The 2022 Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia) was the second round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit in Mandalika on 20 March 2022.
On the Wednesday prior to race weekend, 20 MotoGP riders paraded on race machines through Jakarta city streets together with the Indonesian President Joko Widodo on a road machine.MotoGP: Racers Parade Through Jakarta roadracingworld.com, 16 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022
In the Moto2 class, Somkiat Chantra won the race in mixed conditions after starting from fourth place on the grid. It was both Chantra's and a Thai rider's first victory in Grand Prix motorcycle racing.
Background The Indonesian Grand Prix returned to the championship calendar after an absence of 25 years at the new Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit in Mandalika. On the Wednesday prior to race weekend, 20 MotoGP class riders met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Merdeka Palace, then paraded through Jakarta streets on race machines, together with the President who rode a road machine. Roads were closed for the occasion, and fans lined the streets.Police to close roads for MotoGP racers' parade in Jakarta Antara News, 15 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022
Previously, the two world championship events in 1996 and 1997 were held at the Sentul International Circuit.
Riders' entries In MotoGP and Moto2 classes the riders and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in riders for the race.
In the Moto3 class, as in the Qatar round, Taiyo Furusato missed the round after having surgery due to a right ankle injury; he was not replaced. Gerard Riu replaced David Muñoz as Muñoz was under the minimum age.
MotoGP Championship standings before the race After winning the Qatar Grand Prix, Enea Bastianini lead the riders' standings with 25 points, followed by Brad Binder (20), Pol Espargaró (16), Aleix Espargaró (13) and Marc Márquez (11). In the constructors' classification, Ducati lead at 25 points, followed by KTM at 20 points. Honda was third at 16 points, ahead of Aprilia (13), Suzuki (11) and Yamaha (7). In the Team Championship standings, Repsol Honda lead with 27 points, 2 more than Gresini Racing and 7 more than Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. Team Suzuki Ecstar and Aprilia Racing were fourth and fifth, respectively at 19 and 17 points.
Márquez suffered a concussion during the warmup before the race, and had to be transferred to a local hospital in Lombok, thus ruling him out of the race.
Moto2 Championship standings before the race The victory of the opening round earned Celestino Vietti the top of the standings, with 25 points; the other riders on the podium, Arón Canet and Sam Lowes, scored 20 and 16 points, with Augusto Fernández and Tony Arbolino fourth and fifth with 13 and 11 points respectively. The constructors' classification was dominated by Kalex with 25 points, with Boscoscuro following with only 1 point. The team championship standings were led by Flexbox HP40 with 29 points, followed by 2 and 4 points respectively by Elf Marc VDS Racing Team and Mooney VR46 Racing Team. Red Bull KTM Ajo was fourth at 17 points, ahead of Idemitsu Honda Team Asia at 10 points.
Moto3 Championship standings before the race Andrea Migno, after the victory in Qatar, is first in the riders' standings with 25 points, 4 and 9 more than Sergio García and Kaito Toba, followed by Deniz Öncü and John McPhee with 13 and 11 points. In the constructors' classification, Honda leads with 25 points, followed by Gas Gas (20), KTM (16), Husqvarna (13) and CFMoto (11). In the team championship standings, Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team leads with 28 points, 3 more than the Rivacold Snipers Team; 17 points followed by CIP Green Power and MT Helmets - MSI. Red Bull KTM Tech3 is fifth at 15 points.
Free practice MotoGP
In the first session, Pol Espargaró was the fastest, ahead of Miguel Oliveira and Marc Márquez. In the second session, the Yamaha took the lead, with Fabio Quartararo preceding Franco Morbidelli; third was Johann Zarco's Ducati. The third session, held in wet-dry conditions, Marc Márquez finished in the lead, with Francesco Bagnaia and Marco Bezzecchi right behind. In the combined times table, there are some big names who miss the top 10 and are forced to compete in Q1: Pol Espargaró, Marc Márquez, Francesco Bagnaia and Joan Mir.
