2023 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2023 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia) was the eighteenth round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 12 November 2023.

  2023 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 18 of 20 races in the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	12 November 2023
Official name	Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia
Location	Petronas Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Time 1:57.491 Fastest lap Rider Álex Márquez Ducati Time 1:58.979 on lap 3 Podium First Enea Bastianini Ducati Second Álex Márquez Ducati Third Francesco Bagnaia Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro Time 2:05.288 Fastest lap Rider Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro Time 2:06.151 on lap 3 Podium First Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro Second Pedro Acosta Kalex Third Marcos Ramírez Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Jaume Masià Honda Time 2:10.846 Fastest lap Rider Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna Time 2:12.268 on lap 2 Podium First Collin Veijer Husqvarna Second Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna Third Jaume Masià Honda

In the Moto2 class, Pedro Acosta secured the Riders' Championship after finishing second place, with closest title rival Tony Arbolino finishing tenth.^[1] Acosta became the youngest Moto2 champion, at the age of 19 years, 171 days, and only behind Dani Pedrosa (19 years, 8 days) as the youngest intermediate class champion.^[2]

In the Moto3 class, KTM secured its sixth Constructors' Championship.

Background

Championship standings before the race

MotoGP

Going into the race weekend, Francesco Bagnaia led the Riders' Championship with 389 points, 13 clear of Jorge Martín. Marco Bezzecchi was in third place, another 66 points adrift. In the Constructors' standings, Ducati, having secured their 5th title at the Indonesian Grand Prix, was in front with 589 points, with KTM and Aprilia second and third with 321 and 287 points, respectively.^[3]

Practice session

MotoGP

Practice

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

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor
				Time results[4]
1	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	1:57.823
2	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	1:57.997
3	43	Jack Miller	KTM	1:58.232
4	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:58.307
5	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:58.312
6	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:58.334
7	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:58.399
8	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:58.420
9	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1:58.450
10	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:58.487
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:58.571
12	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:58.605
13	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	1:58.678
14	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:58.709
15	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:58.788
16	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1:58.902
17	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:58.974
18	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1:59.024
19	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	1:59.150
20	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:59.726
21	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:59.755
22	19	Álvaro Bautista	Ducati	2:00.370
23	27	Iker Lecuona	Honda	2:00.451
OFFICIAL MOTOGP PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1[5]	Q2[6]
1	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:57.491	1	1
2	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:57.549	2
3	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:57.911	1:57.590	3
4	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:57.661	4	2
5	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:57.787	5
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:57.805	6
7	33	Brad Binder	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:58.050	7	3
8	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:58.080	8
9	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:58.253	9
10	43	Jack Miller	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:58.468	10	4
11	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:57.823	1:59.211	11
12	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	2:01.848	12
13	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:58.069	N/A	13	5
14	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	1:58.107	N/A	14
15	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:58.321	N/A	15
16	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1:58.440	N/A	16	6
17	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:58.555	N/A	17
18	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1:58.623	N/A	18
19	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	1:58.638	N/A	19	7
20	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:58.717	N/A	20
21	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:58.886	N/A	21
22	19	Álvaro Bautista	Ducati	1:59.418	N/A	22	8
23	27	Iker Lecuona	Honda	1:59.658	N/A	23
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

MotoGP Sprint

The MotoGP Sprint was held on 11 November.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	10	19:58.713	4	12
2	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	10	+1.589	2	9
3	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	10	+3.034	1	7
4	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	10	+3.242	3	6
5	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	10	+3.310	7	5
6	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	10	+4.318	10	4
7	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	10	+5.307	6	3
8	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	10	+5.501	12	2
9	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	10	+6.420	5	1
10	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	10	+7.241	9
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	10	+8.775	15
12	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	10	+9.995	13
13	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	10	+10.067	11
14	37	Augusto Fernández	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	10	+10.643	14
15	44	Pol Espargaró	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	10	+11.005	17
16	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	10	+11.911	8
17	25	Raúl Fernández	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	10	+13.591	18
18	88	Miguel Oliveira	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	10	+15.058	19
19	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	10	+16.015	21
20	27	Iker Lecuona	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	10	+23.484	23
21	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	10	+24.930	20
22	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aruba.it Racing	Ducati	10	+36.501	22
23	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	10	+40.594	16
Fastest sprint lap: Enea Bastianini (Ducati) – 1:58.996 (lap 5)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT

Warm up practice

MotoGP

Fabio Quartararo set the best time 1:59.218 and was the fastest rider at this session ahead of Brad Binder and Enea Bastianini.^[7]

