The riders were previously teammates at Red Bull KTM Ajo in Moto2.
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Aprilia entered the series with their own full factory team effort for the first time since 2004.Sources: Īll teams use series-specified Michelin tyres. Bagnaia led from the first lap to take his third consecutive victory ahead of Quartararo. In Austria, Enea Bastianini took his first career pole position, before crashing out on lap 6 due to issues with a bent front wheel rim. Returning in Britain, Bagnaia took his fourth win of the season to lessen the gap to championship frontrunners Quartararo and Espargaró, who struggled to 8th and 9th place finishes respectively. Heading into the summer break, Quartararo lead the riders' championship, while Ducati lead the manufacturers' championship and Aprilia Racing the teams' championship. Quartararo was later handed a long lap penalty for the crash, which was to be served at the next round at Silverstone. Bagnaia took his third win in Assen, while title front-runners Quartararo and Espargaró clashed on the fifth lap, resulting in a DNF for the Frenchman while the Spaniard recovered to finish in fourth place.
Quartararo won for the third time in Germany. His primary title rival Espargaró dropped from second position (for potentially his fifth consecutive podium finish) to fifth place on the final lap, after miscounting the laps remaining. Quartararo took his second victory of the season to extend his championship lead in Catalunya.
At Mugello, Bagnaia and factory Ducati took their second victory of the season in front of a home crowd, ahead of championship leader Quartararo in second, and Espargaró taking his fourth consecutive third place finish. Enea Bastianini took his third victory of the season in France after pressuring Ducati works rider Bagnaia into a late race error, while Espargaró and Aprilia took to the third step of the podium for the third race in succession. With consecutive third place finishes for Aleix Espargaró in Portimão and Jerez adding to their Argentine victory and a podium finish in 2021, Aprilia lost their manufacturer's concessions for 2023. In Jerez, Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia dominated, taking his first win of the season starting from pole and leading all laps, to mark the first grand chelem of his career. ĭefending champion Fabio Quartararo took his first win of the season at Portugal, to take lead of the riders' standings.
At the Grand Prix of the Americas, Bastianini scored his second win of the season to enter the European season of the championship as leader for the riders' title. The third round of the season in Argentina saw Aleix Espargaró take the checkered flag for Aprilia, his first race win in any world championship class and the first ever for Aprilia in the premier class. The return of the Indonesian Grand Prix to the championship in the second round was marked by a wet-weather win for Miguel Oliviera and KTM. The opening round in Qatar was won by Ducati satellite rider Enea Bastianini for Gresini Racing, marking the rider's inaugural premier class victory, and the first for the team since 2006.
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