2018 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	Qatar
Flag:	Qatar
Official Name:	Grand Prix of Qatar^[1]
Location:	Losail International Circuit
Course Mi:	3.343
Course Km:	5.380
Race No:	1
Season No:	19
Date:	18 March
Year:	2018
Pole Rider Motogp:	Johann Zarco
Pole Rider Motogp Country:	FRA
Pole Rider Motogp Bike:	Yamaha
Pole Time Motogp:	1:53.680
Fast Rider Motogp:	Andrea Dovizioso
Fast Rider Motogp Country:	ITA
Fast Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Fast Time Motogp:	1:55.242 on lap 19
First Rider Motogp:	Andrea Dovizioso
First Rider Motogp Country:	ITA
First Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Second Rider Motogp:	Marc Márquez
Second Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Second Rider Motogp Bike:	Honda
Third Rider Motogp:	Valentino Rossi
Third Rider Motogp Country:	ITA
Third Rider Motogp Bike:	Yamaha
Pole Rider Moto2:	Álex Márquez
Pole Rider Moto2 Country:	ESP
Pole Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Pole Time Moto2:	2:00.299
Fast Rider Moto2:	Lorenzo Baldassarri
Fast Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
Fast Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Fast Time Moto2:	2:00.303 on lap 4
First Rider Moto2:	Francesco Bagnaia
First Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
First Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Second Rider Moto2:	Lorenzo Baldassarri
Second Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
Second Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Third Rider Moto2:	Álex Márquez
Third Rider Moto2 Country:	ESP
Third Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Pole Rider Moto3:	Niccolò Antonelli
Pole Rider Moto3 Country:	ITA
Pole Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Pole Time Moto3:	2:06.364
Fast Rider Moto3:	Arón Canet
Fast Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Fast Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Fast Time Moto3:	2:06.373 on lap 4
First Rider Moto3:	Jorge Martín
First Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
First Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Second Rider Moto3:	Arón Canet
Second Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Second Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Third Rider Moto3:	Lorenzo Dalla Porta
Third Rider Moto3 Country:	ITA
Third Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda

