A MotoGP weekend uses a two-day competitive format spread across three days, with the serious action on Saturday and Sunday.
Friday opens with a free practice session, then a longer afternoon session whose lap times set the qualifying order. The fastest ten riders advance straight to Q2; everyone else must first battle through Q1.
Saturday runs those two qualifying segments — Q1 and Q2 — to decide the grid, then stages the Sprint: a shorter, flat-out race run at roughly half Grand Prix distance and introduced in 2023.
Sunday is the main event, the full-length Grand Prix.
Because both the Sprint and the Grand Prix award championship points, every session counts. For exactly how much each result is worth, see how MotoGP scoring works.