In the fourth session, the three fastest bikers were Franco Morbidelli, Bezzecchi and Johann Zarco.
Moto2 Sam Lowes was the fastest in the first session, ahead of Joe Roberts and Tony Arbolino. In the second session, Jake Dixon finished in the lead, with Celestino Vietti and Lowes second and third. The third session, held on a wet track, Fermín Aldeguer set the best time ahead of Augusto Fernández and Dixon.
Moto3 The first session saw Alberto Surra finish in the lead, with Deniz Öncü and Izan Guevara second and third respectively. In the second session, Andrea Migno preceded Carlos Tatay and Dennis Foggia. Migno was also the fastest in the third session, held on a wet track, ahead of Surra and Tatsuki Suzuki.
Qualifying
MotoGP Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2120 Fabio QuartararoYamaha Qualified in Q2 1:31.0671 1289 Jorge MartínDucati Qualified in Q21:31.280235 Johann ZarcoDucati Qualified in Q21:31.3783433 Brad BinderKTM Qualified in Q21:31.4334 2523 Enea BastianiniDucati Qualified in Q21:31.5075663 Francesco BagnaiaDucati 1:31.2191:31.5076788 Miguel OliveiraKTM Qualified in Q21:31.5667 3842 Álex RinsSuzuki Qualified in Q21:31.5828943 Jack MillerDucati Qualified in Q21:31.71491041 Aleix EspargaróAprilia Qualified in Q21:31.72310 41149 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati1:31.6311:31.829111221 Franco MorbidelliYamaha Qualified in Q21:32.3361451310 Luca MariniDucati1:31.666N/A1241472 Marco BezzecchiDucati1:31.695N/A1351593 Marc MárquezHonda1:31.830N/ADid not start1644 Pol EspargaróHonda1:31.831N/A1551704 Andrea DoviziosoYamaha1:31.870N/A1661836 Joan MirSuzuki1:31.875N/A171973 Álex MárquezHonda1:31.987N/A182012 Maverick ViñalesAprilia1:32.006N/A1972125 Raúl FernándezKTM1:32.122N/A202287 Remy GardnerKTM1:32.140N/A212340 Darryn BinderYamaha1:32.299N/A2282430 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:32.330N/A23 OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS
Notes – Franco Morbidelli was penalized by three positions on the starting grid for not following the starting practice procedure correctly. Following the non-participation of Marc Márquez in the race, he gained a position. - Marc Márquez had qualified in 14th place, but following his fall in the warm up, the doctors decided that he was unfit to participate in the race.
Moto2 Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2196 Jake DixonKalex Qualified in Q2 1:35.7991 1237 Augusto FernándezKalex Qualified in Q21:35.9012322 Sam LowesKalex Qualified in Q21:35.9533435 Somkiat ChantraKalex 1:36.4641:36.26042564 Bo BendsneyderKalex1:36.7381:36.3375675 Albert ArenasKalex Qualified in Q21:36.5816713 Celestino ViettiKalex Qualified in Q21:36.58873814 Tony ArbolinoKalex Qualified in Q21:36.6658924 Simone CorsiMV Agusta1:36.8821:36.66591051 Pedro AcostaKalex Qualified in Q21:36.751104116 Cameron BeaubierKalex Qualified in Q21:36.900111254 Fermín AldeguerBoscoscuro Qualified in Q21:37.006121340 Arón CanetKalex Qualified in Q21:37.0281351442 Marcos RamírezMV Agusta Qualified in Q21:37.074141552 Jeremy AlcobaKalex 1:36.8701:37.07215165 Romano FenatiBoscoscuro Qualified in Q21:37.3121661718 Manuel GonzálezKalex Qualified in Q2Not classified17189 Jorge NavarroKalex Qualified in Q2Not classified181916 Joe RobertsKalex1:36.905N/A197207 Barry BaltusKalex1:36.908N/A202179 Ai OguraKalex1:36.913N/A212223 Marcel SchrötterKalex1:37.033N/A2282312 Filip SalačKalex1:37.218N/A23242 Gabriel RodrigoKalex1:37.436N/A242584 Zonta van den GoorberghKalex1:37.582N/A2592681 Keminth KuboKalex1:37.625N/A262719 Lorenzo Dalla PortaKalex1:37.843N/A272828 Niccolò AntonelliKalex1:38.066N/A28102961 Alessandro ZacconeKalex1:38.069N/A29304 Sean Dylan KellyKalex1:38.225N/A30 OFFICIAL MOTO2 QUALIFYING RESULTS
