The 2023 FIM MotoGP World Championship is the premier class of the 75th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Teams and riders 

All teams use series-specified Michelin tyres.

Team changes
 RNF Racing switched to Aprilia after a season with Yamaha.
 Suzuki withdrew from the MotoGP class at the end of the 2022 season.
 Tech3 KTM Factory Racing were rebranded as GasGas Factory Racing Tech3. The team used KTM bikes. Tech3 continued to own and operate the team.

Rider changes
 Jack Miller moved to the KTM factory team from the Ducati factory team, replacing Miguel Oliveira. Oliveira then moved to RNF Aprilia MotoGP Team.
 Álex Márquez moved to Gresini Racing MotoGP from LCR Honda, replacing Enea Bastianini. Bastianini was then promoted to the Ducati factory team, replacing Jack Miller.
 Álex Rins moved to LCR Honda from the now defunct Suzuki MotoGP team, replacing Álex Márquez.
 Pol Espargaró moved to the newly rebranded GasGas Factory Racing team from the Honda factory team. He was replaced by Joan Mir, who moved from the now defunct Suzuki MotoGP team.
 Raúl Fernández moved to RNF Aprilia MotoGP Team from Tech3 KTM Factory Racing.
 Remy Gardner left MotoGP for the Superbike World Championship. He was replaced by  Moto2 World Riders' Champion Augusto Fernández, who entered the MotoGP class with the rebranded GasGas Factory Racing team.
 After being left without a place in the MotoGP grid, Darryn Binder went down to Moto2 to make his debut in that class.

Mid-season changes
 Pol Espargaró missed seven Grands Prix starting from the Argentine round after suffering numerous injuries during P2 of the Portuguese round. He was not replaced for the Argentine round, but was replaced starting from the Americas round by Jonas Folger.
 Enea Bastianini missed the Argentine and Americas rounds after suffering a fractured right collarbone due to a collision with Luca Marini in the sprint of the Portuguese round. He was not replaced for the Argentine round, and was replaced for the Americas round by Michele Pirro. Bastianini also missed the French round after a failed return in the Spanish round which saw him withdraw from the race after P2 due to continuous shoulder pain. He was replaced by Danilo Petrucci.
 Marc Márquez missed several races after suffering a broken first metacarpal due to a collision with Miguel Oliveira during the main race of the Portuguese round. He was not replaced for the Argentine round, replaced by Stefan Bradl for the Americas round, and was replaced by Iker Lecuona for the Spanish round.
 Miguel Oliveira missed the Argentine round due to the aforementioned collision with Márquez during the main race of the previous Portuguese round. Oliveira was declared unfit after further testing and was not replaced. Oliveira also missed the French round after he sustained a shoulder injury after a collision with Fabio Quartararo during the previous Spanish round and was replaced by Lorenzo Savadori.
 Joan Mir missed the German and Dutch rounds after suffering a right hand injury during P2 of the previous Italian round. He was not replaced for the German round, but was replaced by Iker Lecuona for the Dutch round.
 Álex Rins missed five Grands Prix starting from the German round after undergoing surgery on a broken right leg that was sustained during the sprint of the Italian round. He was not replaced for the German round, was replaced by Stefan Bradl for the Dutch round, and was replaced by Iker Lecuona starting from the British round.

Rule changes 
Sprint races were introduced at all Grands Prix. Sprint races were held at 15:00 on the Saturday of each Grand Prix weekend and were approximately 50% of the total race distance. Points were awarded to the top 9 finishers on a 12–9–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis, similar to the system being used in Superbike World Championship Superpole races. The grids for both the Sprint race and the Grand Prix race were set from qualifying, which retained its Q1–Q2 format. There was also one less practice session and the warm-up session as a result. Sprint race wins are not considered as regular Grands Prix wins and instead would have their own "Sprint race wins" statistic.

The weekend format is now fixed for every event. Moto3 were followed by Moto2, followed by MotoGP.

Minimum tyre pressure rules were enforced. The use of any device that modifies or adjusts the motorcycle’s front ride height while it is moving has been forbidden.

Starting from the British round, only the results of the second practice session of each Friday, which is now simply called "Practice", were timed for direct qualification into Qualifying 2. The first practice session on Fridays and the practice session on Saturday were now called "Free Practice 1" and "Free Practice 2", respectively, and the results from both sessions would not be considered for direct Q2 classification.

Calendar 
The following Grands Prix are scheduled to take place in 2023:

Grand Prix locations

Calendar changes 
 For the first time since 2006, Lusail in Qatar did not host the opening round due to "extensive renovation and remodelling to the paddock area and circuit facilities".
 The British Grand Prix returned to the International Paddock of the Silverstone Circuit for the first time since 2012.
 India and Kazakhstan are both scheduled to host their first World Championship motorcycle Grands Prix in 2023 at the Buddh International Circuit and the Sokol International Racetrack, respectively.
 The Hungarian Grand Prix was scheduled to make its debut in 2023 but was postponed until at least 2024 due to the unstarted construction of the circuit.
 The Aragon Grand Prix was omitted from the schedule for the first time since its introduction in 2010.
 The Finnish Grand Prix at Kymi Ring was under contract to feature in 2023, but was not included in the provisional calendar due to safety concerns of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
 The Kazakhstan Grand Prix at Sokol International Racetrack was cancelled due to ongoing homologation works at the circuit, paired with global operational challenges. The event was not replaced.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Riders' standings
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers of the main race and to the top nine of the sprint. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Constructors' standings
Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Teams' standings
The teams' standings are based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible.

Notes

References

External links
 

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