2023 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

The 2023 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas (officially known as the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas) was the third round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on April 16, 2023.

  2023 Grand Prix of the Americas

Race details
Race 3 of 20 races in the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	April 16, 2023
Official name	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas
Location	Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas, United States
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.513 km (3.426 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Time 2:01.892 Fastest lap Rider Álex Rins Honda Time 2:03.126 on lap 4 Podium First Álex Rins Honda Second Luca Marini Ducati Third Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Celestino Vietti Kalex Time 2:09.432 Fastest lap Rider Jeremy Alcoba Kalex Time 2:09.465 on lap 6 Podium First Pedro Acosta Kalex Second Tony Arbolino Kalex Third Bo Bendsneyder Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Jaume Masià Honda Time 2:16.250 Fastest lap Rider Iván Ortolá KTM Time 2:16.356 on lap 7 Podium First Iván Ortolá KTM Second Jaume Masià Honda Third Xavier Artigas CFMoto

Background

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After starting off the season with a third place finish at Portuguese GP,^[1] Marco Bezzecchi came in second for the sprint race and won the Grand Prix race at the Argentina GP.^[2] This gave him a 9 point lead over his compatriot Francesco Bagnaia and a lead in the MotoGP standings with Bezzecchi having 50 points.^[3]

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1[4]	Q2[5]
1	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	2:01.892	1	1
2	42	Álex Rins	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:02.052	2
3	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	2:02.181	3
4	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	2:02.242	4	2
5	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	2'02.523	2:02.268	5
6	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	2:02.539	6
7	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	2'02.749	7	3
8	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	2:02.882	8
9	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	2:02.387	2:03.062	9
10	43	Jack Miller	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2'03.084	10	4
11	33	Brad Binder	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:03.107	11
12	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	2:03.292	12
13	36	Joan Mir	Honda	2:02.743	N/A	13	5
14	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	2:02.950	N/A	14
15	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	2:03.065	N/A	15
16	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	2:03.350	N/A	16	6
17	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	2:03.403	N/A	17
18	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	2'03.452	N/A	18
19	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	2:03.527	N/A	19	7
20	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	2:03.798	N/A	20
21	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	2:03.907	N/A	21
22	94	Jonas Folger	KTM	2'07.597	N/A	21	8
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

MotoGP Sprint

The MotoGP Sprint was held on April 15.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	10	20:35.270	1	12
2	42	Álex Rins	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	10	+2.545	2	9
3	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	10	+4.706	12	7
4	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	10	+5.052	6	6
5	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	10	+8.175	11	5
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	10	+8.877	5	4
7	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	10	+9.453	3	3
8	88	Miguel Oliveira	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	10	+10.768	15	2
9	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	10	+12.448	10	1
10	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	10	+12.739	8
11	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	10	+14.251	9
12	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	10	+14.988	13
13	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	10	+15.592	17
14	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	10	+16.534	14
15	25	Raúl Fernández	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	10	+19.290	19
16	37	Augusto Fernández	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	10	+23.128	20
17	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	10	+25.626	16
18	6	Stefan Bradl	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	10	+25.787	21
19	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	10	+27.169	7
20	94	Jonas Folger	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	10	+46.973	22
Ret	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	6	Accident	4
Ret	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	5	Retired	18
Fastest sprint lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 2:03.082 (lap 5)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	42	Álex Rins	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	20	41:14.649	2	25
2	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	20	+3.498	3	20
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	20	+4.936	7	16
4	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	20	+8.318	8	13
5	88	Miguel Oliveira	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	20	+9.989	15	11
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	20	+12.049	5	10
7	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	20	+12.242	9	9
8	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	20	+20.399	14	8
9	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	20	+27.981	16	7
10	37	Augusto Fernández	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	20	+28.217	20	6
11	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	20	+32.370	18	5
12	94	Jonas Folger	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	20	+1:08.065	22	4
13	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+1:23.012	11	3
Ret	6	Stefan Bradl	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	18	Accident	21
Ret	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	11	Accident	17
Ret	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	8	Accident	13
Ret	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	7	Accident	1
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	6	Accident	10
Ret	25	Raúl Fernández	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	6	Ride-Height Device	19
Ret	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	0	Collision	4
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	0	Accident	6
Ret	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	0	Collision	12
Fastest lap: Álex Rins (Honda) – 2:03.126 (lap 4)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	37	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	16	34:42.879	2	25
2	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	16	+0.146	8	20
3	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	16	+5.851	4	16
4	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	16	+6.049	10	13
5	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	16	+7.462	3	11
6	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	16	+7.668	11	10
7	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro	16	+7.715	5	9
8	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	16	+8.078	7	8
9	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	16	+11.114	1	7
10	18	Manuel González	Kalex	16	+12.561	9	6
11	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	16	+13.607	15	5
12	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	16	+14.001	13	4
13	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	16	+20.054	18	3
14	71	Dennis Foggia	Kalex	16	+22.990	14	2
15	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	16	+28.820	16	1
16	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	16	+31.893	17
17	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	16	+34.734	21
18	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	16	+34.934	22
19	33	Rory Skinner	Kalex	16	+42.540	24
20	72	Borja Gómez	Kalex	16	+49.973	26
21	28	Izan Guevara	Kalex	16	+51.470	27
22	98	David Sanchis	Forward	16	+1:05.224	28
23	2	Soichiro Minamimoto	Kalex	16	+1:44.447	29
Ret	11	Sergio García	Kalex	9	Retired	20
Ret	24	Marcos Ramírez	Forward	8	Throttle	25
Ret	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	7	Accident	12
Ret	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	3	Accident	19
Ret	3	Lukas Tulovic	Kalex	0	Accident	23
DNS	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex		Did not start	6
DNS	15	Darryn Binder	Kalex		Did not start
Fastest lap: Jeremy Alcoba (Kalex) – 2:09.465 (lap 6)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

