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. 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==