2023 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2023 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya) was the eleventh round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the seventh round of the 2023 MotoE World Championship. All races (except for both MotoE races which were held on 2 September) were held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 3 September 2023.

Catalonia  2023 Catalan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 20 races in the
2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date2–3 September 2023
Official nameGran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya
LocationCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Montmeló, Spain
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.657 km (2.894 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
RiderItaly Francesco BagnaiaDucati
Time1:38.639
Fastest lap
RiderSpain Maverick ViñalesAprilia
Time1:40.343 on lap 3
Podium
FirstSpain Aleix EspargaróAprilia
SecondSpain Maverick ViñalesAprilia
ThirdSpain Jorge MartínDucati
Moto2
Pole position
RiderUnited Kingdom Jake DixonKalex
Time1:44.089
Fastest lap
RiderSpain Pedro AcostaKalex
Time1:44.384 on lap 2
Podium
FirstUnited Kingdom Jake DixonKalex
SecondSpain Arón CanetKalex
ThirdSpain Albert ArenasKalex
Moto3
Pole position
RiderTurkey Deniz Öncü[a]KTM
Time1:48.509
Fastest lap
RiderSpain Daniel HolgadoKTM
Time1:48.902 on lap 2
Podium
FirstColombia David AlonsoGas Gas
SecondSpain Jaume MasiàHonda
ThirdSpain José Antonio RuedaKTM
MotoE Race 1
Pole position
RiderSpain Jordi TorresDucati
Time1:48.731
Fastest lap
RiderSpain Jordi TorresDucati
Time1:48.377 on lap 2
Podium
FirstItaly Andrea MantovaniDucati
SecondItaly Mattia CasadeiDucati
ThirdSpain Héctor GarzóDucati
MotoE Race 2
Pole position
RiderSpain Jordi TorresDucati
Time1:48.731
Fastest lap
RiderSpain Héctor GarzóDucati
Time1:48.551 on lap 3
Podium
FirstItaly Mattia CasadeiDucati
SecondItaly Andrea MantovaniDucati
ThirdItaly Nicholas SpinelliDucati

Practice

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MotoGP

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Practice

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

Pos.No.BikerConstructor
Time results[2]
141 Aleix EspargaróAprilia1:38.686
212 Maverick ViñalesAprilia1:39.048
31 Francesco BagnaiaDucati1:39.061
45 Johann ZarcoDucati1:39.257
533 Brad BinderKTM1:39.346
673 Álex MárquezDucati1:39.549
772 Marco BezzecchiDucati1:39.550
849 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati1:39.621
923 Enea BastianiniDucati1:39.628
1089 Jorge MartínDucati1:39.693
1144 Pol EspargaróKTM1:39.721
1243 Jack MillerKTM1:39.752
1325 Raúl FernándezAprilia1:39.757
1488 Miguel OliveiraAprilia1:39.779
1510 Luca MariniDucati1:39.807
1637 Augusto FernándezKTM1:39.891
1720 Fabio QuartararoYamaha1:40.106
1821 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:40.155
1993 Marc MárquezHonda1:40.249
2030 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:40.886
2127 Iker LecuonaHonda1:40.895
2236 Joan MirHonda1:41.013
OFFICIAL MOTOGP PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Qualifying

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MotoGP

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Fastest session lap
Pos.No.BikerConstructorQualifying timesFinal
grid
Row
Q1[3]Q2[4]
11 Francesco BagnaiaDucatiQualified in Q21:38.63911
241 Aleix EspargaróApriliaQualified in Q21:38.7432
388 Miguel OliveiraAprilia1:38.7891:38.7483
412 Maverick ViñalesApriliaQualified in Q21:38.77242
589 Jorge MartínDucatiQualified in Q21:38.7975
65 Johann ZarcoDucatiQualified in Q21:38.8586
773 Álex MárquezDucatiQualified in Q21:39.05373
849 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucatiQualified in Q21:39.0548
933 Brad BinderKTMQualified in Q21:39.0579
1072 Marco BezzecchiDucatiQualified in Q21:39.368104
1123 Enea BastianiniDucatiQualified in Q21:39.57514[b]5
1293 Marc MárquezHonda1:39.0701:39.701114
1343 Jack MillerKTM1:39.232N/A12
1444 Pol EspargaróKTM1:39.330N/A135
1525 Raúl FernándezAprilia1:39.360N/A15
1621 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:39.452N/A166
1720 Fabio QuartararoYamaha1:39.510N/A17
1810 Luca MariniDucati1:39.573N/A18
1937 Augusto FernándezKTM1:39.794N/A197
2036 Joan MirHonda1:40.214N/A20
2130 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:40.388N/A21
2227 Iker LecuonaHonda1:40.580N/A228
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto2

