2023 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas explained

Gp Suffix:	Grand Prix of the Americas
Flag:	USA
Official Name:	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas
Location:	Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas, United States
Course Mi:	3.426
Course Km:	5.513
Race No:	3
Season No:	20
Date:	April 16,
Year:	2023
Pole Rider Motogp:	Francesco Bagnaia
Pole Rider Motogp Country:	ITA
Pole Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Pole Time Motogp:	2:01.892
Fast Rider Motogp:	Álex Rins
Fast Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Fast Rider Motogp Bike:	Honda
Fast Time Motogp:	2:03.126 on lap 4
First Rider Motogp:	Álex Rins
First Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
First Rider Motogp Bike:	Honda
Second Rider Motogp:	Luca Marini
Second Rider Motogp Country:	ITA
Second Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Third Rider Motogp:	Fabio Quartararo
Third Rider Motogp Country:	FRA
Third Rider Motogp Bike:	Yamaha
Pole Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
Pole Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Pole Time Moto2:	2:09.432
Fast Rider Moto2:	Jeremy Alcoba
Fast Rider Moto2 Country:	ESP
Fast Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Fast Time Moto2:	2:09.465 on lap 6
First Rider Moto2:	Pedro Acosta
First Rider Moto2 Country:	ESP
First Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Second Rider Moto2:	Tony Arbolino
Second Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
Second Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Third Rider Moto2:	Bo Bendsneyder
Third Rider Moto2 Country:	NED
Third Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Pole Rider Moto3:	Jaume Masià
Pole Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Pole Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Pole Time Moto3:	2:16.250
Fast Rider Moto3:	Iván Ortolá
Fast Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Fast Rider Moto3 Bike:	KTM
Fast Time Moto3:	2:16.356 on lap 7
First Rider Moto3:	Iván Ortolá
First Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
First Rider Moto3 Bike:	KTM
Second Rider Moto3:	Jaume Masià
Second Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Second Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Third Rider Moto3:	Xavier Artigas
Third Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Third Rider Moto3 Bike:	CFMoto

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.

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

		Biker	Constructor				Row
		Biker	Constructor	Q1^[4]	Q2^[5]		Row
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	25	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		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

		Biker	Constructor		Time/Retired		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

		Biker	Constructor		Time/Retired		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]

		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

		Constructor	Points
	1	Ducati	103
3	2	Honda	54
	3	Aprilia	51
2	4	KTM	49
1	5	Yamaha	43

Teams' Championship standings

		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

		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

		Constructor	Points
	1	Kalex	75
	2	Boscoscuro	33

Teams' Championship standings

		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

		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

		Constructor	Points
	1	KTM	70
	2	Honda	56
	3	CFMoto	32
1	4	Gas Gas	15
1	5	Husqvarna	13

Teams' Championship standings

		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

External links

Web site: MotoGP Official Website . June 8, 2023.

Notes and References

News: Reigning champ Bagnaia wins MotoGP opener after Marquez's 'really big mistake' sparks chaos . April 6, 2023 . Fox Sports . AFP . March 26, 2023 . en.
News: McLaren . Peter . MotoGP Argentina, Termas - Race Results . April 6, 2023 . Crash . April 2, 2023 . en.
Web site: MotoGP Standings. April 2, 2023. resources.motogp.com. April 16, 2023.
Web site: Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2023 . www.motogp.com.
Web site: Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023 . www.motogp.com.
Web site: MotoGP Standings. 16 April 2023. resources.motogp.com. 16 April 2023.
Web site: Moto2 Standings. 16 April 2023. resources.motogp.com. 16 April 2023.
Web site: Moto3 Standings. 16 April 2023. resources.motogp.com. 16 April 2023.
Web site: MotoGP Standings. April 16, 2023. resources.motogp.com. July 21, 2023.