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Grand Prix of Catalunya

Circuit de Barcelona -03.09.2023

sprint

15th Franco Morbidelli +16.207 /12 laps

18th Fabio Quartararo +17.147 /12 laps

15:00 local time +2 GMT
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Air 25° / Track 31°
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Cloudy / 75

It was a tough day. At the start of the Sprint, I tried to brake hard, but it didn’t go as planned. This weekend we tried so many things on the bike to try to figure out something and find an improvement. Hopefully tomorrow is going to be better. In the ...

With dark clouds looming, the atmosphere was tense on the starting grid of the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Sprint. Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo had spent the earlier Saturday sessions at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya looking for better grip. As rain flags were coming out just as all riders started the warm-up lap, the Yamaha duo knew they had to tread with care in the opening laps on cold tyres. They rode to 15th and 18th place respectively.Starting from P16, Morbidelli found himself in the busy mid-pack as all 22 riders turned in for the first corner. He was battling with various ...

First of all, I got lucky in the first corner. I saw Fabio jetting past in front of me. I was lucky enough to avoid a crash and everything, I’m happy about that. After that, I was engaged in the race. I was battling with two KTMs and, finally, I was able to ...

Massimo Meregalli

We have been struggling to find grip around this circuit. Normally this track gets better throughout the race weekend, but this time that’s not been the case so far. It makes things more difficult for us, especially as our bike is meant to be ridden with ...

Images Sprint

02.09.2023

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Face Uphill Battle in Catalan GP Sprint

motogp Catalonia / sprint

Practice
Qualifying
Sprint
Race

practice

Practice

1	Aleix Espargaró	SPA	Aprilia Racing	1'38.686
2	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing	1'39.048
3	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	1'39.061
4	Johann .Zarco	FRA	Prima Pramac Racing	1'39.257
5	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	1'39.346
6	Alex Marquez	SPA	Gresini Racing MotoGP	1'39.549
7	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	1'39.550
8	Fabio .Di Giannantonio	ITA	Gresini Racing MotoGP	1'39.621
9	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	1'39.628
10	Jorge Martin	SPA	Prima Pramac Racing	1'39.693
11	Pol Espargaró	SPA	Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing	1'39.721
12	Jack Miller	AUS	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	1'39.752
13	Raul .Fernandez	SPA	CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team	1'39.757
14	Miguel Oliveira	POR	CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team	1'39.779
15	Luca .Marini	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	1'39.807
16	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3	1'39.891
17	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	1'40.106
18	Franco .Morbidelli	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	1'40.155
19	Marc .Marquez	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	1'40.249
20	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda LCR	1'40.886
21	Iker Lecuona	SPA	LCR Honda Castrol	1'40.895
22	Joan Mir	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	1'41.013

qualifying

Qualifying

1	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	1'38.639
2	Aleix Espargaró	SPA	Aprilia Racing	1'38.743
3	Miguel Oliveira	POR	CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team	1'38.748
4	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing	1'38.772
5	Jorge Martin	SPA	Prima Pramac Racing	1'38.797
6	Johann .Zarco	FRA	Prima Pramac Racing	1'38.858
7	Alex Marquez	SPA	Gresini Racing MotoGP	1'39.053
8	Fabio .Di Giannantonio	ITA	Gresini Racing MotoGP	1'39.054
9	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	1'39.057
10	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	1'39.368
11	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	1'39.575
12	Marc .Marquez	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	1'39.701
13	Jack Miller	AUS	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	1'39.232
14	Pol Espargaró	SPA	Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing	1'39.330
15	Raul .Fernandez	SPA	CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team	1'39.360
16	Franco .Morbidelli	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	1'39.452
17	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	1'39.510
18	Luca .Marini	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	1'39.573
19	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3	1'39.794
20	Joan Mir	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	1'40.214
21	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda LCR	1'40.388
22	Iker Lecuona	SPA	LCR Honda Castrol	1'40.580

sprint

Sprint

1	Aleix Espargaró	SPA	Aprilia Racing	20'02.744
2	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	+ 1.989
3	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing	+ 2.040
4	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	+ 2.857
5	Jorge Martin	SPA	Prima Pramac Racing	+ 4.341
6	Miguel Oliveira	POR	CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team	+ 4.940
7	Johann .Zarco	FRA	Prima Pramac Racing	+ 6.746
8	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	+ 6.888
9	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	+ 8.068
10	Alex Marquez	SPA	Gresini Racing MotoGP	+ 10.380
11	Marc .Marquez	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	+ 11.823
12	Luca .Marini	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	+ 11.900
13	Fabio .Di Giannantonio	ITA	Gresini Racing MotoGP	+ 12.018
14	Raul .Fernandez	SPA	CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team	+ 13.284
15	Franco .Morbidelli	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	+ 16.207
16	Jack Miller	AUS	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	+ 16.404
17	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3	+ 16.534
18	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	+ 17.147
19	Iker Lecuona	SPA	LCR Honda Castrol	+ 18.658
20	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda LCR	+ 19.080
21	Joan Mir	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	+ 19.574
22	Pol Espargaró	SPA	Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing	Not classified (9 laps)

race

Race

1	Aleix Espargaró	SPA	Aprilia Racing	38'56.159
2	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing	+ 00.377
3	Jorge Martin	SPA	Prima Pramac Racing	+ 2.831
4	Johann .Zarco	FRA	Prima Pramac Racing	+ 4.867
5	Miguel Oliveira	POR	CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team	+ 7.529
6	Alex Marquez	SPA	Gresini Racing MotoGP	+ 10.590
7	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	+ 10.821
8	Jack Miller	AUS	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	+ 10.880
9	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3	+ 12.889
10	Fabio .Di Giannantonio	ITA	Gresini Racing MotoGP	+ 13.280
11	Luca .Marini	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	+ 16.491
12	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	+ 16.561
13	Marc .Marquez	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	+ 21.616
14	Franco .Morbidelli	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	+ 23.108
15	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda LCR	+ 26.740
16	Iker Lecuona	SPA	LCR Honda Castrol	+ 28.860
17	Joan Mir	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	+ 33.929
18	Raul .Fernandez	SPA	CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team	Not classified (13 laps)
19	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	Not classified (20 laps)
20	Pol Espargaró	SPA	Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing	Not classified (22 laps)
21	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Not starting
22	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Not starting

Circuit: Circuit de Barcelona

Location: CIRCUIT DE CATALUNYA
"Mas la Moreneta"
Carretera Granollers - Parets, km 2
Apartat de correus 27
08160 Montmeló (Spain)

Web: www.circuitcat.com

Length (m): 4727

Width (m): 12

Pole position: left

Turns: 13

Turns right: 8

Turns left: 5

Track map
Location

Map
Location

BEST RACE LAP

Time: 1'39.939

Rider: J. Zarco

Bike: Ducati

Year: 2021

NEW ALL TIME LAP RECORD

Time: 1'38.639

Rider: F. Bagnaia

Bike: Ducati

Year: 2023

circuit latest results

M. Márquez (Honda): 40'31.175

F. Quartararo (Yamaha): +2.660

D. Petrucci (Ducati): +4.537