• Jake Dixon crashed on the warm up lap and was unable to start.
• Darryn Binder withdrew from the race after suffering a fractured right hand during practice 3.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	14	32:01.062	3	25
2	5	Jaume Masià	Honda	14	+0.457	1	20
3	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	14	+0.558	9	16
4	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	14	+0.567	4	13
5	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	14	+0.657	5	11
6	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	14	+9.493	14	10
7	38	David Salvador	KTM	14	+9.547	12	9
8	80	David Alonso	Gas Gas	14	+9.663	22	8
9	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Gas Gas	14	+9.975	7	7
10	99	José Antonio Rueda	KTM	14	+10.085	11	6
11	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	14	+12.430	15	5
12	64	Mario Aji	Honda	14	+15.789	25	4
13	95	Collin Veijer	Husqvarna	14	+15.967	21	3
14	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	14	+16.179	23	2
15	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	14	+16.214	17	1
16	55	Romano Fenati	Honda	14	+23.833	13
17	92	David Almansa	CFMoto	14	+24.204	28
18	7	Filippo Farioli	KTM	14	+24.401	20
19	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	14	+24.676	24
20	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	14	+24.913	19
21	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	14	+35.940	26
Ret	44	David Muñoz	KTM	13	Accident	16
Ret	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	13	Accident	6
Ret	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	12	Accident Damage	2
Ret	18	Matteo Bertelle	Honda	6	Accident	8
Ret	63	Syarifuddin Azman	KTM	5	Accident	18
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	4	Accident	10
DNS	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda		Did not start	27
Fastest lap: Iván Ortolá (KTM) – 2:16.356 (lap 7)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

• Joshua Whatley crashed on the warm up lap and was unable to start.

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[6][7][8]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings[9] Pos. Rider Points 1 Marco Bezzecchi 64 2 Francesco Bagnaia 53 9 3 Álex Rins 47 1 4 Maverick Viñales 45 2 5 Johann Zarco 44

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 103 3 2 Honda 54 3 Aprilia 51 2 4 KTM 49 1 5 Yamaha 43

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Mooney VR46 Racing Team 102 2 Prima Pramac Racing 73 1 3 Aprilia Racing 63 3 4 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 63 5 Ducati Lenovo Team 58

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Tony Arbolino 61 1 2 Pedro Acosta 54 1 3 Arón Canet 41 1 4 Filip Salač 33 1 5 Alonso López 29

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 75 2 Boscoscuro 33

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 79 1 2 Red Bull KTM Ajo 73 1 3 Pons Wegow Los40 53 4 QJmotor Gresini Moto2 52 1 5 Beta Tools Speed Up 43

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Daniel Holgado 49 2 Diogo Moreira 49 4 3 Xavier Artigas 32 6 4 Jaume Masià 31 2 5 Tatsuki Suzuki 27

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 70 2 Honda 56 3 CFMoto 32 1 4 Gas Gas 15 1 5 Husqvarna 13

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 2 1 Leopard Racing 58 1 2 MT Helmets – MSi 54 1 3 Red Bull KTM Tech3 49 4 4 Angeluss MTA Team 44 5 CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP 39