The 2023 MotoGP season ushered in one of the biggest format changes in the series’ history, as half-distance sprint races were added to the schedule at every round.
As such, the entire makeup of a race weekend was altered to suit, with qualifying taking place on Saturday morning and deciding the grid for both the sprint and the grand prix.
Another major change was made to Friday’s running, with the combined order at the end of FP2 deciding which riders advance straight through to Q2 in qualifying and who has to face the elimination Q1 session.
This has turned the latter stages of both practices, but part …