MotoGP 2023
Round 14 – Japanese Grand Prix
MotoGP FP1
Joan Mir had a fall halfway through the session while Jorge Martin went down at turn three while on top of the time-sheets with just under ten-minutes left on the shot clock.
Martin was back out again before the end of the session but failed to improve on his 1m45.192, however that time was still good enough to top the session ahead of Augusto Fernandez and Marco Bezzechi, that pair pushing Bagnaia back to fourth late in the session.
Both Brad Binder and Jack Miller both had the new KTM carbon-fibre frame at their disposal. Binder started the session on the new frame while Jack’s first run was on the previous frame before then stepping onto the new chassis for his second run. Binder ended the session in sixth and Miller eighth.
Marc Marquez tried two quite drastically different set-ups in the morning session and ended up 13th, eight-tenths from Martin’s early benchmark. His Repsol Honda team-mate Joan Mir was three-tenths quicker in fifth.
MotoGP FP1 Resuts
| Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Jorge MARTIN | DUCATI | 1m45.192 |
| 2 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | KTM | +0.138 |
| 3 | Marco BEZZECCHI | DUCATI | +0.318 |
| 4 | Francesco BAGNAIA | DUCATI | +0.439 |
| 5 | Joan MIR | HONDA | +0.493 |
| 6 | Brad BINDER | KTM | +0.555 |
| 7 | Maverick VIÑALES | APRILIA | +0.627 |
| 8 | Jack MILLER | KTM | +0.710 |
| 9 | Fabio QUARTARARO | YAMAHA | +0.760 |
| 10 | Raul FERNANDEZ | APRILIA | +0.774 |
| 11 | Johann ZARCO | DUCATI | +0.826 |
| 12 | Franco MORBIDELLI | YAMAHA | +0.835 |
| 13 | Marc MARQUEZ | HONDA | +0.841 |
| 14 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | DUCATI | +0.968 |
| 15 | Pol ESPARGARO | KTM | +0.989 |
| 16 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | APRILIA | +1.006 |
| 17 | Aleix ESPARGARO | APRILIA | +1.037 |
| 18 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | YAMAHA | +1.110 |
| 19 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | HONDA | +1.142 |
| 20 | Michele PIRRO | DUCATI | +1.940 |
| 21 | Alex RINS | HONDA | +2.395 |
MotoGP Championship Points
| Pos | Rider | Points |
| 1 | BAGNAIA | 292 |
| 2 | MARTIN | 279 |
| 3 | BEZZECCHI | 248 |
| 4 | BINDER | 192 |
| 5 | ESPARGARO | 160 |
| 6 | ZARCO | 157 |
| 7 | VIÑALES | 138 |
| 8 | MARINI | 135 |
| 9 | MILLER | 109 |
| 10 | MARQUEZ | 108 |
| 11 | QUARTARARO | 105 |
| 12 | MORBIDELLI | 77 |
| 13 | OLIVEIRA | 69 |
| 14 | FERNANDEZ | 58 |
| 15 | RINS | 47 |
| 16 | MARQUEZ | 45 |
| 17 | DI GIANNANTONIO | 43 |
| 18 | NAKAGAMI | 40 |
| 19 | PEDROSA | 32 |
| 20 | FERNANDEZ | 29 |
| 21 | BASTIANINI | 25 |
| 22 | MIR | 16 |
| 23 | ESPARGARO | 11 |
| 24 | SAVADORI | 9 |
| 25 | 25 FOLGER | 9 |
| 26 | 26 BRADL | 6 |
| 27 | 27 PIRRO | 5 |
| 28 | 28 PETRUCCI | 5 |
| 29 | 29 LECUONA | 0 |
Moto2 FP1
| Pos | Rider | Bike | TIme/Gap |
| 1 | Somkiat CHANTRA | KALEX | 1m50.477 |
| 2 | Pedro ACOSTA | KALEX | +0.140 |
| 3 | Filip SALAC | KALEX | +0.448 |
| 4 | Manuel GONZALEZ | KALEX | +0.536 |
| 5 | Jake DIXON | KALEX | +0.744 |
| 6 | Ai OGURA | KALEX | +0.749 |
| 7 | Izan GUEVARA | KALEX | +0.774 |
