QATAR Q1 and Q2 results 1 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 337.3 1'54.113 2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 340.1 1'54.330 0.217 / 0.217 3 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 339.9 1'54.437 0.324 / 0.107 4 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 339.0 1'54.521 0.408 / 0.084 5 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pramac Racing Ducati 346.4 1'54.675 0.562 / 0.154 6 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 332.0 1'54.711 0.598 / 0.036 7 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 337.2 1'54.732 0.619 / 0.021 8 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 333.4 1'54.851 0.738 / 0.119 9 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 342.7 1'54.876 0.763 / 0.025 10 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 335.4 1'55.004 0.891 / 0.128 11 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 327.4 1'55.035 0.922 / 0.031 12 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR CWM LCR Honda Honda 335.2 1'55.123 1.010 / 0.088 13 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 332.8 1'55.246 0.152 / 0.011 14 45 Scott REDDING GBR EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 333.6 1'55.428 0.334 / 0.182 15 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 341.1 1'55.604 0.510 / 0.176 16 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 340.1 1'55.729 0.635 / 0.125 17 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 330.2 1'55.756 0.662 / 0.027 18 6 Stefan BRADL GER Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 332.0 1'55.791 0.697 / 0.035 19 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 330.9 1'55.848 0.754 / 0.057 20 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE AB Motoracing Honda 329.3 1'55.892 0.798 / 0.044 21 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 324.8 1'56.187 1.093 / 0.295 22 43 Jack MILLER AUS CWM LCR Honda Honda 336.1 1'56.287 1.193 / 0.100 23 76 Loris BAZ FRA Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 328.5 1'56.454 1.360 / 0.167 24 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM Octo IodaRacing Team ART 325.5 1'56.793 1.699 / 0.339 25 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 332.6 1'57.934 2.840 / 1.141 Appears as though Ducati may be on the right track with their new GP15 bike. Race is on at 5am.
1 25 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 166.7 42'35.717 2 20 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 166.7 +0.174 3 16 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 166.5 +2.250 4 13 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 166.5 +2.707 5 11 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 166.2 +7.036 6 10 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 166.0 +10.755 7 9 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR CWM LCR Honda Honda 165.9 +12.384 8 8 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 165.8 +12.914 9 7 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 165.8 +13.031 10 6 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pramac Racing Ducati 165.5 +17.435 11 5 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 165.4 +19.901 12 4 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 165.1 +24.432 13 3 45 Scott REDDING GBR EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 164.6 +32.032 14 2 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 164.5 +33.463 15 1 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 164.5 +33.625 16 6 Stefan BRADL GER Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 164.5 +33.944 17 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 164.2 +38.970 18 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 163.7 +46.570 19 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 162.9 +59.211 20 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM Octo IodaRacing Team ART 161.9 +1'14.981 21 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 159.9 +1'48.143 22 76 Loris BAZ FRA Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 141.2 3 Laps Excellent battle at the front by the top 4 riders, I'm glad to see Rossi still has it. Marquez made a mistake on the very first corner and was in last spot by the 2nd corner. Finishing 5th was an amazing effort.
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 343.5 2'04.835 2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR CWM LCR Honda Honda 340.6 2'05.162 0.327 / 0.327 3 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 342.4 2'05.190 0.355 / 0.028 4 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 329.8 2'05.564 0.729 / 0.374 5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 339.8 2'05.646 0.811 / 0.082 6 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 335.9 2'05.691 0.856 / 0.045 7 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 336.9 2'05.840 1.005 / 0.149 8 6 Stefan BRADL GER Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 329.8 2'05.990 1.155 / 0.150 9 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pramac Racing Ducati 338.4 2'06.092 1.257 / 0.102 10 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 336.9 2'06.134 1.299 / 0.042 11 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 333.0 2'06.174 1.339 / 0.040 12 45 Scott REDDING GBR EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 331.5 2'06.216 1.381 / 0.042 13 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 339.1 2'06.294 1.459 / 0.078 14 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 336.3 2'06.591 1.756 / 0.297 15 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 329.2 2'07.011 2.176 / 0.420 16 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Repsol Honda Team Honda 344.2 2'07.268 2.433 / 0.257 17 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 325.3 2'07.419 2.584 / 0.151 18 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 339.4 2'07.581 2.746 / 0.162 19 43 Jack MILLER AUS CWM LCR Honda Honda 328.5 2'07.916 3.081 / 0.335 20 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 330.7 2'07.968 3.133 / 0.052 21 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE AB Motoracing Honda 327.6 2'08.266 3.431 / 0.298 22 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 327.1 2'08.762 3.927 / 0.496 23 76 Loris BAZ FRA Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 326.5 2'09.372 4.537 / 0.610 24 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 329.1 2'11.258 6.423 / 1.886 25 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM Octo IodaRacing Team ART 322.4 2'12.409 7.574 / 1.151 Marquez on top of FP2 after a wet FP1. Interesting events also occurred when a random dog decided to wander onto the track stopping the practice.
