Jorge Martin took his third Sprint Race victory of the 2023 MotoGP World Championship as he dashed into the distance at Misano from pole position.
The Spaniard held the lead from the opening bend after getting the hole-shot before keeping his rivals at arm's length to the flag to collect maximum Saturday points.
Having stormed to pole position by a vast margin, Martin was always going to be difficult to beat around the Emilia-Romagna venue and proved as much by controlling the race from start-to-finish.
Winning by a second from Bezzecchi, with Pecco Bagnaia coming home in third place, it reduces the margin to the front to 45 points.
Second for Bezzecchi and third for Bagnaia represented strong results considering their respective injuries as they ensured only minor changes in the title battle.
In fourth, Dani Pedrosa scored an excellent result in only his second appearance of the season aboard the KTM Factory Racing KTM RC16, just a couple of tenths off a shock podium, while Brad Binder joined him in the top five too.
Maverick Vinales lost ground at the start but resisted the attentions of Luca Marini for seventh, while Aleix Espargaro and Alex Marquez completed the points.
| 2023 San Marino MotoGP | Misano World Circuit, Italy | Sprint Race Results | Round 12 of 20 | |||||
| Pos. | Name | Nat. | Team | Bike | Gap |
| 1 | Jorge Martin | 🇪🇦 | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati GP23 | 13 Laps |
| 2 | Marco Bezzecchi | 🇮🇹 | Mooney VR46 Racing | Ducati GP22 | +1.000 |
| 3 | Pecco Bagnaia | 🇮🇹 | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP23 | +4.582 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 🇪🇦 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | +4.772 |
| 5 | Brad Binder | 🇿🇦 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | +4.931 |
| 6 | Maverick Vinales | 🇪🇦 | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | +6.062 |
| 7 | Luca Marini | 🇮🇹 | Mooney VR46 Racing | Ducati GP22 | +6.519 |
| 8 | Aleix Espargaro | 🇪🇦 | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | +7.893 |
| 9 | Alex Marquez | 🇪🇦 | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati GP22 | +9.264 |
| 10 | Marc Marquez | 🇪🇦 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda RC213V | +11.318 |
| 11 | Raul Fernandez | 🇪🇦 | CryptoData RNF Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | +13.365 |
| 12 | Miguel Oliveira | 🇵🇹 | CryptoData RNF Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | +13.788 |
| 13 | Fabio Quartararo | 🇨🇵 | Monster Energy Yamaha | Yamaha M1 | +14.243 |
| 14 | Johann Zarco | 🇨🇵 | Prima Pramac Racing | Ducati GP23 | +14.154 |
| 15 | Jack Miller | 🇦🇺 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | +17.421 |
| 16 | Pol Espargaro | 🇪🇦 | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM RC16 | +17.451 |
| 17 | Fabio di Giannantonio | 🇮🇹 | Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati GP22 | +18.133 |
| 18 | Franco Morbidelli | 🇮🇹 | Monster Energy Yamaha | Yamaha M1 | +19.749 |
| 19 | Augusto Fernandez | 🇪🇦 | GasGas Factory Racing Tech3 | KTM RC16 | +20.403 |
| 20 | Michele Pirro | 🇮🇹 | Aruba Racing | Ducati GP23 | +21.454 |
| 21 | Takaaki Nakagami | 🇯🇵 | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda RC213V | +21.962 |
| 22 | Stefan Bradl | 🇩🇪 | Team HRC | Honda RC213V | +23.672 |
| 23 | Joan Mir | 🇪🇦 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda RC213V | +36.100 |
| DNQ | Takumi Takahashi | 🇯🇵 | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda RC213V | No Time |