| 8 | Fermín ALDEGUER | BOSCOSCURO | +0.818 |
| 9 | Aron CANET | KALEX | +0.891 |
| 10 | Joe ROBERTS | KALEX | +0.905 |
| 11 | Tony ARBOLINO | KALEX | +0.937 |
| 12 | Darryn BINDER | KALEX | +0.945 |
| 13 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | KALEX | +1.054 |
| 14 | Albert ARENAS | KALEX | +1.090 |
| 15 | Alonso LOPEZ | BOSCOSCURO | +1.142 |
| 16 | Barry BALTUS | KALEX | +1.194 |
| 17 | Sam LOWES | KALEX | +1.205 |
| 18 | Taiga HADA | KALEX | +1.296 |
| 19 | Jeremy ALCOBA | KALEX | +1.333 |
| 20 | Marcos RAMIREZ | KALEX | +1.411 |
| 21 | Sergio GARCIA | KALEX | +1.449 |
| 22 | Zonta VD GOORBERGH | KALEX | +1.449 |
| 23 | Dennis FOGGIA | KALEX | +1.528 |
| 24 | Alberto SURRA | FORWARD | +1.995 |
| 25 | Sean Dylan KELLY | FORWARD | +2.170 |
| 26 | Kohta NOZANE | KALEX | +2.199 |
| 27 | Borja GOMEZ | KALEX | +2.348 |
| 28 | Senna AGIUS | KALEX | +2.644 |
| 29 | Rory SKINNER | KALEX | +2.835 |
| 30 | Mattia CASADEI | KALEX | +4.013 |
Moto2 Championship Points
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Points |
| 1 | ACOSTA Pedro | SPA | 236 |
| 2 | ARBOLINO Tony | ITA | 197 |
| 3 | DIXON Jake | GBR | 146 |
| 4 | CANET Aron | SPA | 116 |
| 5 | LOPEZ Alonso | SPA | 116 |
| 6 | VIETTI Celestino | ITA | 106 |
| 7 | SALAC Filip | CZE | 97 |
| 8 | GONZALEZ Manuel | SPA | 94 |
| 9 | CHANTRA Somkiat | THA | 89 |
| 10 | ALDEGUER Fermín | SPA | 88 |
| 11 | GARCIA Sergio | SPA | 76 |
| 12 | OGURA Ai | JPN | 75 |
| 13 | LOWES Sam | GBR | 74 |
| 14 | ARENAS Albert | SPA | 61 |
| 15 | ROBERTS Joe | USA | 56 |
| 16 | BALTUS Barry | BEL | 47 |
| 17 | ALCOBA Jeremy | SPA | 33 |
| 18 | BENDSNEYDER Bo | NED | 22 |
| 19 | BINDER Darryn | RSA | 22 |
| 20 | FOGGIA Dennis | ITA | 18 |
| 21 | TULOVIC Lukas | GER | 12 |
| 22 | RAMIREZ Marcos | SPA | 11 |
| 23 | PASINI Mattia | ITA | 11 |
| 24 | VD GOORBERGH Zonta | NED | 10 |
| 25 | GUEVARA Izan | SPA | 6 |
| 26 | KELLY Sean Dylan | USA | 1 |
| 27 | GOMEZ Borja | SPA | 0 |
| 28 | TORRES Jordi | SPA | 0 |
| 29 | SURRA Alberto | ITA | 0 |
| 30 | TATAY Carlos | SPA | 0 |
| 31 | SKINNER Rory | GBR | 0 |
| 32 | ESCRIG Alex | SPA | 0 |
| 33 | DALLA PORTA Lorenzo | ITA | 0 |
| 34 | HADA Taiga | JPN | 0 |
| 35 | AGIUS Senna | AUS | 0 |
| 36 | RATO Mattia | ITA | 0 |
| 37 | NOZANE Kohta | JPN | 0 |
| 38 | MINAMIMOTO Soichiro | JPN | 0 |
| 39 | DANIEL Kasma | MAL | 0 |
| 40 | RUIZ Yeray | SPA | 0 |
| 41 | SANCHIS David | SPA | 0 |
Moto3 FP1
| Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Diogo MOREIRA | KTM | 1m57.260 |
| 2 | David MUÑOZ | KTM | +0.206 |
| 3 | Jaume MASIA | HONDA | +0.235 |
| 4 | Ayumu SASAKI | HUSQVARNA | +0.475 |
| 5 | Stefano NEPA | KTM | +0.485 |
| 6 | Daniel HOLGADO | KTM | +0.496 |
| 7 | David ALONSO | GASGAS | +0.513 |
| 8 | Ryusei YAMANAKA | GASGAS | +0.655 |
| 9 | Matteo BERTELLE | HONDA | +0.796 |
| 10 | Deniz ÖNCÜ | KTM | +0.851 |
| 11 | Ivan ORTOLÁ | KTM | +0.884 |
| 12 | Tatsuki SUZUKI | HONDA | +1.063 |
| 13 | Riccardo ROSSI | HONDA | +1.225 |
| 14 | Xavier ARTIGAS | CFMOTO | +1.270 |
| 15 | Filippo FARIOLI | KTM | +1.288 |
| 16 | Joel KELSO | CFMOTO | +1.352 |
| 17 | David ALMANSA | HONDA | +1.421 |
