The 2022 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana) was the twentieth and final round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the

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on 6 November 2022. The MotoGP riders' championship was decided in this race between

Fabio Quartararo Fabio Alain Quartararo (; born 20 April 1999), nicknamed El Diablo, is a French Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle rider racing in MotoGP for Yamaha Motor Racing, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team. Having won the 2021 MotoGP Wor ...

and

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. Bagnaia secured his first MotoGP riders' title after finishing in ninth, as Quartararo's fourth-place-finish was eventually not enough to successfully defend his title. This was also the last race for

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as a factory team in the premier class since they returned in . In the Moto2 class,

Augusto Fernández Augusto Matías Fernández (; born 10 April 1986) is an Argentine former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder. Club career River Plate Born in Pergamino, Buenos Aires, ...

claimed the riders' title by finishing in second behind Pedro Acosta as his closest championship rival

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retired after an accident. This was also the final Grand Prix in Moto2 for

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, and

Marcel Schrötter Marcel Schrötter (born 2 January 1993) is a German motorcycle racer. Born in Vilgertshofen, Schrötter started out in the German 125cc National Championship in 2007 and finished fifth in his debut campaign, before he took back-to-back titles in ...

Background

Riders' entries

In MotoGP,

Takaaki Nakagami is a Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer, who competed for LCR Team, Idemitsu Honda LCR in the MotoGP class until retiring from competition after the 2024 season. Nakagami currently acts as a test rider for ...

returned to racing after missing several races due to injury recovery. In the Moto2 class, Barry Baltus missed the race after suffering a foot injury, RW Racing GP replaced him with

Mattia Pasini Mattia Pasini (born 13 August 1985) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Career Early career Pasini participated in his first race at the age of 9. In 1998, aged 13, he suffered a serious motocross accident that left him with sever ...

. Senna Agius replacing

Sam Lowes Samuel Deane Lowes (born 14 September 1990) is a British motorcycle racer who competed in the Moto2 World Championship with ELF Marc VDS Racing Team aboard a Kalex since 2019. From 2024, Lowes remains with the same team ownership which moves i ...

for Marc VDS Team. The Spanish rider

Álex Escrig Álex Escrig Reche (born 21 February 2004) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in the 2025 Moto2 World Championship for Klint Forward Factory Team. He previously competed in the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship, finishing t ...

runs as a wildcard for the

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. In the Moto3 class, the Italian junior rider Filippo Farioli who made his debut as a wildcard for GasGas Aspar Team, together with David Almansa races as a wildcard for Finetwork Team Boé Motorsports.

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replaces Stefano Nepa from Angeluss MTA Team who was absent due to injury.

Free practice session

MotoGP

Combinated Free Practice 1-2-3

The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.

Free Practice 4

* Raúl Fernández suffered a crash during practice and was taken to the medical center for examination.

Moto2

Combinated Free Practice 1-2-3

The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.

Moto3

Combinated Free Practice 1-2-3

The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.

Qualifying

MotoGP

Moto2

Moto3

Warm up practice

MotoGP

Johann Zarco Johann Sylvain Pierre Zarco (born 16 July 1990) is a French Grand Prix motorcycle racer, best known for winning the and Moto2 World Championships with his 2015 triumph being a record points total for the intermediate class. He is a MotoGP rac ...

set the best time and was the fastest rider at this session ahead of

Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Alentà (born 17 February 1993) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who races for the Ducati Lenovo Team. He previously raced for the Ducati satellite team Gresini in 2024 and Honda's factory team from his MotoGP deb ...

and Jack Miller.

Moto2

Pedro Acosta finished at the top of the standings at this session, a head of Alonso López and Arón Canet.

Moto3

The first places in the ranking are occupied by Deniz Öncü at this session with a time of 1:39.553, followed by

Diogo Moreira Diogo Moreira Nascimento (born 23 April 2004) is a Brazilian motorcycle racer, currently competing in the 2025 Moto2 World Championship for the Italtrans Racing Team. Career After starting his motorcycle career in motocross in Brazil, Moreira ...

in second and

Izan Guevara Izan Guevara Bonnin (born 28 June 2004) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer who competes for the Pramac Racing, Blu Cru Pramac Yamaha Moto2 Team in the 2025 Moto2 World Championship. He is the List of 125 ...

in third.

Race results

MotoGP

Moto2

Moto3

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.

MotoGP

;Riders' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings

Moto2

;Riders' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings

Moto3

;Riders' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix 2022 MotoGP race reports 2022 in Spanish motorsport

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