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	20	39:59.137	3	25
2	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	20	+1.535	4	20
3	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	20	+3.562	1	16
4	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	20	+10.526	2	13
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	20	+15.000	8	11
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	20	+16.946	6	10
7	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	20	+18.553	15	9
8	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+19.204	10	8
9	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	20	+19.399	11	7
10	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	20	+19.740	5	6
11	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	20	+21.189	9	5
12	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	20	+23.598	12	4
13	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	20	+27.079	20	3
14	37	Augusto Fernández	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	20	+28.940	14	2
15	44	Pol Espargaró	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	20	+29.849	17	1
16	27	Iker Lecuona	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	20	+50.960	23
17	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aruba.it Racing	Ducati	20	+53.564	22
18	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	20	+1:42.162	21
Ret	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	11	Accident	7
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	8	Accident	13
Ret	25	Raúl Fernández	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	6	Technical issue	18
Ret	88	Miguel Oliveira	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	5	Accident	19
Ret	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	4	Accident	16
Fastest lap: Álex Márquez (Ducati) – 1:58.979 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	17	36:04.378	1	25
2	37	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	17	+7.128	6	20
3	24	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	17	+9.558	5	16
4	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	17	+9.992	13	13
5	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	17	+11.652	8	11
6	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	17	+13.675	9	10
7	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	17	+15.200	11	9
8	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	17	+18.482	10	8
9	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	17	+20.004	16	7
10	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	17	+20.990	7	6
11	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	17	+21.570	14	5
12	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	17	+23.489	21	4
13	17	Álex Escrig	Forward	17	+25.791	23	3
14	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	17	+29.853	18	2
15	71	Dennis Foggia	Kalex	17	+29.923	19	1
16	23	Taiga Hada	Kalex	17	+32.681	17
17	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	17	+33.361	22
18	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	17	+38.800	20
19	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Forward	17	+41.799	27
20	33	Rory Skinner	Kalex	17	+44.758	26
21	9	Mattia Casadei	Kalex	17	+53.217	30
22	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro	17	+58.554	15
23	32	Helmi Azman	Kalex	17	+1:09.940	31
24	3	Lukas Tulovic	Kalex	17	+1:20.633	24
25	11	Sergio García	Kalex	16	+1 lap	12
Ret	20	Azroy Anuar	Kalex	8	Accident	29
Ret	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	8	Accident damage	2
Ret	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	5	Accident	4
Ret	18	Manuel González	Kalex	5	Accident damage	3
Ret	5	Kohta Nozane	Kalex	4	Accident	28
Ret	28	Izan Guevara	Kalex	2	Accident	25
DNS	15	Darryn Binder	Kalex		Did not start	32
Fastest lap: Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro) – 2:06.151 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

• Darryn Binder withdrew from the race after being declared unfit due to right ankle and left hand trauma sustained from a crash in Practice 3.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	95	Collin Veijer	Husqvarna	15	33:30.072	2	25
2	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	15	+0.066	5	20
3	5	Jaume Masià	Honda	15	+0.328	1	16
4	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	15	+6.830	4	13
5	31	Adrián Fernández	Honda	15	+7.191	18	11
6	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	15	+7.354	13	10
7	66	Joel Kelso	CFMoto	15	+7.400	7	9
8	7	Filippo Farioli	KTM	15	+11.175	16	8
9	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Gas Gas	15	+11.287	12	7
10	18	Matteo Bertelle	Honda	15	+11.441	3	6
11	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	15	+14.095	9	5
12	21	Vicente Pérez	KTM	15	+14.490	17	4
13	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	15	+15.600	22	3
14	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	15	+17.148	27	2
15	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	15	+17.195	26	1
16	20	Lorenzo Fellon	KTM	15	+17.251	24
17	44	David Muñoz	KTM	15	+33.878[a]	8
18	38	David Salvador	KTM	15	+35.410	23
19	64	Mario Aji	Honda	15	+35.517	19
20	63	Syarifuddin Azman	KTM	15	+55.108	28
Ret	99	José Antonio Rueda	KTM	12	Accident	6
Ret	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	11	Accident	25
Ret	80	David Alonso	Gas Gas	5	Collision damage	21
Ret	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	4	Collision	10
Ret	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	4	Collision	14
Ret	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	4	Collision	15
Ret	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	4	Accident	20
Ret	55	Romano Fenati	Honda	3	Accident	11
Fastest lap: Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna) – 2:12.268 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

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

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Francesco Bagnaia 412 2 Jorge Martín 398 3 Marco Bezzecchi 323 4 Brad Binder 254 1 5 Johann Zarco 200

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 626 2 KTM 334 3 Aprilia 292 1 4 Yamaha 176 1 5 Honda 169

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prima Pramac Racing 598 1 2 Ducati Lenovo Team 498 1 3 Mooney VR46 Racing Team 494 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 410 5 Aprilia Racing 373

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Pedro Acosta 320.5 2 Tony Arbolino 243.5 3 Jake Dixon 183 2 4 Fermín Aldeguer 162 1 5 Arón Canet 159

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 422.5 2 Boscoscuro 236 3 Forward 4

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 399.5 2 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 334.5 3 Beta Tools Speed Up 289 4 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 273 5 Pons Wegow Los40 243

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jaume Masià 246 2 Ayumu Sasaki 233 3 David Alonso 205 4 Daniel Holgado 205 5 Deniz Öncü 196

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 362 2 Honda 297 3 Husqvarna 272 4 Gas Gas 230 5 CFMoto 101

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 363 1 2 Leopard Racing 319 1 3 Red Bull KTM Ajo 307 4 Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team 283 5 Angeluss MTA Team 271

Notes

1. 27-second time penalty for irresponsible riding.