Indonesian MotoGP, Mandalika - Full Qualifying Results
| Indonesian MotoGP, Mandalika - Full Qualifying Results | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | 1'29.978s | 3/5 | 314k |
| 2 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.031s | 6/8 | 315k |
| 3 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +0.154s | 7/9 | 313k |
| 4 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.538s | 8/9 | 314k |
| 5 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.720s | 7/9 | 316k |
| 6 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +0.764s | 6/7 | 317k |
| 7 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +0.788s | 8/9 | 310k |
| 8 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.886s | 6/7 | 313k |
| 9 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +0.930s | 6/6 | 315k |
| 10 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.992s | 6/8 | 313k |
| 11 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | +1.083s | 5/7 | 313k |
| 12 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +1.215s | 5/8 | 316k |
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| 13 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | 1'30.626s | 7/9 | 317k |
| 14 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | 1'30.713s | 3/6 | 317k |
| 15 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1'30.729s | 7/9 | 311k |
| 16 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | 1'31.006s | 7/9 | 315k |
| 17 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | 1'31.031s | 7/9 | 311k |
| 18 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* | 1'31.034s | 7/9 | 311k |
| 19 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1'31.143s | 6/9 | 312k |
| 20 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1'31.192s | 7/9 | 309k |
| 21 | Alex Rins | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1'31.458s | 8/9 | 308k |
*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.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