Unbelievable qualifying session, rather than explain, just watch: Marquez snatches pole position in dramatic fashion Q2: 1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 342.6 2'02.135 2 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 339.0 2'02.474 0.339 / 0.339 3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 333.6 2'02.540 0.405 / 0.066 4 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 335.9 2'02.573 0.438 / 0.033 5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR CWM LCR Honda Honda 337.3 2'02.613 0.478 / 0.040 6 45 Scott REDDING GBR EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 334.7 2'02.674 0.539 / 0.061 7 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 338.0 2'02.792 0.657 / 0.118 8 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 324.9 2'02.869 0.734 / 0.077 9 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 338.0 2'03.161 1.026 / 0.292 10 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 338.3 2'03.440 1.305 / 0.279 11 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 334.4 2'03.741 1.606 / 0.301 12 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 328.1 2'03.754 1.619 / 0.013 Q1: 1 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 339.3 2'03.644 2 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 328.2 2'03.878 0.234 / 0.234 3 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 340.4 2'03.926 0.282 / 0.048 4 6 Stefan BRADL GER Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 330.5 2'04.275 0.631 / 0.349 5 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pramac Racing Ducati 339.1 2'04.313 0.669 / 0.038 6 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 336.8 2'04.392 0.748 / 0.079 7 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 332.4 2'04.875 1.231 / 0.483 8 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Repsol Honda Team Honda 339.7 2'05.086 1.442 / 0.211 9 43 Jack MILLER AUS CWM LCR Honda Honda 333.1 2'05.156 1.512 / 0.070 10 76 Loris BAZ FRA Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 324.9 2'05.214 1.570 / 0.058 11 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE AB Motoracing Honda 330.6 2'05.261 1.617 / 0.047 12 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 327.2 2'05.569 1.925 / 0.308 13 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 330.2 2'05.595 1.951 / 0.026 14 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM Octo IodaRacing Team ART 321.7 2'06.145 2.501 / 0.550 15 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini
Unsurprising win, but good battle between Dovi and Rossi. Rossi remains at the top of the points. 1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 158.6 43'47.150 2 20 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 158.5 +2.354 3 16 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 158.4 +3.120 4 13 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 158.2 +6.682 5 11 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 158.1 +7.584 6 10 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 158.0 +10.557 7 9 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR CWM LCR Honda Honda 157.6 +16.967 8 8 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 157.5 +19.025 9 7 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 156.3 +38.570 10 6 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 156.1 +41.796 11 5 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Repsol Honda Team Honda 155.8 +47.199 12 4 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 155.8 +47.339 13 3 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 155.3 +56.484 14 2 43 Jack MILLER AUS CWM LCR Honda Honda 155.2 +56.731 15 1 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 155.2 +57.372 16 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 155.1 +58.898 17 76 Loris BAZ FRA Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 154.5 +1'08.787 18 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM Octo IodaRacing Team ART 153.8 +1'22.236 Not Classified 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE AB Motoracing Honda 154.7 5 Laps 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 150.1 11 Laps 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pramac Racing Ducati 156.3 15 Laps 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 152.0 15 Laps 45 Scott REDDING GBR EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 148.3 16 Laps 6 Stefan BRADL GER Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 155.1 18 Laps