Moto3 Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2199 Carlos TatayCFMoto Qualified in Q2 1:41.2321 1210 Diogo MoreiraKTM Qualified in Q21:41.3152364 Mario AjiHonda1:42.6041:41.5673443 Xavier ArtigasCFMoto1:42.6141:41.58542516 Andrea MignoHonda Qualified in Q21:41.594567 Dennis FoggiaHonda Qualified in Q21:41.6746711 Sergio GarcíaGasGas 1:42.3021:41.81173828 Izan GuevaraGasGas Qualified in Q21:41.8308953 Deniz ÖncüKTM Qualified in Q21:42.20391071 Ayumu SasakiHusqvarna Qualified in Q21:42.268104115 Jaume MasiàKalex Qualified in Q21:42.391111267 Alberto SurraHonda1:42.6371:42.398121323 Elia BartoliniKTM Qualified in Q21:42.8381351448 Iván OrtoláKTM Qualified in Q21:42.878141554 Riccardo RossiHonda Qualified in Q21:43.129151618 Matteo BertelleKTM Qualified in Q21:43.3961661731 Adrián FernándezKTM Qualified in Q21:43.760171819 Scott OgdenHonda Qualified in Q2Not classified181996 Daniel HolgadoKTM1:42.973N/A1972024 Tatsuki SuzukiHonda1:43.008N/A202182 Stefano NepaKTM1:43.079N/A212266 Joel KelsoKTM1:43.163N/A2282320 Lorenzo FellonHonda1:43'192N/A232422 Ana CarrascoKTM1:43.776N/A24256 Ryusei YamanakaKTM1:43.831N/A2592687 Gerard RiuKTM1:44.390N/A262770 Joshua WhatleyHonda1:44.478N/A272827 Kaito TobaKTM1:44.658N/A2810 OFFICIAL MOTO3 QUALIFYING RESULTS
Race MotoGP
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points188 Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM 20 33:27.223 7 25220 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha 20 +2.205 1 2035 Johann Zarco Pramac RacingDucati 20 +3.158 3 16443 Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo TeamDucati 20 +5.663 9 13542 Álex Rins Team Suzuki EcstarSuzuki 20 +7.044 8 11636 Joan Mir Team Suzuki EcstarSuzuki 20 +7.832 17 10721 Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha 20 +21.115 14 9833 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM 20 +32.413 4 8941 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia RacingAprilia 20 +32.586 10 71040 Darryn Binder WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP TeamYamaha 20 +32.901 22 61123 Enea Bastianini Gresini Racing MotoGPDucati 20 +33.116 5 51244 Pol Espargaró Repsol Honda TeamHonda 20 +33.599 15 41373 Álex Márquez LCR Honda CastrolHonda 20 +33.735 18 31410 Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati 20 +34.991 12 21563 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo TeamDucati 20 +35.763 6 11612 Maverick Viñales Aprilia RacingAprilia 20 +37.397 191725 Raúl Fernández Tech3 KTM Factory RacingKTM 20 +41.975 201849 Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGPDucati 20 +47.915 111930 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda IdemitsuHonda 20 +49.471 232072 Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati 20 +49.473 132187 Remy Gardner Tech3 KTM Factory RacingKTM 20 +55.964 21Ret89 Jorge Martín Pramac RacingDucati 7 Accident 2Ret4 Andrea Dovizioso WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP TeamYamaha 6 Electronics 16DNS93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda TeamHonda Did not start Sources: Marc Márquez suffered a head concussion in a crash during warm up and was declared unfit to compete.
Moto2