2023 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  2023 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 20 races in the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17–18 June 2023
Official name	Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland
Location	Sachsenring Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.671 km (2.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Time 1:21.409 Fastest lap Rider Johann Zarco Ducati Time 1:21.225 on lap 8 Podium First Jorge Martín Ducati Second Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Third Johann Zarco Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Pedro Acosta Kalex Time 1:23.858 Fastest lap Rider Pedro Acosta Kalex Time 1:23.673 on lap 3 Podium First Pedro Acosta Kalex Second Tony Arbolino Kalex Third Jake Dixon Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna Time 1:25.130 Fastest lap Rider Daniel Holgado KTM Time 1:25.694 on lap 3 Podium First Deniz Öncü KTM Second Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna Third Daniel Holgado KTM
MotoE Race 1
Pole position Rider Jordi Torres Ducati Time 1:34.601 Fastest lap Rider Héctor Garzó Ducati Time 1:27.914 on lap 2 Podium First Jordi Torres Ducati Second Randy Krummenacher Ducati Third Nicholas Spinelli Ducati
MotoE Race 2
Pole position Rider Jordi Torres Ducati Time 1:34.601 Fastest lap Rider Randy Krummenacher Ducati Time 1:27.545 on lap 2 Podium First Héctor Garzó Ducati Second Mattia Casadei Ducati Third Jordi Torres Ducati

The 2023 German motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland) was the seventh round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the third round of the 2023 MotoE World Championship. All races (except for both MotoE races which were held on 17 June) were held at the Sachsenring in Hohenstein-Ernstthal on 18 June 2023.

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1[1]	Q2[2]
1	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1'21.409	1	1
2	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1'21.487	2
3	43	Jack Miller	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1'21.492	3
4	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1'21.765	4	2
5	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1'21.936	5
6	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1'21.995	6
7	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1'25.681	1'22.013	7	3
8	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1'22.044	8
9	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1'24.655	1'22.047	9
10	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1'22.222	10	4
11	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1'22.239	11
12	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1'22.421	12
13	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1'27.269	N/A	13	5
14	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1'27.692	N/A	14
15	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	1'27.734	N/A	15
16	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	1'27.882	N/A	16	6
17	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1'27.908	N/A	17
18	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'28.404	N/A	18
19	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1'29.119	N/A	19	7
20	94	Jonas Folger	KTM	1'29.712	N/A	20
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

The MotoGP Sprint was held on 17 June.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	15	20:21.871	6	12
2	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	15	+2.468	1	9
3	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	15	+3.287	3	7
4	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	15	+5.487	2	6
5	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	15	+5.538	4	5
6	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	15	+6.289	9	4
7	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	15	+6.956	5	3
8	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	15	+9.261	8	2
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	15	+9.691	10	1
10	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	15	+9.715	11
11	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	15	+10.828	7
12	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	15	+10.905	14
13	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	15	+11.366	12
14	37	Augusto Fernández	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	15	+12.593	15
15	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	15	+12.905	17
16	88	Miguel Oliveira	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	15	+13.837	16
17	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	15	+14.505	18
18	25	Raúl Fernández	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	15	+28.959	19
Ret	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	11	Accident	13
Ret	94	Jonas Folger	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	6	Retired	20
Fastest sprint lap: Jorge Martín (Ducati) – 1:20.886 (lap 7)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	30	40:52.449	6	25
2	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	30	+0.064	1	20
3	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	30	+7.013	4	16
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	30	+8.430	5	13
5	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	30	+11.679	2	11
6	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	30	+11.904	3	10
7	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	30	+14.040	7	9
8	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	30	+14.859	10	8
9	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	30	+17.061	13	7
10	88	Miguel Oliveira	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	30	+19.648	15	6
11	37	Augusto Fernández	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	30	+19.997	14	5
12	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	30	+22.949	16	4
13	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	30	+25.117	11	3
14	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	30	+25.327	17	2
15	25	Raúl Fernández	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	30	+25.503	18	1
16	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	30	+28.543	9
17	94	Jonas Folger	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	30	+48.962	19
Ret	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	18	Accident	8
Ret	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	8	Engine	12
DNS	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda		Did not start
Fastest lap: Johann Zarco (Ducati) – 1:21.225 (lap 8)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

