Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Saturday Sprint and main Sunday race at the Spanish MotoGP at Jerez, round 4 of 20 in the 2023 world championship.
Rivals were impressed but not surprised to see Dani Pedrosa fighting at the front on day one of his wild-card entry for the Spanish MotoGP, his first competitive event at Jerez since 2018.
Aleix Espargaro left it late to claim top spot ahead of factory Aprilia teammate Maverick Vinales, although several big names including the last two MotoGP champions failed to secure a top ten spot.
The MotoGP World Championship will not introduce penalties for breaking the minimum tyre pressure regulations until at least round six at Mugello, in mid-June.
Marc Marquez insists it was an ‘easy decision’ to withdraw from this weekend’s home Spanish MotoGP after three different medical teams spelt out the risk to his healing hand of riding at Jerez.
Honda World Superbike star Iker Lecuona has revealed his ‘shock’ at receiving a last-minute call to replace the injured Marc Marquez in this weekend’s Spanish MotoGP.