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Fastest session lap
Pos.No.BikerConstructorQualifying timesFinal
grid
Row
Q1[6]Q2[7]
196 Jake DixonKalexQualified in Q21:44.08911
240 Arón CanetKalexQualified in Q21:44.1842
379 Ai OguraKalexQualified in Q21:44.2143
418 Manuel GonzálezKalexQualified in Q21:44.21542
575 Albert ArenasKalexQualified in Q21:44.2705
654 Fermín AldeguerBoscoscuroQualified in Q21:44.2766
721 Alonso LópezBoscoscuroQualified in Q21:44.34473
811 Sergio GarcíaKalex1:44.8731:44.3748
937 Pedro AcostaKalexQualified in Q21:44.3739
107 Barry BaltusKalex1:44.9271:44.419104
1122 Sam LowesKalexQualified in Q21:44.45811
1235 Somkiat ChantraKalex1:44.7971:44.47012
1312 Filip SalačKalex1:44.9261:44.490135
1416 Joe RobertsKalexQualified in Q21:44.68214
1513 Celestino ViettiKalexQualified in Q21:44.83815
1652 Jeremy AlcobaKalexQualified in Q21:44.906166
1784 Zonta van den GoorberghKalexQualified in Q21:44.98317
1842 Marcos RamírezForwardQualified in Q21:45.20218
1964 Bo BendsneyderKalex1:44.930N/A197
2014 Tony ArbolinoKalex1:45.021N/A20
218 Senna AgiusKalex1:45.104N/A21
223 Lukas TulovicKalex1:45.220N/A228
2371 Dennis FoggiaKalex1:45.248N/A23
2472 Borja GómezKalex1:45.314N/A27[c]
2533 Rory SkinnerKalex1:45.607N/A249
2673 Mattia RatoKalex1:45.784N/A25
2767 Alberto SurraForward1:45.905N/A26
2828 Izan GuevaraKalex1:45.950N/A2810
295 Kohta NozaneKalex1:45.983N/A29
3055 Yeray RuizForward1:46.321N/A30
OFFICIAL MOTO2 QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto3

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Fastest session lap
Pos.No.BikerConstructorQualifying timesFinal
grid
Row
Q1[8]Q2[9]
148 Iván OrtoláKTMQualified in Q21:48.20511
253 Deniz ÖncüKTMQualified in Q21:48.5092
366 Joel KelsoCFMoto1:49.3291:48.5833
45 Jaume MasiàHondaQualified in Q21:48.64142
518 Matteo BertelleHondaQualified in Q21:48.6545
624 Tatsuki SuzukiHondaQualified in Q21:48.7436
799 José Antonio RuedaKTMQualified in Q21:48.75873
882 Stefano NepaKTMQualified in Q21:48.9048
927 Kaito TobaHondaQualified in Q21:48.9329
1054 Riccardo RossiHondaQualified in Q21:49.031104
1196 Daniel HolgadoKTM1:49.0771:49.05511
1280 David AlonsoGas GasQualified in Q21:49.06512
1371 Ayumu SasakiHusqvarnaQualified in Q21:49.178135
1472 Taiyo FurusatoHonda1:49.4131:49.21114
1555 Romano FenatiHondaQualified in Q21:49.31530[d]
1619 Scott OgdenHonda1:49.4511:49.362156
177 Filippo FarioliKTMQualified in Q21:49.99616
1895 Collin VeijerHusqvarnaQualified in Q21:50.34617
1910 Diogo MoreiraKTMQualified in Q21:49.657187
2038 David SalvadorKTM1:49.756N/A19
2144 David MuñozHonda1:49.840N/A20
226 Ryusei YamanakaGas Gas1:50.182N/A218
2364 Mario AjiHonda1:50.254N/A22
2443 Xavier ArtigasCFMoto1:50.261N/A23
2592 David AlmansaHusqvarna1:50.291N/A249
2620 Lorenzo FellonKTM1:50.309N/A25
2733 Tatchakorn BuasriHonda1:50.404N/A26
2870 Joshua WhatleyHonda1:50.443N/A2710
2922 Ana CarrascoKTM1:50.523N/A28
3063 Syarifuddin AzmanKTM1:50.847N/A29
OFFICIAL MOTO3 QUALIFYING RESULTS