• Marc Márquez suffered a left thumb fracture during the morning warm up session and withdrew from the main race.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	37	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	25	35:15.315	1	25
2	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	25	+2.730	2	20
3	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	25	+2.825	3	16
4	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	25	+9.013	7	13
5	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro	25	+12.274	5	11
6	18	Manuel González	Kalex	25	+13.540	12	10
7	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	25	+14.457	6	9
8	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	25	+15.053	8	8
9	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	25	+15.219	9	7
10	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	25	+15.397	11	6
11	11	Sergio García	Kalex	25	+22.204	10	5
12	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	25	+23.478	14	4
13	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	25	+23.586	13	3
14	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	25	+23.879	20	2
15	71	Dennis Foggia	Kalex	25	+24.947	22	1
16	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	25	+28.448	17
17	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	25	+32.574	18
18	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	25	+35.241	23
19	99	Carlos Tatay	Kalex	25	+36.630	26
20	24	Marcos Ramírez	Forward	25	+48.790	24
21	23	Taiga Hada	Kalex	25	+1:11.766	29
22	27	Kasma Daniel	Kalex	25	+1:23.431	28
Ret	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	18	Accident	16
Ret	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	11	Retired	25
Ret	28	Izan Guevara	Kalex	8	Accident	27
Ret	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	5	Accident	4
Ret	3	Lukas Tulovic	Kalex	4	Accident	21
Ret	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	0	Accident	15
Ret	15	Darryn Binder	Kalex	0	Accident	19
DNS	72	Borja Gómez	Kalex		Did not start
Fastest lap: Pedro Acosta (Kalex) – 1:23.673 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

• Borja Gómez was declared unfit to race after a crash in P2.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	23	33:10.531	2	25
2	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	23	+0.095	1	20
3	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	23	+12.074	6	16
4	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	23	+12.196	3	13
5	80	David Alonso	Gas Gas	23	+17.158	14	11
6	5	Jaume Masià	Honda	23	+17.328	5	10
7	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	23	+17.416	8	9
8	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Gas Gas	23	+17.468	15	8
9	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	23	+17.548	9	7
10	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	23	+18.132	10	6
11[a]	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	23	+17.838	11	5
12	44	David Muñoz	KTM	23	+20.723	29[b]	4
13	99	José Antonio Rueda	KTM	23	+21.034	16	3
14	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	23	+21.147	7	2
15	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	23	+21.241	13	1
16	31	Adrián Fernández	Honda	23	+33.445	23
17	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	23	+33.536	21
18	55	Romano Fenati	Honda	23	+33.661	22
19	64	Mario Aji	Honda	23	+33.759	19
20	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	23	+36.144	27
21	7	Filippo Farioli	KTM	23	+43.725	17
22	66	Joel Kelso	CFMoto	23	+45.306	18
23	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	23	+55.584	24
24	38	David Salvador	KTM	23	+55.605	28
25	33	Tatchakorn Buasri	Honda	23	+55.729	25
26	57	Danial Shahril	KTM	23	+55.801	26
27	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	23	+55.954	20
Ret	18	Matteo Bertelle	Honda	21	Accident	12
Ret	95	Collin Veijer	Husqvarna	1	Accident	4
Fastest lap: Daniel Holgado (KTM) – 1:25.694 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Pos.	No.	Rider	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	81	Jordi Torres	10	14:46.636	1	25
2	3	Randy Krummenacher	10	+0.778	7	20
3	29	Nicholas Spinelli	10	+0.962	4	16
4	11	Matteo Ferrari	10	+1.014	10[c]	13
5	61	Alessandro Zaccone	10	+1.370	8	11
6	40	Mattia Casadei	10	+3.550	6	10
7	53	Tito Rabat	10	+4.772	9	9
8	77	Miquel Pons	10	+4.850	11	8
9	9	Andrea Mantovani	10	+5.282	12	7
10	78	Hikari Okubo	10	+6.481	5	6
11	21	Kevin Zannoni	10	+7.318	15	5
12	34	Kevin Manfredi	10	+7.949	13	4
13	8	Mika Pérez	10	+13.567	14	3
14	72	Alessio Finello	10	+18.576	16	2
15	6	María Herrera	10	+18.761	17	1
16	23	Luca Salvadori	10	+21.661	18[b]
Ret	51	Eric Granado	9	Accident	3
Ret	4	Héctor Garzó	9	Accident	2
Fastest lap: Héctor Garzó – 1:27.914 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE NR.1 REPORT

