2023 Valencia Moto3 Grand Prix, Ricardo Tormo - Friday Practice Results
Friday Practice results from the 2023 Valencia Moto3 Grand Prix at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.
Daniel Holgado, Moto3, Malaysia MotoGP, 10 November
| 2023 Moto3 Ricardo Tormo - Practice (2) Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Daniel Holgado | SPA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | (KTM) | 1m 38.706s |
| 2 | Deniz Öncü | TUR | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (KTM) | 1m 38.972s |
| 3 | Joel Kelso | AUS | CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP | (CFMOTO) | 1m 39.080s |
| 4 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing | (Honda) | 1m 39.127s |
| 5 | Ivan Ortolá | SPA | Angeluss MTA Team | (KTM) | 1m 39.128s |
| 6 | Jaume Masia | SPA | Leopard Racing | (Honda) | 1m 39.157s |
| 7 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team | (GASGAS) | 1m 39.187s |
| 8 | Collin Veijer | NED | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | (Husqvarna) | 1m 39.203s |
| 9 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | MT Helmets - MSI | (KTM) | 1m 39.302s |
| 10 | Vicente Perez | SPA | BOE Motorsports | (KTM) | 1m 39.312s |
| 11 | David Alonso | COL | Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team | (GASGAS) | 1m 39.369s |
| 12 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Team Asia | (Honda) | 1m 39.418s |
| 13 | Ayumu Sasaki | JPN | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | (Husqvarna) | 1m 39.434s |
| 14 | Filippo Farioli | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | (KTM) | 1m 39.536s |
| 15 | Romano Fenati | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Team | (Honda) | 1m 39.614s |
| 16 | Xavier Artigas | SPA | CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP | (CFMOTO) | 1m 39.686s |
| 17 | Stefano Nepa | ITA | Angeluss MTA Team | (KTM) | 1m 39.694s |
| 18 | José Antonio Rueda | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (KTM) | 1m 39.703s |
| 19 | Riccardo Rossi | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse | (Honda) | 1m 39.881s |
| 20 | Matteo Bertelle | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Team | (Honda) | 1m 39.905s |
| 21 | Kaito Toba | JPN | SIC58 Squadra Corse | (Honda) | 1m 39.998s |
| 22 | Lorenzo Fellon | FRA | CIP Green Power | (KTM) | 1m 40.111s |
| 23 | Syarifuddin Azman | MAL | MT Helmets - MSI | (KTM) | 1m 40.183s |
| 24 | David Muñoz | SPA | BOE Motorsports | (KTM) | 1m 40.291s |
| 25 | Scott Ogden | GBR | VisionTrack Racing Team | (Honda) | 1m 40.328s |
| 26 | Mario Aji | INA | Honda Team Asia | (Honda) | 1m 40.546s |
| 27 | David Salvador | SPA | CIP Green Power | (KTM) | 1m 40.697s |
| 28 | Marcos Ruda | SPA | Finetwork Intact GP | (Husqvarna) | 1m 41.279s |
The session was red-flagged in order to attend to Deniz Oncu, who was conscious but carried away on a stretcher after suffering a big highside at Turn 4.
Similar big highsides for David Alonso and then David Munoz were covered with yellow flags before red flags returned after another highside for Alonso - whose bike was then hit by title runner-up Ayumu Sasaki - at Turn 11. Both walked away.
With only a minute still to run, there was no time to set another flying lap, but the session was still restarted.
Dani Holgado completed a Friday double at the top of the timesheets,
| 2023 Moto3 Ricardo Tormo - Practice (1) Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Daniel Holgado | SPA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | (KTM) | 1m 38.919s |
| 2 | David Alonso | COL | Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team | (GASGAS) | 1m 39.320s |
| 3 | Jaume Masia | SPA | Leopard Racing | (Honda) | 1m 39.807s |
| 4 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Team Asia | (Honda) | 1m 39.829s |
| 5 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team | (GASGAS) | 1m 39.847s |
| 6 | David Muñoz | SPA | BOE Motorsports | (KTM) | 1m 39.931s |
| 7 | José Antonio Rueda | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (KTM) | 1m 39.949s |
| 8 | Ayumu Sasaki | JPN | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | (Husqvarna) | 1m 39.956s |
| 9 | Joel Kelso | AUS | CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP | (CFMOTO) | 1m 40.161s |
| 10 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Leopard Racing | (Honda) | 1m 40.250s |
| 11 | Filippo Farioli | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | (KTM) | 1m 40.297s |
| 12 | Scott Ogden | GBR | VisionTrack Racing Team | (Honda) | 1m 40.415s |
| 13 | Xavier Artigas | SPA | CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP | (CFMOTO) | 1m 40.503s |
| 14 | Vicente Perez | SPA | BOE Motorsports | (KTM) | 1m 40.605s |
| 15 | Syarifuddin Azman | MAL | MT Helmets - MSI | (KTM) | 1m 40.722s |
| 16 | Ivan Ortolá | SPA | Angeluss MTA Team | (KTM) | 1m 40.727s |
| 17 | Deniz Öncü | TUR | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (KTM) | 1m 40.745s |
| 18 | Romano Fenati | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Team | (Honda) | 1m 40.752s |
| 19 | Mario Aji | INA | Honda Team Asia | (Honda) | 1m 40.778s |
| 20 | Matteo Bertelle | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Team | (Honda) | 1m 40.797s |
| 21 | Collin Veijer | NED | Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP | (Husqvarna) | 1m 40.821s |
| 22 | David Salvador | SPA | CIP Green Power | (KTM) | 1m 40.942s |
| 23 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | MT Helmets - MSI | (KTM) | 1m 40.942s |
| 24 | Kaito Toba | JPN | SIC58 Squadra Corse | (Honda) | 1m 41.235s |
| 25 | Stefano Nepa | ITA | Angeluss MTA Team | (KTM) | 1m 41.328s |
| 26 | Riccardo Rossi | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse | (Honda) | 1m 41.697s |
| 27 | David Almansa | SPA | Finetwork Intact GP | (Husqvarna) | 1m 41.717s |
| 28 | Lorenzo Fellon | FRA | CIP Green Power | (KTM) | 1m 41.762s |
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