MotoGP Sprint

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The MotoGP Sprint was held on 2 September.

Pos.No.RiderTeamConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
141 Aleix EspargaróAprilia RacingAprilia1220:02.744212
21 Francesco BagnaiaDucati Lenovo TeamDucati12+1.98919
312 Maverick ViñalesAprilia RacingAprilia12+2.04047
433 Brad BinderRed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM12+2.85796
589 Jorge MartínPrima Pramac RacingDucati12+4.34155
688 Miguel OliveiraCryptoData RNF MotoGP TeamAprilia12+4.94034
75 Johann ZarcoPrima Pramac RacingDucati12+6.74663
872 Marco BezzecchiMooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati12+6.888102
923 Enea BastianiniDucati Lenovo TeamDucati12+8.068111
1073 Álex MárquezGresini Racing MotoGPDucati12+10.3807
1193 Marc MárquezRepsol Honda TeamHonda12+11.82312
1210 Luca MariniMooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati12+11.90018
1349 Fabio Di GiannantonioGresini Racing MotoGPDucati12+12.0188
1425 Raúl FernándezCryptoData RNF MotoGP TeamAprilia12+13.28415
1521 Franco MorbidelliMonster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha12+16.20716
1643 Jack MillerRed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM12+16.40413
1737 Augusto FernándezGasGas Factory Racing Tech3KTM12+16.53419
1820 Fabio QuartararoMonster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha12+17.14717
1927 Iker LecuonaLCR Honda CastrolHonda12+18.65822
2030 Takaaki NakagamiLCR Honda IdemitsuHonda12+19.08021
2136 Joan MirRepsol Honda TeamHonda12+19.57420
Ret44 Pol EspargaróGasGas Factory Racing Tech3KTM3Accident14
Fastest sprint lap: Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) – 1:39.327 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT

Warm up practice

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MotoGP

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Maverick Viñales set the best time 1:40.082 and was the fastest rider at this session ahead of Aleix Espargaró and Franco Morbidelli.[10]

Race

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MotoGP

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The race, scheduled to be run for 24 laps, was red-flagged after multiple crashes at turns 1 and 2 during the first lap. The race was later restarted over 23 laps with the original starting grid.

Pos.No.RiderTeamConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
141 Aleix EspargaróAprilia RacingAprilia2338:56.159225
212 Maverick ViñalesAprilia RacingAprilia23+0.377420
389 Jorge MartínPrima Pramac RacingDucati23+2.831516
45 Johann ZarcoPrima Pramac RacingDucati23+4.867613
588 Miguel OliveiraCryptoData RNF MotoGP TeamAprilia23+7.529311
673 Álex MárquezGresini Racing MotoGPDucati23+10.590710
720 Fabio QuartararoMonster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha23+10.821179
843 Jack MillerRed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM23+10.880128
937 Augusto FernándezGasGas Factory Racing Tech3KTM23+12.889197
1049 Fabio Di GiannantonioGresini Racing MotoGPDucati23+13.28086
1110 Luca MariniMooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati23+16.491185
1272 Marco BezzecchiMooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati23+16.561104
1393 Marc MárquezRepsol Honda TeamHonda23+21.616113
1421 Franco MorbidelliMonster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha23+23.108162
1530 Takaaki NakagamiLCR Honda IdemitsuHonda23+26.740211
1627 Iker LecuonaLCR Honda CastrolHonda23+28.86022
1736 Joan MirRepsol Honda TeamHonda23+33.92920
Ret25 Raúl FernándezCryptoData RNF MotoGP TeamAprilia10Technical issue15
Ret33 Brad BinderRed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM3Technical issue9
Ret44 Pol EspargaróGasGas Factory Racing Tech3KTM1Technical issue13
DNS1 Francesco BagnaiaDucati Lenovo TeamDucatiDid not restart1
DNS23 Enea BastianiniDucati Lenovo TeamDucatiDid not restart14[b]
Fastest lap: Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) – 1:40.343 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2

