San Marino MotoGP, Misano - Sprint Race Results
| 2023 San Marino MotoGP, Misano - Sprint Race Results | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff |
| 1 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | 19m 58.785s |
| 2 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +1.445s |
| 3 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | +4.582s |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | SPA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +4.772s |
| 5 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +4.931s |
| 6 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +6.062s |
| 7 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +6.519s |
| 8 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +7.893s |
| 9 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +9.264s |
| 10 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +11.318s |
| 11 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +13.365s |
| 12 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +13.788s |
| 13 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +14.243s |
| 14 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +14.154s |
| 15 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +17.421s |
| 16 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | +17.451s |
| 17 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +18.133s |
| 18 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +19.749s |
| 19 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* | +20.403s |
| 20 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Aruba.it Ducati (GP23) | +21.454s |
| 21 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +21.962s |
| 22 | Stefan Bradl | GER | Team HRC (RC213V) | +23.672s |
| 23 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +36.100s |
* Rookie
Jorge Martin takes a lights-to-flag victory in the 2023 San Marino MotoGP Sprint race, reducing the injured Francesco Bagnaia’s title lead to 45 points.
Martin converted a lap record pole position into the holeshot at turn one and was never headed.
Marco Bezzecchi, riding with an injured left hand from Barcelona, lurked threateningly on the Pramac Ducati’s rear wheel for much of the 13 laps but was unable to attempt a pass and called off his challenge in the closing stages.
By contrast, Bagnaia, who injured his leg in last Sunday’s horrific Barcelona fall, came under intense pressure from KTM’s wild-card star Dani Pedrosa, who was swarming all over the back of the Ducati in the closing stages.
But Pedrosa, in turn, had KTM team-mate Brad Binder breathing his exhaust fumes and, ultimately, Bagnaia gritted his teeth to keep both RC16s at bay.
Franco Morbidelli, Joan Mir, Stefan Bradl, Pol Espargaro and Johann Zarco all received post-race penalties for exceeding track limits... Mir received a record three long lap penalties during the race (one of which, like Augusto Fernandez, he served).
Ducati’s reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia took a reduced 50-point title lead over Pramac’s Jorge Martin into this afternoon's race after a shocking accident on the opening lap in Barcelona last weekend.
Bagnaia highsided from the lead and landed in the path of Brad Binder, who couldn’t avoid hitting his legs. Miraculously Bagnaia escaped without any fractures and was passed fit for this weekend.
However factory Ducati team-mate Enea Bastianini is absent from Misano, India and Japan after fracturing his left hand and ankle after triggering a multi-rider pile-up just moments before Bagnaia’s highside.
Dani Pedrosa is making a second wild-card appearance of the season for KTM, and using a carbon fibre chassis, with fellow test riders Stefan Bradl (Honda) and Michele Pirro (Ducati) also back on track.
Bradl is using a '2023.5' RCV: This year's engine (as required by the rules) combined with a range of prototype 2024 parts. Bradl's bike, plus perhaps more new developments, are set to be tried by the official Honda race riders in Monday's test.
LCR Honda’s Alex Rins remains absent due to his Mugello leg injuries and, with Iker Lecuona returning to WorldSBK duty, is replaced by Japanese test rider Takumi Takahashi.
But Takahashi, whose previous MotoGP start was in 2015, failed to lap within the 105% time in practice and was thus unable to take part in qualifying or this weekend's races.
