The 2022 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley) was the eighth round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the third round of the 2022 MotoE World Cup. All races (except MotoE race 1 which was held on 28 May) were held at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello in Scarperia e San Piero on 29 May 2022. The Grand Prix saw the retirement of Valentino Rossi's racing number 46 in the MotoGP class.
Background
Riders' entries In MotoGP, in addition to the starting riders, there are two riders as wildcards: Lorenzo Savadori with Aprilia Racing for the third time this season after the Grand Prix in Portugal and Spain, and Michele Pirro, at the first with Aruba.it Ducati. In Moto2, Mattia Pasini races as a wildcard for the Gas Gas Aspar Team, while Keminth Kubo returns as a starter to the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team after recovering from his injury. In Moto3, David Muñoz makes his debut this season in Boé SKX after he was replaced by Gerard Riu because he had not turned 16 years, the minimum limit to participate in the championship. Alberto Surra returns to racing in the Rivacold Snipers Team after recovering from the injury due to the crash in the Grand Prix of the Americas.
MotoGP Championship standings before the race After the French Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo confirms his leadership in the drivers' standings with 102 points, 4 more than Aleix Espargaró and 8 more than Enea Bastianini (winner at Le Mans). Álex Rins is fourth with 69 points, followed by Jack Miller (who gains six positions in the standings) and Johann Zarco with 62 points. Ducati is first in the constructors' classification with 156 points, with a large margin over the others: Yamaha (106), Aprilia (99), KTM (84) overtaking Suzuki (80), and Honda finishing with 80 points. In the team standings, Aprilia Racing overtakes the Suzuki Ecstar Team in command (131 points the first, 125 points the second), with Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP third at 121 points, 3 more than Ducati Lenovo Team. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing is fifth with 99 points.
Moto2 Championship standings before the race In the riders' classification, Celestino Vietti is first with 108 points, followed by Ai Ogura (92 points), Arón Canet (89 points), Tony Arbolino (70 points) and Augusto Fernández (winner of the previous race, 69 points). The constructors' classification states: Kalex 175 points, Boscoscuro 20 points, MV Agusta 5 points. In the constructors' standings, Idemitsu Honda Team Asia leads with 153 points, with a 12-point lead over the Flexbox HP40. Mooney VR46 Racing Team overtakes Elf Marc VDS Racing Team in third position (108 points the first, 3 less the second), Red Bull KTM Ajo is fifth with 89 points.
Moto3 Championship standings before the race Sergio García leads the riders' classification with 112 points, 17 points ahead of Jaumè Masia (winner in France) and Dennis Foggia, 23 points ahead of Izan Guevara and 37 points ahead of Ayumu Sasaki. In the manufacturers' classification, behind the leader Gas Gas (140 points), KTM (123 points) overtakes Honda (116 points). Husqvarna and CFMoto are fourth and fifth with 86 and 71 points respectively. Gas Gas Aspar Team dominates the team classification with 201 points; second is Leopard Racing with 133 points, 10 more than Red Bull KTM Ajo. In fourth position, Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max overtakes CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP by only one point (90 vs 89 points).
MotoE Cup standings before the race Dominique Aegerter overtakes Eric Granado at the head of the standings: the Swiss rider has 78 points, while the Brazilian rider has 70 points. Third is Mattia Casadei with 61 points, followed by Matteo Ferrari and Hikari Okubo with 48 and 47 points respectively.
