Indonesian MotoGP, Mandalika - Full Qualifying Results

Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Saturday Sprint and main Sunday race at the Indonesian MotoGP at Mandalika, round 15 of 20 in the 2023 world championship.
Luca Marini, MotoGP, Indonesian MotoGP, 13 October
Luca Marini, MotoGP, Indonesian MotoGP, 13 October
Indonesian MotoGP, Mandalika - Full Qualifying Results
PosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax
1Luca MariniITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)1'29.978s3/5314k
2Maverick ViñalesSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP23)+0.031s6/8315k
3Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP23)+0.154s7/9313k
4Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.538s8/9314k
5Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.720s7/9316k
6Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP23)+0.764s6/7317k
7Fabio Di GiannantonioITAGresini Ducati (GP22)+0.788s8/9310k
8Marc MarquezSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)+0.886s6/7313k
9Marco BezzecchiITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)+0.930s6/6315k
10Jack MillerAUSRed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.992s6/8313k
11Enea BastianiniITADucati Lenovo (GP23)+1.083s5/7313k
12Miguel OliveiraPORRNF Aprilia (RS-GP22)+1.215s5/8316k
 Qualifying 1:     
13Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP23)1'30.626s7/9317k
14Johann ZarcoFRAPramac Ducati (GP23)1'30.713s3/6317k
15Franco MorbidelliITAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)1'30.729s7/9311k
16Pol EspargaroSPATech3 GASGAS (RC16)1'31.006s7/9315k
17Raul FernandezSPARNF Aprilia (RS-GP22)1'31.031s7/9311k
18Augusto FernandezSPATech3 GASGAS (RC16)*1'31.034s7/9311k
19Joan MirSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)1'31.143s6/9312k
20Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V)1'31.192s7/9309k
21Alex RinsSPALCR Honda (RC213V)1'31.458s8/9308k

*Rookie.

Official Mandalika MotoGP records
Best lap: Aleix Espargaro 1m 30.474s (2023)
Fastest race lap: Aleix Espargaro 1m 30.474s (2022)

An injured Luca Marini beats the factory Aprilias of Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro to take a debut pole position at the 2023 Indonesian MotoGP, with a new Mandalika lap record.

Meanwhile, title contenders Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi fumbled their chance to fully punish Francesco Bagnaia for failing to progress past Qualifying 1, but will still start with a grid advantage over the world championship leader.

Bagnaia was knocked out of a Q2 transfer spot by a late improvement from his own factory Ducati team-mate Enea Bastianini, who took second place behind Marini.

The reigning champion, who sits just 3 points clear of Martin, walked straight out of the factory Ducati garage and will start from a season-worst 13th on the grid in both Mandalika races.

But the qualifying drama wasn't over.

Martin, who gave a quick wink to his team after watching Q1, and third in the standings Marco Bezzecchi were both on the ground in the opening minutes of Q2, after making separate mistakes at Turn 16!

Martin recovered to sixth, with Bezzecchi - riding, like team-mate Marini, with a recently fractured collarbone - in ninth.

Reigning MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia is just 3 points clear of a charging Jorge Martin heading into the final six rounds of the season.

Martin has outscored Bagnaia for the past seven races in a row heading into Mandalika, where Miguel Oliveira took a wet victory in the inaugural 2022 event.

The circuit has been resurfaced (again) since last year’s race. There has been no prior MotoGP testing on the latest asphalt, while the extreme temperatures mean Michelin brings special heat-resistant stiffer construction rear tyres (as well as for the hard front).

Having slipped 54 points from Bagnaia, Marco Bezzecchi’s title hopes took another blow when he fractured his collarbone in a training accident last weekend, the same injury suffered by team-mate Luca Marini when he hit the back of Bezzecchi at the start of the Indian Sprint.

Undergoing surgery on Sunday, Bezzecchi returned on Friday and stunned with the third-fastest lap time.

Also attempting comebacks are LCR Honda’s Alex Rins (broken leg at Mugello), Lenovo Ducati’s Enea Bastianini (hand and ankle injuries at Catalunya) and Gresini Ducati’s Alex Marquez (fractured ribs in India).

However Alex Marquez withdrew due to the pain after Friday’s FP1.

Marini and Bastianini both have a long lap penalty waiting to be served, for causing the multi-rider accidents that left them injured.

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