• All bikes manufactured by Ducati.

The race, scheduled to be run for ten laps, was red-flagged after six laps due to weather conditions. The race was deemed as completed and was not restarted.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Héctor Garzó	6	8:50.507	2	25
2	40	Mattia Casadei	6	+0.233	6	20
3	81	Jordi Torres	6	+0.290	1	16
4	51	Eric Granado	6	+0.577	3	13
5	29	Nicholas Spinelli	6	+0.779	4	11
6	3	Randy Krummenacher	6	+0.802	7	10
7	11	Matteo Ferrari	6	+0.857	10[c]	9
8	78	Hikari Okubo	6	+2.650	5	8
9	61	Alessandro Zaccone	6	+2.657	8	7
10	9	Andrea Mantovani	6	+2.770	12	6
11	77	Miquel Pons	6	+2.880	11	5
12	21	Kevin Zannoni	6	+5.312	15	4
13	34	Kevin Manfredi	6	+5.886	13	3
14	53	Tito Rabat	6	+6.155	9	2
15	8	Mika Pérez	6	+8.396	14	1
16	23	Luca Salvadori	6	+13.836	18[b]
17	72	Alessio Finello	6	+14.481	16
18	6	María Herrera	6	+19.828	17
Fastest lap: Randy Krummenacher – 1:27.545 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE NR.2 REPORT

• All bikes manufactured by Ducati.

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[3][4][5][6]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Francesco Bagnaia 160 1 2 Jorge Martín 144 1 3 Marco Bezzecchi 126 1 4 Johann Zarco 109 1 5 Brad Binder 96

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 248 2 KTM 135 3 Aprilia 99 4 Honda 81 5 Yamaha 68

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prima Pramac Racing 253 2 Mooney VR46 Racing Team 215 1 3 Ducati Lenovo Team 186 1 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 175 5 Aprilia Racing 108

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Tony Arbolino 139 2 Pedro Acosta 124 3 Alonso López 82 2 4 Jake Dixon 79 1 5 Filip Salač 72

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 175 2 Boscoscuro 86

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 192 2 Red Bull KTM Ajo 158 3 MB Conveyors Speed Up 118 4 Pons Wegow Los40 99 5 QJmotor Gresini Moto2 94

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Daniel Holgado 125 2 Jaume Masià 84 3 Iván Ortolá 81 1 4 Ayumu Sasaki 79 1 5 Deniz Öncü 78

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 170 2 Honda 109 3 Husqvarna 82 4 Gas Gas 70 5 CFMoto 55

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Red Bull KTM Tech3 127 1 2 Leopard Racing 122 3 Angeluss MTA Team 121 4 Red Bull KTM Ajo 120 5 Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 97

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jordi Torres 104 2 Matteo Ferrari 86 3 Héctor Garzó 84 4 Randy Krummenacher 75 4 5 Mattia Casadei 60

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE 159 2 2 Openbank Aspar Team 112 2 3 HP Pons Los40 105 2 4 Felo Gresini MotoE 102 2 5 Ongetta Sic58 Squadracorse 89

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 15 June 2023.