| 18 | Taiyo FURUSATO | HONDA | +1.440 |
| 19 | José Antonio RUEDA | KTM | +1.476 |
| 20 | Kaito TOBA | HONDA | +1.527 |
| 21 | Syarifuddin AZMAN | KTM | +1.543 |
| 22 | Collin VEIJER | HUSQVARNA | +1.814 |
| 23 | Joshua WHATLEY | HONDA | +2.134 |
| 24 | Scott OGDEN | HONDA | +2.172 |
| 25 | Lorenzo FELLON | KTM | +2.221 |
| 26 | Ana CARRASCO | KTM | +2.581 |
| 27 | Mario AJI | HONDA | +2.757 |
Moto3 Championship Points
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Points |
| 1 | HOLGADO Daniel | SPA | 174 |
| 2 | MASIA Jaume | SPA | 174 |
| 3 | SASAKI Ayumu | JPN | 173 |
| 4 | ALONSO David | COL | 151 |
| 5 | ÖNCÜ Deniz | TUR | 146 |
| 6 | ORTOLÁ Ivan | SPA | 140 |
| 7 | MOREIRA Diogo | BRA | 101 |
| 8 | RUEDA José Antonio | SPA | 94 |
| 9 | TOBA Kaito | JPN | 79 |
| 10 | NEPA Stefano | ITA | 77 |
| 11 | MUÑOZ David | SPA | 76 |
| 12 | ARTIGAS Xavier | SPA | 64 |
| 13 | VEIJER Collin | NED | 58 |
| 14 | YAMANAKA Ryusei | JPN | 55 |
| 15 | SUZUKI Tatsuki | JPN | 50 |
| 16 | ROSSI Riccardo | ITA | 42 |
| 17 | SALVADOR David | SPA | 31 |
| 18 | FENATI Romano | ITA | 29 |
| 19 | OGDEN Scott | GBR | 20 |
| 20 | BERTELLE Matteo | ITA | 20 |
| 21 | KELSO Joel | AUS | 19 |
| 22 | MIGNO Andrea | ITA | 17 |
| 23 | FURUSATO Taiyo | JPN | 13 |
| 24 | FARIOLI Filippo | ITA | 7 |
| 25 | AZMAN Syarifuddin | MAL | 5 |
| 26 | AJI Mario | INA | 4 |
| 27 | WHATLEY Joshua | GBR | 1 |
| 28 | FERNANDEZ Adrian | SPA | 0 |
| 29 | ALMANSA David | SPA | 0 |
| 30 | FELLON Lorenzo | FRA | 0 |
| 31 | CARRASCO Ana | SPA | 0 |
| 32 | LUNETTA Luca | ITA | 0 |
| 33 | BUASRI Tatchakorn | THA | 0 |
| 34 | SHAHRIL Danial | MAL | 0 |
| 35 | DETTWILER Noah | SWI | 0 |
Japanese Grand Prix Schedule
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| Friday |
| Time | Class | Event |
| 1000 | Moto3 | FP1 |
| 1050 | Moto2 | FP1 |
| 1145 | MotoGP | FP1 |
| 1415 | Moto3 | FP2 |
| 1505 | Moto2 | FP2 |
| 1600 | MotoGP | Practice |
Saturday
|
| Time | Class | Event |
| 0940 | Moto3 | FP3 |
| 1025 | Moto2 | FP3 |
| 1110 | MotoGP | FP2 |
| 1150 | MotoGP | Q1 |
| 1215 | MotoGP | Q2 |
| 1350 | Moto3 | Q1 |
| 1415 | Moto3 | Q2 |
| 1445 | Moto2 | Q1 |
| 1510 | Moto2 | Q2 |
| 1600 | MotoGP | Sprint |
| Sunday |
| Time | Class | Event |
| 1240 | MotoGP | WUP |
| 1400 | Moto3 | Race |
| 1515 | Moto2 | Race |
| 1700 | MotoGP | Race |
2023 MotoGP Calendar
| Rnd | Date | Location |
1 | Mar-26 | Portugal, Portimao |
2 | Apr-02 | Argentina, Termos de Rio Honda |
3 | Apr-16 | Americas, COTA |
4 | Apr-30 | Spain, Jerez |
5 | May-14 | France, Le Mans |
6 | Jun-11 | Italy, Mugello |
7 | Jun-18 | Germany, Sachsenring |
8 | Jun-25 | Netherlands, Assen |
10 | Aug-06 | Great Britain, Silverstone |
11 | Aug-20 | Austria, Red Bull Ring |
12 | Sep-03 | Catalunya, Catalunya |
13 | Sep-10 | San Marino, Misano |
| 14 | Sep-24 | India, Buddh (Subject to homologation) |
| 15 | Oct-01 | Japan, Motegi |
| 16 | Oct-15 | Indonesia, Mandalika |
| 17 | Oct-22 | Australia, Phillip Island |
| 18 | Oct-29 | Thailand, Chang |
| 19 | Nov-12 | Malaysia, Sepang |
| 20 | Nov-19 | Qatar, Lusail |
| 21 | Nov-26 | Valenciana, Valencia |
