2023 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 20 races in the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 October 2023
Official name	Motul Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Mobility Resort Motegi Motegi,Japan
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Jorge Martín Ducati Time 1:43.198 Fastest lap Rider Johann Zarco Ducati Time 1:55.903 on lap 3 Podium First Jorge Martín Ducati Second Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Third Marc Márquez Honda
Moto2
Pole position Rider Somkiat Chantra Kalex Time 1:49.898 Fastest lap Rider Somkiat Chantra Kalex Time 1:50.679 on lap 3 Podium First Somkiat Chantra Kalex Second Ai Ogura Kalex Third Pedro Acosta Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Jaume Masià Honda Time 1:56.331 Fastest lap Rider Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna Time 1:57.064 on lap 3 Podium First Jaume Masià Honda Second Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna Third Daniel Holgado KTM

The2023 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as theMotul Grand Prix of Japan) was the fourteenth round of the2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at theMobility Resort Motegi inMotegi on 1 October 2023.

AfterSomkiat Chantra's win in the Moto2 class,Kalex secured its eleventh straightConstructors' Championship.^[1]

Free Practice sessions on Friday and Saturday do not determine riders to qualify for Q2.

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Free practice times
				FP1[2]	FP2[3]
1	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1:45.510	1:44.622
2	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:45.631	1:44.989
3	43	Jack Miller	KTM	1:45.902	1:45.007
4	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:46.160	1:45.021
5	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:45.747	1:45.058
6	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:46.033	1:45.089
7	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	1:45.192	1:45.148
8	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:46.229	1:45.160
9	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1:45.966	1:45.185
10	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:45.819	1:45.186
11	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	1:46.198	1:45.202
12	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:46.027	1:45.245
13	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	1:45.330	1:45.318
14	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:45.952	1:45.335
15	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:46.018	1:45.343
16	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:46.181	1:45.537
17	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1:45.685	1:45.862
18	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:46.334	1:46.009
19	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda		1:46.287
20	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	1:46.302	1:46.490
21	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	1:47.132	1:46.617
22	42	Álex Rins	Honda	1:47.587
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

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

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor
				Time results[4]
1	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:43.489
2	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:43.518
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:43.784
4	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	1:43.843
5	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1:43.945
6	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:43.947
7	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:44.062
8	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:44.117
9	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:44.219
10	43	Jack Miller	KTM	1:44.261
11	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	1:44.317
12	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1:44.428
13	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:44.520
14	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:44.574
15	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:44.657
16	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	1:44.709
17	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1:44.811
18	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:44.928
19	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	1:45.231
20	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	1:45.866
21	42	Álex Rins	Honda	1:47.236
OFFICIAL MOTOGP PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

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

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Free practice times
				P1[5]	P2[6]	P3[7]
1	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	1:50.477	1:50.396	1:49.978
2	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	1:51.226	1:50.804	1:50.255
3	37	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	1:50.617	1:50.646	1:50.382
4	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	1:51.368	1:50.433	1:51.020
5	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	1:51.682	1:50.546	1:50.486
6	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	1:51.295	1:51.563	1:50.586
7	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	1:51.382	1:51.095	1:50.628
8	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	1:51.888	1:50.818	1:50.646
9	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	1:51.414	1:51.678	1:50.676
10	18	Manuel González	Kalex	1:51.013	1:51.044	1:50.730
11	11	Sergio García	Kalex	1:51.926	1:52.227	1:50.739
12	71	Dennis Foggia	Kalex	1:52.005	1:51.025	1:50.849
13	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	1:51.671	1:51.362	1:50.894
14	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	1:50.925	1:51.712	1:50.926
15	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	1:51.531	1:51.358	1:50.943
16	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	1:51.221	1:51.399	1:50.997
17	28	Izan Guevara	Kalex	1:51.251	1:51.064	1:51.650
18	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	1:51.567	1:51.082	1:51.076
19	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro	1:51.619	1:51.237	1:51.183
20	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	1:51.926	1:51.636	1:51.201
21	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	1:51.810	1:51.604	1:51.281
22	15	Darryn Binder	Kalex	1:51.422	1:51.632	1:51.673
23	23	Taiga Hada	Kalex	1:51.773	1:51.769	1:51.468
24	5	Kohta Nozane	Kalex	1:52.676	1:51.711	1:51.544
25	33	Rory Skinner	Kalex	1:53.312	1:52.434	1:51.891
26	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Forward	1:52.647	1:52.411	1:51.992
27	67	Alberto Surra	Forward	1:52.472	1:52.018	1:53.107
28	9	Mattia Casadei	Kalex	1:54.490	1:53.029	1:52.404
29	72	Borja Gómez	Kalex	1:52.825	1:52.672	1:52.417
30	8	Senna Agius	Kalex	1:53.121	1:53.339	1:52.709
Source :OFFICIAL MOTO2 COMBINED PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