Free practice MotoGP The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorFP1FP2FP3163 Francesco BagnaiaDucati1:47.0701:45.940 1:45.393241 Aleix EspargaróAprilia 1:47.070 1:45.8911:45.669310 Luca MariniDucati1:47.3831:46.3621:45.76245 Johann ZarcoDucati1:47.3671:46.3491:45.767572 Marco BezzecchiDucati1:47.5841:46.4731:45.853623 Enea BastianiniDucati1:47.1861:46.3951:45.860789 Jorge MartínDucati1:47.9031:46.6291:45.879844 Pol EspargaróHonda1:47.3671:46.6181:45.880930 Takaaki NakagamiHonda 1:46.6621:46.8521:45.9991020 Fabio QuartararoYamaha 1:47.3931:46.5191:46.0321112 Maverick ViñalesAprilia1:47.1911:47.0531:46.0601242 Álex RinsSuzuki1:47.0711:46.6631:46.0641349 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati 1:48.3351:46.9151:46.1161488 Miguel OliveiraKTM1:47.8201:46.8181:46.1541543 Jack MillerDucati1:47.3151:46.3131:46.1691636 Joan MirSuzuki1:47.6581:47.2691:46.3371773 Álex MárquezHonda1:47.5621:47.1511:46.3631833 Brad BinderKTM1:47.7461:46.4391:46.5001921 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:47.7271:47.4681:46.4832051 Michele PirroDucati1:47.4321:47.7261:46.5572193 Marc MárquezHonda 1:47.8751:46.6581:46.5772225 Raúl FernándezKTM1:48.9111:47.9981:46.7392387 Remy GardnerKTM1:48.9601:47.6841:46.9392440 Darryn BinderYamaha1:48.9101:47.6871:46.963254 Andrea DoviziosoYamaha1:48.0781:47.5831:47.0232632 Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia1:48.2531:48.0881:47.046 OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Moto2
The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorFP1FP2FP3140 Arón CanetKalex1:52.3461:52.7501:51.761251 Pedro AcostaKalex1:52.3611:52.407 1:51.820337 Augusto FernándezKalex1:52.2821:52.3711:51.828422 Sam LowesKalex 1:52.5501:52.8331:51.864519 Lorenzo Dalla PortaKalex1:53.5651:53.5051:51.88467 Barry BaltusKalex1:53.4601:53.0981:51.904713 Celestino ViettiKalex1:52.8021:53.0551:51.909896 Jake DixonKalex1:51.9661:53.4591:52.058964 Bo BendsneyderKalex1:53.291 1:52.9731:52.0191075 Albert ArenasKalex1:53.6991:52.4811:52.0621179 Ai OguraKalex 1:52.9681:53.2851:52.076126 Cameron BeaubierKalex1:52.1351:53.0011:53.081139 Jorge NavarroKalex1:53.5051:53.2071:52.0901416 Joe RobertsKalex1:52.9721:52.7961:52.1041514 Tony ArbolinoKalex1:53.0291:52.6531:52.1061623 Marcel SchrötterKalex1:53.4521:53.3761:52.1091711 Mattia PasiniKalex1:52.9501:53.9201:52.1451835 Somkiat ChantraKalex1:52.8991:52.3501:52.1601921 Alonso LópezBoscoscuro1:52.9061:52.8841:52.2442054 Fermín AldeguerBoscoscuro1:53.3281:52.8791:52.2912112 Filip SalačKalex1:52.4701:53.9631:52.3642218 Manuel GonzálezKalex1:53.0401:52.8141:52.3752384 Zonta van den GoorberghKalex1:54.8481:54.0121:52.4562452 Jeremy AlcobaKalex1:53.9281:53.5451:52.4912542 Marcos RámirezMV Agusta1:53.7121:53.3171:52.5542628 Niccolò AntonelliKalex1:52.6551:53.1281:52.5752761 Alessandro ZacconeKalex1:55.0821:53.7631:52.655282 Gabriel RodrigoKalex1:53.0231:53.6491:53.8002924 Simone CorsiMV Agusta1:53.8781:53.5361.53.204304 Sean Dylan KellyKalex1:56.6521:55.8921:53.5993181 Keminth KuboKalex1:56.2731:55.0001:54.109 OFFICIAL MOTO2 COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Moto3 The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorFP1FP2FP317 Dennis FoggiaHonda 1:56.9161:57.820 1:56.576296 Daniel HolgadoKTM1:58.2851:59.2221:56.793316 Andrea MignoHonda1:58.3051:58.1041:56.902411 Sergio GarcíaGas Gas1:58.6241:57.9211:56.966510 Diogo MoreiraKTM1:57.8501:59.5741.57.007628 Izan GuevaraGas Gas1:58.1111:58.3541:57.076754 Riccardo RossiHonda1:58.0591:58.9641:57.11085 Jaume MasiàKTM1:58.3071:57.1341:57.670917 John McPheeHusqvarna1:57.2831:58.4711:57.1391024 Tatsuki SuzukiHonda 1:57.9051:57.7751:57.1941153 Deniz ÖncüKTM1:58.7371:58.1081.57.2181219 Scott OgdenHonda1:58.9011:58.4051:57.3101382 Stefano NepaKTM1:58.8161:59.4101:57.4351499 Carlos TatayCFMoto 1:58.4451:58.7331:57.4881523 Elia BartoliniKTM1:58.4401:59.2251:57.7131620 Lorenzo FellonHonda1:59.8001:58.4061:57.726176 Ryusei YamanakaKTM1:58.7821:58.8401:57.7341867 Alberto SurraHonda1:58.8051:59.0141:57.8561918 Matteo BertelleKTM1:58.6411:58.0041:58.1452031 Adrián FernándezKTM1:58.8571:58.9761:58.0832164 Mario AjiHonda1:58.1531:59.7081:58.9242227 Kaito TobaKTM1:59.0251:59.2931:58.1972348 Iván OrtoláKTM 2:00.7041:59.5231:58.3442466 Joel KelsoKTM1:58.6311:58.4721:58.8402544 David MuñozKTM2:00.4441:59.793 1:58.6732672 Taiyo FurusatoHonda2:00.2301:59.9691:59.0532743 Xavier ArtigasCFMoto2:00.2051:59.0921:59.3232870 Joshua WhatleyHonda2:01.4442:01.7972:00.2382922 Ana CarrascoKTM2:02.6062:02.5442:01.762 OFFICIAL MOTO3 COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
MotoE In the first session, Dominique Aegerter was the fastest, ahead of Eric Granado and Kevin Zannoni. In the second, Aegerter once again was fastest in free practice ahead of Granado and Miquel Pons.
