2023 Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2023 Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the OR Thailand Grand Prix) was the seventeenth round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram on 29 October 2023.

  2023 Thailand Grand Prix

Race details
Race 17 of 20 races in the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 October 2023
Official name	OR Thailand Grand Prix
Location	Chang International Circuit Buriram, Thailand
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.554 km (2.830 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Jorge Martín Ducati Time 1:29.287 Fastest lap Rider Marco Bezzecchi Ducati Time 1:30.896 on lap 9 Podium First Jorge Martín Ducati Second Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Third Brad Binder KTM
Moto2
Pole position Rider Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro Time 1:35.371 Fastest lap Rider Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro Time 1:35.778 on lap 2 Podium First Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro Second Pedro Acosta Kalex Third Somkiat Chantra Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Deniz Öncü KTM Time 1:42.061 Fastest lap Rider Deniz Öncü KTM Time 1:42.346 on lap 10 Podium First David Alonso Gas Gas Second Taiyo Furusato Honda Third Collin Veijer Husqvarna

Practice session

MotoGP

Combined Free Practice 1-2

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
				FP1[1]	FP2[2]
1	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	1:30.520	1:30.809
2	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:30.758	1:30.550
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:31.171	1:30.591
4	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:31.507	1:30.598
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:31.650	1:30.617
6	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	1:32.121	1:30.660
7	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1:31.824	1:30.764
8	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:31.913	1:30.795
9	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:31.482	1:30.817
10	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	1:31.486	1:30.822
11	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:31.755	1:30.964
12	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:31.012	1:30.966
13	43	Jack Miller	KTM	1:31.682	1:30.996
14	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:31.857	1:31.008
15	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:31.789	1:31.023
16	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1:31.482	1:31.175
17	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:31.270	1:31.216
18	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:31.599	1:31.231
19	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1:31.997	1:31.282
20	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	1:31.343	1:31.342
21	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:31.853	1:31.391
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Practice

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

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor
				Time results[3]
1	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	1:29.826
2	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:29.924
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:29.986
4	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:30.006
5	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:30.025
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1:30.034
7	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:30.069
8	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:30.074
9	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:30.121
10	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	1:30.130
11	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:30.195
12	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:30.217
13	43	Jack Miller	KTM	1:30.224
14	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:30.262
15	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:30.268
16	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1:30.295
17	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1:30.343
18	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	1:30.367
19	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:30.915
20	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:30.990
21	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	1:31.104
OFFICIAL MOTOGP PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1[4]	Q2[5]
1	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:29.287	1	1
2	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:29.425	2
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:29.461	3
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:29.483	4	2
5	33	Brad Binder	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:29.496	5
6	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:29.527	6
7	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	1:29.743	1:29.600	7	3
8	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:29.830	1:29.622	8
9	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:29.701	9
10	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:29.707	10	4
11	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:29.923	11
12	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:30.077	12
13	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:29.850	N/A	13	5
14	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1:29.914	N/A	14
15	43	Jack Miller	KTM	1:30.096	N/A	15
16	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:30.115	N/A	16	6
17	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:30.124	N/A	17
18	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:30.158	N/A	18
19	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1:30.263	N/A	19	7
20	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	1:30.442	N/A	20
21	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:30.677	N/A	21
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

MotoGP Sprint

The MotoGP Sprint was held on 28 October.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	13	19:41.593	1	12
2	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	13	+0.933	5	9
3	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	13	+1.841	2	7
4	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	13	+3.503	8	6
5	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	13	+3.581	3	5
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	13	+4.029	4	4
7	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	13	+4.121	6	3
8	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	13	+6.727	7	2
9	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	13	+7.323	11	1
10	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	13	+9.240	15
11	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	13	+9.339	10
12	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	13	+10.356	19
13	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	13	+12.312	21
14	25	Raúl Fernández	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	13	+15.390	14
15	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	13	+15.535	18
16	44	Pol Espargaró	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	13	+15.644	17
17	88	Miguel Oliveira	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	13	+17.753	20
18	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	13	+22.675	9
19	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	13	+37.854	16
Ret	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	9	Retired	13
Ret	37	Augusto Fernández	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	5	Accident	12
Fastest sprint lap: Jorge Martín (Ducati) – 1:30.178 (lap 4)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT

Warm up practice

MotoGP

Fabio Quartararo set the best time 1:30.257 and was the fastest rider at this session ahead of Francesco Bagnaia and Franco Morbidelli.^[6]