The 2018 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Doha on 18 March 2018.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	22	42:34.654	5	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+0.027	2	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	22	+0.797	8	16
4	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	22	+2.881	4	13
5	9	Danilo Petrucci	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	22	+3.821	3	11
6	25	Maverick Viñales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	22	+3.888	12	10
7	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+4.621	7	9
8	5	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+7.112	1	8
9	29	Andrea Iannone	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	22	+12.957	11	7
10	43	Jack Miller	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	22	+14.594	10	6
11	53	Tito Rabat	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	22	+15.181	16	5
12	21	Franco Morbidelli	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	22	+16.274	14	4
13	19	Álvaro Bautista	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	22	+19.788	21	3
14	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+20.299	15	2
15	17	Karel Abraham	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	22	+23.287	19	1
16	12	Thomas Lüthi	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	22	+24.189	18
17	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	22	+24.554	23
18	38	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	22	+31.704	20
19	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	22	+34.712	13
20	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	22	+37.641	17
21	10	Xavier Siméon	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	22	+46.706	24
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	15	Electronics	22
Ret	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	12	Accident	6
Ret	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati Team	Ducati	12	Accident	9
Sources: ^[2] ^[3]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	20	40:19.802	3	25
2	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	20	+0.112	2	20
3	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	20	+5.625	1	16
4	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	20	+6.657	8	13
5	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	20	+10.296	4	11
6	41	Brad Binder	KTM	20	+10.344	13	10
7	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	20	+11.419	9	9
8	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	20	+11.516	11	8
9	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	20	+20.690	17	7
10	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	20	+20.961	7	6
11	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	20	+23.025	24	5
12	87	Remy Gardner	Tech 3	20	+30.292	12	4
13	40	Héctor Barberá	Kalex	20	+30.299	19	3
14	24	Simone Corsi	Kalex	20	+30.732	14	2
15	77	Dominique Aegerter	KTM	20	+30.870	21	1
16	32	Isaac Viñales	Kalex	20	+31.052	18
17	52	Danny Kent	Speed Up	20	+31.958	6
18	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Tech 3	20	+32.382	20
19	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	20	+35.228	23
20	20	Fabio Quartararo	Speed Up	20	+35.357	16
21	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	20	+35.969	26
22	4	Steven Odendaal	NTS	20	+42.545	22
23	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex	20	+42.776	25
24	13	Romano Fenati	Kalex	20	+44.562	5
25	16	Joe Roberts	NTS	20	+56.077	27
26	62	Stefano Manzi	Suter	20	+1:01.581	28
27	95	Jules Danilo	Kalex	20	+1:01.853	29
28	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Kalex	20	+1:11.618	32
29	21	Federico Fuligni	Kalex	20	+1:20.148	31
30	51	Eric Granado	Suter	20	+1:26.192	30
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	KTM	10	Accident	10
Ret	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	7	Engine	15
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Jorge Martín	Honda	18	38:18.207	2	25
2	44	Arón Canet	Honda	18	+0.023	7	20
3	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	18	+6.746	9	16
4	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	18	+6.791	1	13
5	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	18	+6.850	3	11
6	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	18	+6.916	16	10
7	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	18	+6.946	5	9
8	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	18	+6.998	4	8
9	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	18	+7.156	11	7
10	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	18	+7.699	14	6
11	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	18	+7.753	17	5
12	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	18	+8.026	13	4
13	22	Kazuki Masaki	KTM	18	+8.829	19	3
14	12	Marco Bezzecchi	KTM	18	+21.838	6	2
15	42	Marcos Ramírez	KTM	18	+26.912	15	1
16	10	Dennis Foggia	KTM	18	+26.981	24
17	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	18	+33.401	25
18	41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	18	+33.446	26
19	76	Makar Yurchenko	KTM	18	+33.622	23
Ret	17	John McPhee	KTM	17	Accident	12
Ret	72	Alonso López	Honda	11	Accident	21
Ret	11	Livio Loi	KTM	11	Gear Shifter	18
Ret	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	10	Accident	22
Ret	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	5	Accident	10
Ret	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	3	Collision	8
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	3	Collision	20
DNS	75	Albert Arenas	KTM		Did not start
DNS	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Albert Arenas suffered a broken right collarbone in a crash during Sunday warm-up and withdrew from the event.
Tatsuki Suzuki suffered a broken right forearm in a crash during Friday practice and withdrew from the event.

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

	Rider	Points
1	Andrea Dovizioso	25
2	Marc Márquez	20
3	Valentino Rossi	16
4	Cal Crutchlow	13
5	Danilo Petrucci	11
6	Maverick Viñales	10
7	Dani Pedrosa	9
8	Johann Zarco	8
9	Andrea Iannone	7
10	Jack Miller	6

Moto2

	Rider	Points
1	Francesco Bagnaia	25
2	Lorenzo Baldassarri	20
3	Álex Márquez	16
4	Mattia Pasini	13
5	Miguel Oliveira	11
6	Brad Binder	10
7	Marcel Schrötter	9
8	Xavi Vierge	8
9	Luca Marini	7
10	Jorge Navarro	6

Moto3

	Rider	Points
1	Jorge Martín	25
2	Arón Canet	20
3	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	16
4	Niccolò Antonelli	13
5	Gabriel Rodrigo	11
6	Fabio Di Giannantonio	10
7	Kaito Toba	9
8	Ayumu Sasaki	8
9	Jakub Kornfeil	7
10	Andrea Migno	6

Notes and References

Web site: 2018 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 19 March 2018. Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 November 2018.
Web site: GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2018. Motogp.com. 13 November 2018. 18 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200918174256/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2018/QAT/MotoGP/RAC. dead.
Web site: GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2018. PDF. Resources.motogp.com. 13 November 2018.