The top eight riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorFP1FP2177 Dominique AegerterEnergica2:00.590 1:59.739251 Eric GranadoEnergica2:00.9981:59.832371 Miquel PonsEnergica 2:01.7232:00.05747 Niccolò CanepaEnergica2:01.4042:00.07859 Andrea MantovaniEnergica2:01.1602:00.082621 Kevin ZannoniEnergica2:01.0342:00.177727 Matteo CasadeiEnergica2:01.0532:00.218811 Matteo FerrariEnergica2:01.4082:00.306970 Marc AlcobaEnergica2:01.8532:00.3081018 Xavi CardelúsEnergica2:02.1712:00.3181134 Kevin ManfrediEnergica2:01.6782:00.456124 Héctor GarzóEnergica2:01.2172:00.5221312 Xavi ForésEnergica2:02.1472:00.6031478 Hikari OkuboEnergica2:02.4502:00.9841555 Massimo RoccoliEnergica2:02.6752:01.3531617 Álex EscrigEnergica2:02.7662:01.3611772 Alessio FinelloEnergica2:02.5502:01.789186 María HerreraEnergica2:03.8462:01.829 OFFICIAL MOTOE COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Qualifying MotoGP
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2149 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati 1:47.219 1:46.1561 1272 Marco BezzecchiDucati Qualified in Q21:46.2442310 Luca MariniDucati Qualified in Q21:46.327345 Johann ZarcoDucati Qualified in Q21:46.3834 2563 Francesco BagnaiaDucati Qualified in Q21:46.4715620 Fabio QuartararoYamaha Qualified in Q21:46.5066741 Aleix EspargaróAprilia Qualified in Q21:46.5077 3830 Takaaki NakagamiHonda Qualified in Q21:46.5618944 Pol EspargaróHonda Qualified in Q21:46.66791023 Enea BastianiniDucati Qualified in Q21:46.67010 41189 Jorge MartínDucati Qualified in Q21:47.2231451293 Marc MárquezHonda1:47.2941:47.4681141343 Jack MillerDucati1:47.621N/A121451 Michele PirroDucati1:48.209N/A1351588 Miguel OliveiraKTM1:48.231N/A151633 Brad BinderKTM1:48.255N/A1661736 Joan MirSuzuki 1:48.732N/A171873 Álex MárquezHonda1:48.846N/A181987 Remy GardnerKTM1:48.907N/A1972040 Darryn BinderYamaha1:49.471N/A202142 Álex RinsSuzuki1:50.266N/A212232 Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia1:50.270N/A2282321 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:55.369N/A232412 Maverick ViñalesAprilia1:56.479N/A242525 Raúl FernándezKTM1:57.106N/A2592604 Andrea DoviziosoYamaha1:57.671N/A26 OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS
Notes – Jorge Martín has been given a 3-place grid penalty for being slow on the line and disturbing another rider during FP3.
Moto2
Fastest session lap {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%;" ! rowspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" |Biker ! rowspan="2" |Constructor ! colspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:center;" | ! rowspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" |Row |- ! scope="col" |Q1 ! scope="col" |Q2 |- ! scope="row" |1 | align="center" |40 | Arón Canet |Kalex |style="background:#ffffbf;"| Qualified in Q2 |style="background:#ccffcc;"| 1:51:121 | align="center" |1 | rowspan="3" | 1 |- ! scope="row" |2 | align="center" |51 | Pedro Acosta |Kalex |style="background:#ffffbf;"| Qualified in Q2 |1:51.246 | align="center" |2 |- ! scope="row" |3 | align="center" |22 | Sam Lowes |Kalex |style="background:#ffffbf;"| Qualified in Q2 |1:51.279 | align="center" |3 |- ! scope="row" |4 | align="center" |13 | Celestino Vietti |Kalex |style="background:#ffffbf;"| Qualified in Q2 |1:51.381 | align="center" |4 | rowspan="3" |2 |- ! scope="row" |5 | align="center" |11 | Mattia Pasini |Kalex |style="background:#ccffcc;"|1:51.844 |1:51.465 | align="center" |5 |- ! scope="row" |6 | align="center" |79 | Ai Ogura |Kalex |style="background:#ffffbf;"| Qualified in Q2 |1:51.478 | align="center" |6 |-