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Pos.No.RiderConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
196 Jake DixonKalex2136:51.330125
240 Arón CanetKalex21+0.205220
375 Albert ArenasKalex21+1.027516
411 Sergio GarcíaKalex21+2.258813
518 Manuel GonzálezKalex21+2.662411
637 Pedro AcostaKalex21+3.664910
779 Ai OguraKalex21+4.23939
821 Alonso LópezBoscoscuro21+4.31478
922 Sam LowesKalex21+4.607117
1013 Celestino ViettiKalex21+8.729156
1116 Joe RobertsKalex21+9.476145
127 Barry BaltusKalex21+9.596104
1354 Fermín AldeguerBoscoscuro21+9.82163
1435 Somkiat ChantraKalex21+10.970122
1552 Jeremy AlcobaKalex21+11.183161
1624 Marcos RamírezKalex21+11.31518
1714 Tony ArbolinoKalex21+16.85920
1884 Zonta van den GoorberghKalex21+18.34717
193 Lukas TulovicKalex21+25.53722
2072 Borja GómezKalex21+25.78827[c]
2171 Dennis FoggiaKalex21+26.18823
2273 Mattia RatoKalex21+29.44325
2333 Rory SkinnerKalex21+35.20824
245 Kohta NozaneKalex21+39.36329
2528 Izan GuevaraKalex21+52.08628
2655 Yeray RuizForward21+53.20830
Ret12 Filip SalačKalex16Retired13
Ret64 Bo BendsneyderKalex8Retired19
Ret8 Senna AgiusKalex7Accident21
Ret67 Alberto SurraForward0Mechanical26
Fastest lap: Pedro Acosta (Kalex) – 1:44.384 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

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Pos.No.RiderConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
180 David AlonsoGas Gas1833:00.9451225
25 Jaume MasiàHonda18+0.076420
399 José Antonio RuedaKTM18+0.234716
471 Ayumu SasakiHusqvarna18+0.2891313
582 Stefano NepaKTM18+0.401811
654 Riccardo RossiHonda18+0.5241010
727 Kaito TobaHonda18+0.68099
824 Tatsuki SuzukiHonda18+0.96768
96 Ryusei YamanakaGas Gas18+1.060207
1018 Matteo BertelleHonda18+1.30456
1153 Deniz ÖncüKTM18+6.129[e]25
1243 Xavier ArtigasCFMoto18+6.458224
1372 Taiyo FurusatoHonda18+6.485143
1455 Romano FenatiHonda18+6.96429[d]2
15[f]19 Scott OgdenHonda18+6.679151
1610 Diogo MoreiraKTM18+7.02417
1764 Mario AjiHonda18+7.15021
1833 Tatchakorn BuasriHonda18+7.17025
1938 David SalvadorKTM18+10.35418
2096 Daniel HolgadoKTM18+14.75711
2170 Joshua WhatleyHonda18+18.75526
2292 David AlmansaHusqvarna18+18.80023
2320 Lorenzo FellonKTM18+27.66424
2463 Syarifuddin AzmanKTM18+32.18528
2522 Ana CarrascoKTM18+32.28727
Ret44 David MuñozKTM17Collision19
Ret7 Filippo FarioliKTM4Accident16
DNS95 Collin VeijerHusqvarnaDid not start
DSQ48 Iván OrtoláKTMTechnical infringement
DSQ66 Joel KelsoCFMotoTechnical infringement
Fastest lap: Daniel Holgado (KTM) – 1:48.902 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT
  • Collin Veijer was declared unfit after an x-ray showed a left foot fracture and subsequently withdrew from the race.
  • Iván Ortolá and Joel Kelso originally finished 10th and 18th in the race, respectively, but were disqualified from the results of the whole weekend after having found to have used an oil outside of the Moto3 technical specifications.[1] Ortolá's pole position statistic was also nullified due to the disqualification; Deniz Öncü inherited the pole position statistic.