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

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Practice times
				P1[8]	P2[9]	P3[10]
1	5	Jaume Masià	Honda	1:57.495	1:57.068	1:56.148
2	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	1:57.756	1:57.226	1:56.632
3	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	1:58.111	1:57.277	1:56.660
4	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	1:57.260	1:58.722	1:56.661
5	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Gas Gas	1:57.915	1:57.524	1:56.813
6	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	1:57.735	1:57.191	1:56.900
7	44	David Muñoz	KTM	1:57.466	1:57.775	1:56.942
8	80	David Alonso	Gas Gas	1:57.773	1:57.672	1:57.007
9	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	1:58.787	1:57.384	1:57.028
10	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	1:57.745	1:57.311	1:57.131
11	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	1:58.323	1:57.676	1:57.156
12	18	Matteo Bertelle	Honda	1:58.056	1:58.503	1:57.171
13	82	Iván Ortolá	KTM	1:58.144	1:57.176	1:57.187
14	95	Collin Veijer	Husqvarna	1:59.074	1:57.747	1:57.250
15	66	Joel Kelso	CFMoto	1:58.612	1:58.065	1:57.252
16	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	1:58.700	1:57.591	1:57.315
17	99	José Antonio Rueda	KTM	1:58.736	1:57.473	1:57.350
18	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	1:58.485	1:57.742	1:57.532
19	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	1:59.432	1:58.169	1:57.784
20	92	David Almansa	Honda	1:58.681	1:57.812	1:58.354
21	63	Syarifuddin Azman	KTM	1:58.803	1:58.094	1:57.843
22	7	Filippo Farioli	KTM	1:58.548	1:58.499	1:58.030
23	64	Mario Aji	Honda	2:00.017	1:59.131	1:58.179
24	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	1:58.530	1:58.470	1:58.765
25	20	Lorenzo Fellon	KTM	1:59.481	1:59.659	1:58.765
26	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	1:59.394	1:59.171	1:58.944
27	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	1:59.841	1:59.267	1:59.016
Source :OFFICIAL MOTO3 COMBINED PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1[11]	Q2[12]
1	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:43.198	1	1
2	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:43.369	2
3	43	Jack Miller	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:43.551	3
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:43.624	4	2
5	33	Brad Binder	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:43.709	5
6	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:43.808	6
7	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:43.997	1:43.812	7	3
8	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:43.815	8
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:43.822	9
10	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:43.851	10	4
11	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1:44.049	1:44.054	11
12	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:44.096	12
13	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	1:44.129	N/A	13	5
14	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:44.138	N/A	14
15	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1:44.150	N/A	15
16	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	1:44.427	N/A	16	6
17	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:44.521	N/A	17
18	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:44.626	N/A	18
19	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	1:45.273	N/A	19	7
20	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:45.451	N/A	20
21	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	1:45.707	N/A	21
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

The MotoGP Sprint was held on 30 September.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	12	21:00.734	1	12
2	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	12	+1.390	5	9
3	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	12	+5.279	2	7
4	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	12	+6.194	3	6
5	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	12	+6.315	10	5
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	12	+8.919	4	4
7	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	12	+9.298	7	3
8	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	12	+10.189	6	2
9	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	12	+12.404	8	1
10	25	Raúl Fernández	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	12	+15.366	11
11	44	Pol Espargaró	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	12	+15.473	12
12	37	Augusto Fernández	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	12	+15.592	13
13	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	12	+17.052	15
14	88	Miguel Oliveira	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	12	+18.092	16
15	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	12	+19.333	14
16	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	12	+19.645	17
17	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	12	+21.862	18
18	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamalube RS4GP Racing Team	Yamaha	12	+26.026	19
19	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	12	+27.911	21
20	6	Stefan Bradl	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	12	+28.178	20
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	8	Cylinder bank	9
WD	42	Álex Rins	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda		Withdrew
Fastest sprint lap:Jorge Martín (Ducati) – 1:44.033 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT

• Álex Rins competed during the Friday practice sessions, but withdrew from the race citing right leg pain. He was replaced by Stefan Bradl for the rest of the weekend.