Well, that was a surprising race. Huge lead at the beginning from Marquez, but the choice by Rossi to use extra hard tyres saw him reduce the lead. Marquez and Rossi came together on the 2nd last lap, but this time it was Marquez find someone else's rear tyre for once and thus did not finish the race. Leaves Rossi 1st on points, and Marquez is 30 points down only 3 races in. I think the old man can still win a championship. It's looking like a great year thus far. 1 25 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 173.3 41'35.644 2 20 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 172.9 +5.685 3 16 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR CWM LCR Honda Honda 172.7 +8.298 4 13 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 172.7 +8.352 5 11 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 172.6 +10.192 6 10 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 171.9 +19.876 7 9 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 171.6 +24.333 8 8 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 171.4 +27.670 9 7 45 Scott REDDING GBR EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 170.9 +34.397 10 6 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 170.9 +34.808 11 5 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 170.5 +40.206 12 4 43 Jack MILLER AUS CWM LCR Honda Honda 170.4 +42.654 13 3 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 170.4 +42.729 14 2 76 Loris BAZ FRA Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 170.3 +42.853 15 1 6 Stefan BRADL GER Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 170.3 +43.037 16 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 170.3 +43.252 17 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 170.3 +43.400 18 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 170.3 +43.808 19 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 170.2 +44.878 20 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 169.4 +56.236 21 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE AB Motoracing Honda 169.0 +1'03.371 22 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM Octo IodaRacing Team ART 168.6 +1'08.444 Not Classified 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Repsol Honda Team Honda 170.5 1 Lap 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 173.3 2 Laps 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pramac Racing Ducati 170.6 19 Laps
Current standings: 1 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 66 2 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 60 3 Andrea IANNONE Ducati ITA 40 4 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 37 5 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 36 6 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 34 7 Bradley SMITH Yamaha GBR 28 8 Aleix ESPARGARO Suzuki SPA 22 9 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha SPA 15 10 Maverick VIÑALES Suzuki SPA 15 11 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 15 12 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 10 13 Scott REDDING Honda GBR 10 14 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 8 15 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati COL 6 16 Jack MILLER Honda AUS 6 17 Hiroshi AOYAMA Honda JPN 5 18 Nicky HAYDEN Honda USA 3 19 Loris BAZ Yamaha Forward FRA 2 20 Stefan BRADL Yamaha Forward GER 1 21 Alvaro BAUTISTA Aprilia SPA 1 Ducati are clearly onto something this year, Dovi only 6 points down.
It's very nice to get serious racers commentating and all, but gee it would be nice if they were articulate enough to understand.
I cannot even imagine moving that fast on a motorbike. That was quite the first lap from Marquez, but with Lorenzo out front he is usually unbeatable.
lol @ Lorenzo waving to the crowd while leaning at 50 degrees around a corner! What skill these guys have.
Interesting qualifying. Race starts soon 1 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 332.9 1'40.546 2 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 333.9 1'40.629 0.083 / 0.083 3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 336.9 1'40.646 0.100 / 0.017 4 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 344.1 1'40.754 0.208 / 0.108 5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 342.8 1'40.907 0.361 / 0.153 6 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 346.3 1'40.928 0.382 / 0.021 7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 335.7 1'41.058 0.512 / 0.130 8 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 339.9 1'41.068 0.522 / 0.010 9 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR CWM LCR Honda Honda 343.6 1'41.195 0.649 / 0.127 10 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 341.8 1'41.333 0.787 / 0.138 11 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 338.7 1'41.385 0.839 / 0.052 12 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 345.7 1'41.524 0.978 / 0.139
Race....a few spills, but not the most exciting race ever. 1 99 J. LORENZO 42:53.208 2 46 V. ROSSI +0.885 3 26 D. PEDROSA +19.455 4 29 A. IANNONE +-1:19.172 5 38 B. SMITH +-1:16.866 6 25 M. VIÑALES +-1:14.898 7 45 S. REDDING +-1:08.654 8 6 S. BRADL +-1:02.704 9 9 D. PETRUCCI +-56.178 10 19 A. BAUTISTA +-52.167 11 43 J. MILLER +-51.914 12 50 E. LAVERTY +-50.191 13 76 L. BAZ +-50.071 14 63 M. DI MEGLIO +-37.805 15 15 A. DE ANGELIS +-23.571 16 8 H. BARBERA +-1:02.533 RT 41 A. ESPARGARO 34:37.015 RT 69 N. HAYDEN 23:20.849 RT 33 M. MELANDRI 10:58.022 RT 4 A. DOVIZIOSO 11:39.502 RT 44 P. ESPARGARO 6:57.659 RT 93 M. MARQUEZ 5:55.818 RT 35 C. CRUTCHLOW 7:12.563 RT 68 Y. HERNANDEZ 3:30.978
The craziness of the end of the Moto3 race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_OyXlp2ZAg He was in 8th position, finished 17th, thus out of the points.
Just wow, that was a good last few laps. Almost crazy attempt for an overtake, but it's even more amazing that Marquez managed to pull in that gap over a single lap.