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	26	39:40.045	1	25
2	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	26	+0.253	6	20
3[a]	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	26	+0.114	5	16
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	26	+2.005	4	13
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	26	+4.550	10	11
6	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+5.362	8	10
7	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	26	+6.778	2	9
8	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	26	+7.303[b]	3	8
9	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	26	+7.569	13	7
10	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	26	+9.377	11	6
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	26	+11.168	18	5
12	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+11.990	19	4
13	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	26	+12.323	21	3
14	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	26	+14.537	16	2
15	25	Raúl Fernández	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	26	+15.093	14	1
16	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	26	+17.640	15
17	37	Augusto Fernández	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	26	+21.307	12
18	44	Pol Espargaró	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	26	+21.435	17
Ret	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	23	Retired	9
Ret	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	12	Accident	7
Ret	88	Miguel Oliveira	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	6	Technical issue	20
Fastest lap: Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati) – 1:30.896 (lap 9)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	22	35:20.880	1	25
2	37	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	22	+3.481	2	20
3	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	22	+9.794	5	16
4	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	22	+12.923	8	13
5	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	22	+14.451	19	11
6	24	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	22	+14.816	6	10
7	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	22	+15.030	3	9
8	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro	22	+18.360	7	8
9	28	Izan Guevara	Kalex	22	+19.798	17	7
10	18	Manuel González	Kalex	22	+20.564	20	6
11	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	22	+20.962	4	5
12	71	Dennis Foggia	Kalex	22	+24.198	16	4
13	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	22	+25.593	13	3
14	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	22	+26.526	14	2
15	15	Darryn Binder	Kalex	22	+33.565	25	1
16	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	22	+33.716	21
17	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	22	+33.734	18
18	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	22	+35.157	22
19	17	Álex Escrig	Forward	22	+37.586	23
20	33	Rory Skinner	Kalex	22	+42.531	30
21	9	Mattia Casadei	Kalex	22	+55.552	28
22	5	Kohta Nozane	Kalex	22	+1:04.820	29
23	3	Lukas Tulovic	Kalex	22	+1:27.793	26
Ret	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	18	Technical issue	15
Ret	11	Sergio García	Kalex	7	Accident	11
Ret	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	4	Accident	12
Ret	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	4	Collision	9
Ret	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	2	Accident	10
Ret	23	Taiga Hada	Kalex	2	Accident	24
Ret	67	Alberto Surra	Forward	0	Accident	27
Fastest lap: Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro) – 1:35.778 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	80	David Alonso	Gas Gas	19	32:45.307	12	25
2	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	19	+0.266	6	20
3	95	Collin Veijer	Husqvarna	19	+0.359	5	16
4	5	Jaume Masià	Honda	19	+0.382	7	13
5	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	19	+0.557	1	11
6	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	19	+1.133	11	10
7	18	Matteo Bertelle	Honda	19	+1.288	13	9
8	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	19	+1.307	17	8
9	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Gas Gas	19	+1.413	4	7
10	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	19	+1.445	22	6
11	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	19	+1.468	16	5
12	66	Joel Kelso	CFMoto	19	+2.337	14	4
13	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	19	+2.409	2	3
14	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	19	+6.497	19	2
15	31	Adrián Fernández	Honda	19	+6.663	8	1
16	99	José Antonio Rueda	KTM	19	+6.813	9
17	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	19	+6.972	15
18	21	Vicente Pérez	KTM	19	+14.484	23
19	7	Filippo Farioli	KTM	19	+15.922	24
20	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	19	+16.441	26
21	20	Lorenzo Fellon	KTM	19	+18.035	30
22	9	Nicola Carraro	Honda	19	+28.738	18
23	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	19	+31.758	21
24	63	Syarifuddin Azman	KTM	19	+33.894	20
25	38	David Salvador	KTM	19	+34.011	28
26	64	Mario Aji	Honda	19	+34.104	25
27	32	Krittapat Keankum	KTM	19	+1:15.028	29
28	33	Tatchakorn Buasri	Honda	18	+1 lap	27
Ret	44	David Muñoz	KTM	9	Collision damage	10
Ret	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	8	Collision damage	3
Fastest lap: Deniz Öncü (KTM) – 1:42.346 (lap 10)
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 389 2 Jorge Martín 376 3 Marco Bezzecchi 310 4 Brad Binder 249 1 5 Aleix Espargaró 198

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 589 2 KTM 321 3 Aprilia 287 1 4 Honda 166 1 5 Yamaha 165

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prima Pramac Racing 570 2 Mooney VR46 Racing Team 474 3 Ducati Lenovo Team 444 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 393 5 Aprilia Racing 368

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Pedro Acosta 300.5 2 Tony Arbolino 237.5 3 Jake Dixon 172 4 Arón Canet 159 5 Somkiat Chantra 143.5

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 402.5 2 Boscoscuro 211 3 Forward 1

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 372.5 2 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 319.5 1 3 Beta Tools Speed Up 264 1 4 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 250 2 5 Pons Wegow Los40 243

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jaume Masià 230 2 Ayumu Sasaki 213 1 3 David Alonso 205 1 4 Daniel Holgado 205 5 Deniz Öncü 191

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 349 2 Honda 281 3 Husqvarna 247 4 Gas Gas 223 5 CFMoto 91

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 318 2 Red Bull KTM Ajo 302 3 Leopard Racing 292 1 4 Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team 276 1 5 Angeluss MTA Team 257

Notes

1. One-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
2. Three-second penalty for spending more than half of the race distance under the minimum tyre pressure.^[7]