MotoE

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Race 1

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Pos.No.RiderLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
19 Andrea Mantovani712:47.539325
240 Mattia Casadei7+0.044220
34 Héctor Garzó7+0.230716
411 Matteo Ferrari7+0.950613
529 Nicholas Spinelli7+1.011811
63 Randy Krummenacher7+2.1291110
781 Jordi Torres7+2.52419
877 Miquel Pons7+2.96258
961 Alessandro Zaccone7+3.10297
1034 Kevin Manfredi7+3.379146
1121 Kevin Zannoni7+6.10645
1251 Eric Granado7+9.173104
1378 Hikari Okubo7+11.958183
1499 Oscar Gutiérrez7+12.075[g]122
1572 Alessio Finello7+12.197131
166 María Herrera7+16.27016
Ret8 Mika Pérez4Accident15
EX53 Tito Rabat0Excluded17
Fastest lap: Jordi Torres – 1:48.377 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE NR.1 REPORT
  • All bikes manufactured by Ducati.

Race 2

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Pos.No.RiderLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
140 Mattia Casadei712:47.019225
29 Andrea Mantovani7+0.072320
329 Nicholas Spinelli7+0.388816
44 Héctor Garzó7+0.424713
511 Matteo Ferrari7+0.498611
677 Miquel Pons7+1.071510
721 Kevin Zannoni7+1.20849
861 Alessandro Zaccone7+1.80198
93 Randy Krummenacher7+2.596117
1051 Eric Granado7+4.458106
1199 Oscar Gutiérrez7+4.654125
1234 Kevin Manfredi7+6.389144
1378 Hikari Okubo7+11.180183
148 Mika Pérez7+11.236152
1572 Alessio Finello7+15.523[g]131
166 María Herrera7+15.67016
Ret81 Jordi Torres5Accident1
Ret53 Tito Rabat4Accident17
Fastest lap: Héctor Garzó – 1:48.551 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE NR.2 REPORT
  • All bikes manufactured by Ducati.

Championship standings after the race

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Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[11][12][13][14]

MotoGP

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Moto2

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Moto3

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MotoE

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Notes

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  1. ^ Iván Ortolá set the fastest time in qualifying and started the race from pole position but almost a month after was disqualified, along with Joel Kelso, from qualifying and the race for failing oil sample tests.[1] Deniz Öncü, who qualified and started second, inherited the pole position statistic.
  2. ^ a b Three-place grid penalty for riding slowly on the racing line and blocking another rider during FP1.[5]
  3. ^ a b Three-place grid penalty.
  4. ^ a b Back of the grid start penalty.
  5. ^ Six-second penalty for irresponsible riding.
  6. ^ One position penalty for exceeding track limits on the final lap.
  7. ^ a b Three-second penalty for making a shortcut at turn 2.

References

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  1. ^ a b McLaren, Peter (29 September 2023). "Ivan Ortola, Joel Kelso disqualified from Catalunya results for oil infringement". Crash.net. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Practice Classification 2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  4. ^ "Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  5. ^ "MotoGP, Bastianini penalized 3 places on the grid in Barcelona". gpone.com. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  7. ^ "Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  8. ^ "Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Moto3 Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  9. ^ "Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Moto3 Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  10. ^ "Grand Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya MotoGP Warm Up Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  11. ^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  14. ^ "MotoE Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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