2023 MotoGP World Championship

2023 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

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The 2023 FIM MotoGP World Championship will be the premier class of the 75th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Francesco Bagnaia will be the defending champion

Teams and riders

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider   Aprilia Racing Aprilia RS-GP 12   Maverick Viñales^[1] 41   Aleix Espargaró^[1]   RNF MotoGP Team 25   Raúl Fernández^[2] 88   Miguel Oliveira^[2]   Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP23^[3] 1   Francesco Bagnaia^[4] 23   Enea Bastianini^[5]   Prima Pramac Racing 5   Johann Zarco^[6] 89   Jorge Martín^[6]   Gresini Racing MotoGP Desmosedici GP22^[3] 49   Fabio Di Giannantonio^[7] 73   Álex Márquez^[7]   Mooney VR46 Racing Team 10   Luca Marini^[8] 72   Marco Bezzecchi^[9]   GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 Gas Gas RC16 37   Augusto Fernández^[10] 44   Pol Espargaró^[11]   LCR Honda Idemitsu   LCR Honda Castrol Honda RC213V 30   Takaaki Nakagami^[12] 42   Álex Rins^[13]   Repsol Honda Team 36   Joan Mir^[14] 93   Marc Márquez^[15]   Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM RC16 33   Brad Binder^[16] 43   Jack Miller^[17]   Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 20   Fabio Quartararo^[18] 21   Franco Morbidelli^[19] Sources:^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]

Key Regular rider Replacement rider Wildcard rider

All teams use series-specified Michelin tyres.

Team changes

• RNF Racing will switch to Aprilia after a season with Yamaha.^[22]
• Suzuki have withdrawn from the MotoGP class at the end of the 2022 season.^[21]
• Tech3 KTM Factory Racing will be rebranded as GasGas Factory Racing.^[11] The team will be using Gas Gas-rebranded KTM bikes. Tech3 will continue to own and operate the team.^[24]

Rider changes

• Jack Miller will move to the KTM factory team from the Ducati factory team, replacing Miguel Oliveira.^[17] Oliveira will then move to RNF Aprilia MotoGP Team.^[2]
• Álex Márquez will move to Gresini Racing MotoGP from LCR Honda, replacing Enea Bastianini.^[7] Bastianini will then be promoted to the Ducati factory team, replacing Jack Miller.^[5]
• Álex Rins will move to LCR Honda from the now defunct Suzuki MotoGP team, replacing Álex Márquez.^[13]
• Pol Espargaró will move to the newly rebranded GasGas Factory Racing team from the Honda factory team.^[11] He will be replaced by Joan Mir, who will move from the now defunct Suzuki MotoGP team.^[14]
• Raúl Fernández will move to RNF Aprilia MotoGP Team from Tech3 KTM Factory Racing.^[2]
• Remy Gardner will leave MotoGP for the Superbike World Championship.^[25] He will be replaced by 2022 Moto2 World Riders' Champion Augusto Fernández, who will enter the MotoGP class with the rebranded GasGas Factory Racing team.^[10]
• After being left without a place in the MotoGP grid, Darryn Binder went down to Moto2 to make his debut in that class.^[26]

Rule changes

Sprint races will be introduced at all Grands Prix. Sprint races will be held at 15:00 on the Saturday of each Grand Prix weekend and will be approximately 50% of the total race distance. Points will be awarded to the top 9 finishers on a 12–9–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis, similar to the system being used in Superbike World Championship Superpole races. The grids for both the Sprint race and the Grand Prix race will be set from qualifying, which will retain its Q1–Q2 format. There will also be one less practice session and the warm-up session as a result.^[27][28] Sprint race wins are not considered as regular Grands Prix wins and instead would have their own "Sprint race wins" statistic.^[29]

The weekend format is now fixed for every event. Moto3 will be followed by Moto2, followed by MotoGP.^[27]

Minimum tyre pressure rules will be enforced.^[30] The use of any device that modifies or adjusts the motorcycle’s front ride height while it is moving is now forbidden.^[31]

Calendar

The following Grands Prix are provisionally scheduled to take place in 2023:^[32]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	26 March	Grande Prémio de Portugal	Algarve International Circuit, Portimão
2	2 April	Gran Premio Michelin de la República Argentina	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
3	16 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
4	30 April	Gran Premio de España	Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera
5	14 May	Shark Grand Prix de France	Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans
6	11 June	Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero
7	18 June	Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
8	25 June	Motul TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	9 July	Grand Prix of Kazakhstan	Sokol International Racetrack, Almaty^[a]
10	6 August	Monster Energy British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
11	20 August	CryptoData Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
12	3 September	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
13	10 September	Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	24 September	Grand Prix of India	Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida^[a]
15	1 October	Motul Grand Prix of Japan	Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi
16	15 October	Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia	Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok
17	22 October	Aminoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
18	29 October	OR Thailand Grand Prix	Chang International Circuit, Buriram
19	12 November	Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
20	19 November	Grand Prix of Qatar^[b]	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
21	26 November	Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
Sources:^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]^[43]^[44]^[45]^[46]^[47]^[48]^[49]^[50]^[51]

Grand Prix locations

 

 

Losail

 

Motegi

 

Buriram

 

Phillip Island

 

Sepang

 

Termas de Río Hondo

 

Austin

 

Mandalika

 

Almaty

 

Greater Noida

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Location of non-European Grands Prix in 2023.

 

 

Portimão

 

Jerez

 

Le Mans

 

Scarperia

 

Montmeló

 

Hohenstein-Ernstthal

 

Assen

 

Spielberg

 

Silverstone

 

Cheste

 

Misano Adriatico

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Location of European Grands Prix in 2023.

Calendar changes

• For the first time since 2006, Lusail in Qatar will not host the opening round due to "extensive renovation and remodelling to the paddock area and circuit facilities".^[52]
• The British Grand Prix will return to the International Paddock of the Silverstone Circuit for the first time since 2012.^[53]
• India and Kazakhstan are both scheduled to host their first World Championship motorcycle Grands Prix in 2023 at the Buddh International Circuit and the Sokol International Racetrack, respectively.^[44][39]
• The Hungarian Grand Prix was scheduled to make its debut in 2023 but was postponed until at least 2024 due to the unfinished construction of the circuit.^[54]
• The Aragon Grand Prix was omitted from the schedule for the first time since its introduction in 2010.^[32]
• The Finnish Grand Prix at Kymi Ring was under contract to feature in 2023, but was not included in the provisional calendar due to safety concerns of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[32]

Notes

1. Subject to homologation
2. Night race

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External links

• Official website