MotoGP Portugal Sprint race standings 2023: Francesco Bagnaia leads after winning first-ever race

MotoGP Sprint Race standings 2023: MotoGP 2023 has introduced Sprint Race formats for all its 21 rounds. Started with the opening round in Portimao hosting the Grand Prix of Portugal, Sprint Race will only cover half the distance in comparison to the main race and will take place every Saturday.

There's a tweak in the regular weekend schedule as well with the inclusion of the Sprint race as the combined results of Free Practice 1 and Free Practice 2 decide who all go into Qualifying 2 directly and who all have to compete in the Qualifying 1 knockouts.

There will be half an hour session of FP3 on Saturday as well right before the Qualifying while the Sprint race grid spots are decided based on Qualifying 2 results. The Qualifying 2 results will also determine the starting grid for the main race.

Points on the offer at the Sprint race are 12, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for the top 9 spots. However, the points earned will not be added to the MotoGP Championship points and will be maintained separately. The points earned will not go into the history books of MotoGP, which also means the winner won't be counted as the GP winner.

MotoGP Sprint race standings 2023

Position	Riders	Constructors	Points
1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	12
2	Jorge Martin	Prima Pramac	9
3	Marc Marquez	Repsol Honda	7
4	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM	6
5	Maverick Vinales	Aprilia Racing	5
6	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia Racing	4
7	Miguel Oliviera	RNF	3
8	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac	2
9	Alex Marquez	Gresini Racing	1
10	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	0
11	Raul Fernandez	RNF	0
12	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM	0
13	Alex Rins	LCR	0
14	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	0
15	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR	0
16	Augusto Fernandez	GASGAS	0
17	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing	0
18	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46	0
19	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46	0
20	Ennea Bastianini	Ducati	0
21	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda	0
22	Augusto Fernandez	GASGAS	0

Grand Prix of Portugal result

Reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) became the first rider to win the first-ever Sprint race during the Grand Prix of Portugal in Portimao on March 25. The 12-lap encounter saw Bagnaia overtake Prime Pramac's Jorge Martin at the last lap for the win. Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez took the final podium spot after RNF's Miguel Oliviera ran off the track to finish seventh.