ret | 89 | Jorge Martín | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati | 5 | Collision | 6 | |
Ret | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | Ducati | 0 | Accident | 7 | |
DNS | 36 | Joan Mir | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | Did not start | |||
Fastest lap: Brad Binder (KTM) – 1:30.145 (lap 3) | ||||||||
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 22 | 34:33.384 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 40 | Arón Canet | Kalex | 22 | +3.986 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 21 | Alonso López | Boscoscuro | 22 | +6.455 | 14 | 16 |
4 | 24 | Marcos Ramírez | Kalex | 22 | +6.476 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 22 | +7.060 | 10 | 11 |
6 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 22 | +7.864 | 5 | 10 |
7 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 22 | +8.924 | 4 | 9 |
8 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 22 | +11.842 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 71 | Dennis Foggia | Kalex | 22 | +12.096 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | 22 | +12.549 | 9 | 6 |
11 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 22 | +13.527 | 17 | 5 |
12 | 37 | Pedro Acosta | Kalex | 22 | +14.044 | 6 | 4 |
13 | 18 | Manuel González | Kalex | 22 | +15.570 | 18 | 3 |
14 | 7 | Barry Baltus | Kalex | 22 | +15.861 | 16 | 2 |
15 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Kalex | 22 | +18.539 | 23 | 1 |
16 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 22 | +18.608 | 19 | |
17 | 12 | Filip Salač | Kalex | 22 | +25.356 | 8 | |
18 | 84 | Zonta van den Goorbergh | Kalex | 22 | +26.716 | 20 | |
19 | 44 | Matteo Ferrari | Kalex | 22 | +31.074 | 24 | |
20 | 15 | Darryn Binder | Kalex | 22 | +33.307 | 25 | |
21 | 33 | Rory Skinner | Kalex | 22 | +35.853 | 26 | |
22 | 23 | Taiga Hada | Kalex | 22 | +36.352 | 29 | |
23 | 17 | Álex Escrig | Forward | 22 | +36.955 | 22 | |
24 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 22 | +41.137 | 27 | |
25 | 9 | Mattia Casadei | Kalex | 22 | +42.309 | 30 | |
26 | 4 | Sean Dylan Kelly | Forward | 22 | +55.828 | 32 | |
Ret | 45 | Héctor Garzó | NTS | 16 | Accident | 28 | |
Ret | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 6 | Accident damage | 11 | |
Ret | 3 | Lukas Tulovic | Kalex | 4 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 11 | Sergio García | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 28 | Izan Guevara | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 15 | |
Ret | 5 | Kohta Nozane | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 31 | |
Fastest lap: Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro) – 1:33.665 (lap 8) | |||||||
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Husqvarna | 20 | 33:03.409 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 80 | David Alonso | Gas Gas | 20 | +0.082 | 5 | 20 |
3 | 48 | Iván Ortolá | KTM | 20 | +0.128 | 6 | 16 |
4 | 95 | Collin Veijer | Husqvarna | 20 | +0.266 | 1 | 13 |
5 | 53 | Deniz Öncü | KTM | 20 | +0.384 | 3 | 11 |
6 | 99 | José Antonio Rueda | KTM | 20 | +3.589 | 7 | 10 |
7 | 66 | Joel Kelso | CFMoto | 20 | +4.623 | 4 | 9 |
8 | 96 | Daniel Holgado | KTM | 20 | +6.105 | 18 | 8 |
9 | 44 | David Muñoz | KTM | 20 | +6.305 | 9 | 7 |
10 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | Gas Gas | 20 | +6.907 | 10 | 6 |
11 | 72 | Taiyo Furusato | Honda | 20 | +9.166 | 16 | 5 |
12 | 7 | Filippo Farioli | KTM | 20 | +9.663 | 14 | 4 |
13 | 5 | Jaume Masià | Honda | 20 | +10.446 | 8 | 3 |
14 | 31 | Adrián Fernández | Honda | 20 | +10.556 | 12 | 2 |
15 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 20 | +11.462 | 11 | 1 |
16 | 55 | Romano Fenati | Honda | 20 | +13.966 | 20 | |
17 | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | Honda | 20 | +14.000 | 15 | |
18 | 18 | Matteo Bertelle | Honda | 20 | +25.472 | 19 | |
19 | 43 | Xavier Artigas | CFMoto | 20 | +28.354 | 22 | |
20 | 27 | Kaito Toba | Honda | 20 | +28.420 | 21 | |
21 | 38 | David Salvador | KTM | 20 | +33.908 | 23 | |
22 | 69 | Marcos Ruda | Husqvarna | 20 | +36.632 | 25 | |
23 | 64 | Mario Aji | Honda | 20 | +36.785 | 26 | |
Ret | 20 | Lorenzo Fellon | KTM | 2 | Accident | 24 | |
Ret | 21 | Vicente Pérez | KTM | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 10 | Diogo Moreira | KTM | 0 | Accident | 17 | |
DNS | 63 | Syarifuddin Azman | KTM | Did not start | |||
DNS | 19 | Scott Ogden | Honda | Did not start | |||
WD | 92 | David Almansa | Husqvarna | Withdrew | |||
Fastest lap: David Alonso (Gas Gas) – 1:38.438 (lap 14) | |||||||
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT |
Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[23][24][25]
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