Jack Miller set the best time 1:46.047 and was the fastest rider at this session ahead ofMarc Márquez andFabio Quartararo.^[13]

The race, scheduled to be run for 24 laps, was red-flagged during lap 13 due to adverse weather conditions on the track. The race was supposed to be restarted over the remaining 12 full laps with the grid based on the classification after lap 12. However, the race was again red-flagged during the warm-up lap of the second race, and race direction decided not to start the race again. Per regulations, full points were awarded since 50% or more of the original race distance (i.e. 12 full laps) were completed.^[14]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	12	24:06.314	1	25
2	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	12	+1.413	2	20
3	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	12	+2.013	7	16
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	12	+2.943	4	13
5	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	12	+3.181	9	11
6	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	12	+6.837	3	10
7	37	Augusto Fernández	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	12	+7.587	13	9
8	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	12	+8.602	6	8
9	25	Raúl Fernández	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	12	+11.229	11	7
10	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	12	+12.244	14	6
11	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	12	+14.714	18	5
12	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	12	+14.924	15	4
13	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamalube RS4GP Racing Team	Yamaha	12	+16.057	19	3
14	6	Stefan Bradl	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	12	+17.253	20	2
15	44	Pol Espargaró	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	12	+24.921	12	1
16	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	12	+33.962	21
17	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	12	+1:14.934	17
18	88	Miguel Oliveira	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	11	+1 lap	16
19	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	11	+1 lap	8
NC	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	12	+6.191 / Accident	10
Ret	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	5	Accident	5
WD	42	Álex Rins	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda		Withdrew
Fastest lap:Johann Zarco (Ducati) – 1:55.903 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

• Johann Zarco crashed out during lap 13, but was able to return to the pits when the race was red-flagged. However, he was deemed ineligible to restart the race for returning to the pits in an improper manner (i.e. using a shortcut). Thus, he was not classified for the final results despite finishing sixth in lap 12 (the lap where the final results were based).^[15]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
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	24	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
Ret	11	Sergio García	Kalex	9	Accident	14
Ret	71	Dennis Foggia	Kalex	8	Accident	16
Ret	5	Kohta Nozane	Kalex	7	Accident	22
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	6	Accident	8
Fastest lap:Somkiat Chantra (Kalex) – 1:50.679 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Jaume Masià	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	11	David Alonso	Gas Gas	17	+8.959	9	9
8	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	17	+9.253	11	8
9	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Gas Gas	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[a]	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[a]	2
15	66	Joel Kelso	CFMoto	17	+13.905	18[a]	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	KTM	17	+31.587	26
22	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	17	+32.969	25
23	64	Mario Aji	Honda	17	+38.000	24
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	13	Accident damage	16
Ret	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	10	Accident damage	2
Ret	18	Matteo Bertelle	Honda	10	Accident	3
Ret	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	9	Accident	19
Fastest lap:Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna) – 1:57.064 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[16][17][18]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Francesco Bagnaia 319 2 Jorge Martín 316 3 Marco Bezzecchi 265 4 Brad Binder 201 5 Aleix Espargaró 171

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 490 2 KTM 272 3 Aprilia 240 1 4 Honda 142 1 5 Yamaha 131

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prima Pramac Racing 478 2 Mooney VR46 Racing Team 400 3 Ducati Lenovo Team 354 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 326 5 Aprilia Racing 310

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Pedro Acosta 252 2 Tony Arbolino 202 3 Jake Dixon 159 4 Arón Canet 124 5 Alonso López 119

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 345 2 Boscoscuro 162 3 Forward 1

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 313 2 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 276 2 3 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 209 1 4 Beta Tools Speed Up 207 1 5 Pons Wegow Los40 200

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 1 Jaume Masià 199 1 2 Ayumu Sasaki 193 2 3 Daniel Holgado 190 4 David Alonso 160 5 Deniz Öncü 147

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 288 2 Honda 240 3 Husqvarna 198 4 Gas Gas 177 5 CFMoto 71

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 256 1 2 Leopard Racing 249 2 3 Red Bull KTM Ajo 247 4 Angeluss MTA Team 235 5 Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team 222

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