Indian MotoGP, Buddh - Warm-up Results

Warm-up results from the Indian MotoGP at the Buddh International Circuit, round 13 of 20 in the 2023 world championship.

Peter McLaren

24 Sep 2023

Indian MotoGP, Buddh International Circuit - Warm-up Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time/Diff	Lap	Max
1	Jorge Martin	SPA	Pramac Ducati (GP23)	1'45.402s	4/6	350k
2	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)	+0.139s	6/6	348k
3	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.311s	4/6	340k
4	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)*	+0.398s	6/6	341k
5	Joan Mir	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+0.428s	5/6	343k
6	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Gresini Ducati (GP22)	+0.462s	6/6	340k
7	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.500s	6/6	346k
8	Johann Zarco	FRA	Pramac Ducati (GP23)	+0.577s	4/6	343k
9	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23)	+0.612s	6/6	348k
10	Raul Fernandez	SPA	RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22)	+0.662s	4/6	338k
11	Marc Marquez	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+0.679s	4/6	343k
12	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.680s	4/6	341k
13	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP23)	+0.740s	4/6	353k
14	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23)	+0.805s	4/6	344k
15	Pol Espargaro	SPA	Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)	+0.837s	5/6	344k
16	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.064s	6/6	344k
17	Jack Miller	AUS	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+1.214s	6/6	340k
18	Stefan Bradl	GER	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.227s	4/6	343k
19	Michele Pirro	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP23)	+1.639s	4/6	346k
20	Miguel Oliveira	POR	RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22)	+3.333s	2/2	344k

* Rookie

Official Buddh International Circuit MotoGP records
Best lap: Marco Bezzecchi 1m 43.947s (2023)

Jorge Martin bolsters his hopes of extending his MotoGP victory run to four in a row this afternoon by leading a delayed morning warm-up for the Indian Grand Prix.

Sprint winner Martin, who starts this afternoon's race 33 points behind reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia, topped the session by 0.139s from pole qualifier Marco Bezzecchi, who recovered from last at Turn 1 to fifth in yesterday's race.

Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo, GASGAS Tech3 tookie Augusto Fernandez, Repsol Honda's Joan Mir and Gresini Ducati's Fabio di Giannantonio completed the top six.

Marc Marquez, who matched his season-best result with third on Saturday, was eleventh this morning with Bagnaia just 13th.

Miguel Oliveira was the only faller this morning.

Not for the first time this weekend, the ten-minute warm-up was delayed by almost half an hour 'due to track conditions'.

Marshals were then seen cleaning oil or fluid from the Turn 1 braking zone - much to the confusion of watching riders, given that no track action had taken place since the end of yesterday's Sprint race.

Alex Marquez and Luca Marini will miss today's Grand Prix after suffering fractures on Saturday. Marquez broke three ribs in qualifying while Marini broke his left collarbone after hitting the back of team-mate Marco Bezzecchi at Turn 1 of the Sprint race.

Both will also miss next weekend's Japanese Grand Prix.

Following Friday's feedback from riders and official tyre suppliers in the hot and humid conditions, race distances were adjusted with one lap taken off the MotoGP Sprint, Moto2 and Moto3 races, while Sunday's MotoGP Grand Prix will be shortened by three laps:

MotoGP Sprint: 11 laps
Moto3: 16 laps
Moto2: 18 laps
MotoGP: 21 laps

Michelin is offering a wider choice of tyres for this weekend, four fronts and three rears, as MotoGP faces its first new event without any prior testing in over a decade.

The 13-turn ex-F1 track features several sizeable straights, the longest at just over 1km, plus banked corners at 8 & 9 plus what proved to be a tricky Turn 1 in Friday practice.

Missing this weekend are Ducati’s Enea Bastianini - who fractured his hand and ankle during a multi-rider pile-up in Catalunya, moments before team-mate Bagnaia was run over following a highside - and LCR Honda’s Alex Rins, who is still recovering from leg fractures at Mugello in May.

HRC test rider Stefan Bradl is replacing Rins with Ducati test rider Michele Pirro in place of Bastianini.