2023 MotoGP Championship Standings After Round 1, Portimão, Portugal

By David Emmett | Sun, 26/03/2023 - 16:03

MotoGP standings after the Sunday feature race:

Pos No. Rider Bike Points Deficit
1 1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 37  
2 12 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 25 -12
3 72 Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 16 -21
4 5 Johann Zarco Ducati 15 -22
5 43 Jack Miller KTM 15 -22
6 73 Alex Marquez Ducati 12 -25
7 41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 11 -26
8 33 Brad Binder KTM 10 -27
9 89 Jorge Martin Ducati 9 -28
10 20 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 8 -29
11 93 Marc Marquez Honda 7 -30
12 42 Alex Rins Honda 6 -31
13 36 Joan Mir Honda 5 -32
14 30 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 4 -33
15 37 Augusto Fernandez KTM 3 -34
16 88 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 3 -34
17 21 Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 2 -35
18 25 Raul Fernandez Aprilia 0 -37
19 10 Luca Marini Ducati 0 -37
20 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 0 -37
36 23 Enea Bastianini Ducati 0 -37
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Comments

I am confused here. I thought the sprint race points did not count towards deciding the championship winner but apparently according to your title ("championship standing") they do. 

So at the end of the year we have 

 - the Championship winner (sprint + GP points)

 - the sprint champion

 - the GP champion.

Which is the most important / has the most prestige? Do we even care anymore?  Talk about replacing quality with quantity.  I feel this will be Ezpeleta's biggest cock-up ever which is a shame because the sprint racing IS exciting but devaluing your main product does not make good business sense.

WSBK race 3 times in a weekend but their race meetings are less frequent so there is more recovery time.

My concern with Motogp is given the frequency of races and with the addition of sprint races - the risk of injury has doubled and there isn't the recovery. Pol for example is already on the backfoot.

Even if you are considered a clean racer - it doesn't stop you being taken out by another rider. 

 

Sorry Enea Bastianini, it's all my fault.

I picked EB23 to win the championship. in the top5 plus Indi. So of corse Bastianini was torpedoed in the first sprint race, probably not going to Argentina. Maybe not COTA either.

That's racing.

We're all mostly focused on the Marc drama, and Pecco's win. But may I mention Maverick?

I never really liked him. I felt--and posted--that he was immature, the king of testing, always faded in the race, and was the poster child for self-centered, whiney, would-be stars when he rode for Yamaha. Could not get out of his own way and blamed everyone else for his problems. He would never be successful.

Well gee, maybe I was right about the immaturity, but I sure was wrong about success! 

Maverick has grown up, and I am really enjoying watching him race this season.