2023 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

Qatar  2023 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 19 of 20 races in the
2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date19 November 2023
Official nameQatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar
LocationLusail International Circuit
Lusail, Qatar
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Luca Marini Ducati
Time 1:51.762
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati
Time 1:52.978 on lap 22
Podium
First Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati
Second Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati
Third Italy Luca Marini Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider United States Joe Roberts Kalex
Time 1:57.305
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex
Time 1:57.366 on lap 18
Podium
First Spain Fermín Aldeguer Boscosuro
Second Spain Manuel González Kalex
Third Spain Arón Canet Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Daniel Holgado KTM
Time 2:04.742
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna
Time 2:05.501 on lap 15
Podium
First Spain Jaume Masià Honda
Second Colombia David Alonso Gas Gas
Third Turkey Deniz Öncü KTM

The 2023 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar) was the nineteenth round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail on 19 November 2023.

For the first time since 2006, the Grand Prix was not held as the opening round of the season due to the renovation of the circuit.[1]

In the MotoGP class, Prima Pramac Racing became the first independent team to win the Teams' Championship.[2]

In the Moto2 class, Red Bull KTM Ajo won their third consecutive and fourth overall Teams' Championship.[3]

In the Moto3 class, Jaume Masià won the Grand Prix and clinched the Riders' Championship.[4]

  1. ^ "Portimao named as 2023 MotoGP World Championship season opener". 2 August 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Prima Pramac Racing make history with teams' title". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Red Bull KTM Ajo retains Moto2 Team World Champion title". ajo.fi. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Masia crowned Champion following barnstorming victory under the floodlights". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.