Qatar  2017 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 18 races in the
2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date26 March 2017
Official nameGrand Prix of Qatar[1]
LocationLosail International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Time 1:54.316
Fastest lap
Rider France Johann Zarco Yamaha
Time 1:55.990 on lap 4
Podium
First Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Third Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Time 2:00.349
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Time 2:00.087 on lap 6
Podium
First Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Second Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Third Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Time 2:06.817
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda
Time 2:06.860 on lap 5
Podium
First Spain Joan Mir Honda
Second United Kingdom John McPhee Honda
Third Spain Jorge Martín Honda

The 2017 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Doha on 26 March 2017. For all the three classes, the starting grid was formed by each rider's best time from any of the three free practice sessions held, after rain cancelled the planned qualifying sessions.[2]

In the MotoGP race, Maverick Viñales won on his first outing for Yamaha, becoming the first rider to do so on début for Yamaha since his teammate Valentino Rossi did the same back in 2004.

The Moto2 class saw the début of the KTM Moto2 chassis package, following KTM's expansion into Moto2 along with MotoGP with the RC16.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 38:59.999 1 25
2 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 20 +0.461 5 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 +1.928 10 16
4 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 +6.745 3 13
5 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 +7.128 7 11
6 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 20 +7.661 15 10
7 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 20 +9.782 6 9
8 43 Australia Jack Miller EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 20 +14.486 16 8
9 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 20 +14.788 18 7
10 94 Germany Jonas Folger Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 20 +15.069 8 6
11 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Team Ducati 20 +20.516 12 5
12 76 France Loris Baz Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 20 +21.255 14 4
13 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 20 +28.828 20 3
14 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 20 +29.123 17 2
15 53 Spain Tito Rabat EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 20 +29.470 19 1
16 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +33.601 22
17 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +39.704 23
18 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 20 +47.131 21
Ret 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 14 Lost Power 11
Ret 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 10 Accident 2
Ret 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 7 Accident 13
Ret 5 France Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 6 Accident 4
Ret 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 4 Accident 9
Sources: [3][4][5]

Moto2

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 20 40:18.480 1 25
2 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 20 +2.681 3 20
3 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 20 +3.304 4 16
4 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 20 +3.584 5 13
5 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 20 +11.226 2 11
6 10 Italy Luca Marini Kalex 20 +13.747 13 10
7 40 France Fabio Quartararo Kalex 20 +13.988 10 9
8 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 20 +17.465 15 8
9 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Tech 3 20 +17.477 8 7
10 49 Spain Axel Pons Kalex 20 +17.767 12 6
11 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Suter 20 +17.802 7 5
12 42 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 20 +18.090 9 4
13 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Suter 20 +19.323 6 3
14 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 20 +22.798 16 2
15 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon Kalex 20 +24.009 18 1
16 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Suter 20 +24.077 14
17 24 Italy Simone Corsi Speed Up 20 +28.193 24
18 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández Kalex 20 +31.828 28
19 45 Japan Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 20 +31.839 21
20 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 20 +34.046 22
21 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Kalex 20 +40.227 25
22 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Suter 20 +40.279 20
23 60 Spain Julián Simón Kalex 20 +40.446 26
24 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex 20 +42.501 11
25 88 Spain Ricard Cardús Speed Up 20 +43.000 30
26 57 Spain Edgar Pons Kalex 20 +47.072 29
27 5 Italy Andrea Locatelli Kalex 20 +47.486 31
28 89 Malaysia Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 20 +51.206 27
29 62 Italy Stefano Manzi Kalex 20 +1:02.080 32
Ret 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Kalex 8 Accident 17
Ret 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 8 Accident Damage 19
Ret 8 Qatar Saeed Al Sulaiti Speed Up 5 Accident 33
Ret 87 Australia Remy Gardner Tech 3 0 Accident 23
DNS 96 Qatar Nasser Al Malki Speed Up Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36 Spain Joan Mir Honda 18 38:27.364 6 25
2 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 18 +0.135 12 20
3 88 Spain Jorge Martín Honda 18 +0.218 1 16
4 44 Spain Arón Canet Honda 18 +0.252 8 13
5 5 Italy Romano Fenati Honda 18 +0.453 3 11
6 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 18 +0.579 7 10
7 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli KTM 18 +0.661 5 9
8 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 18 +0.878 15 8
9 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez KTM 18 +1.693 10 7
10 7 Malaysia Adam Norrodin Honda 18 +7.904 11 6
11 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki Honda 18 +12.221 14 5
12 11 Belgium Livio Loi Honda 18 +16.748 17 4
13 40 South Africa Darryn Binder KTM 18 +16.786 26 3
14 8 Italy Nicolò Bulega KTM 18 +16.821 13 2
15 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 18 +16.832 19 1
16 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 18 +16.943 18
17 95 France Jules Danilo Honda 18 +27.583 23
18 41 Thailand Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 18 +27.638 29
19 27 Japan Kaito Toba Honda 18 +27.641 27
20 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil Peugeot 18 +28.034 21
21 6 Spain María Herrera KTM 18 +28.150 25
22 96 Italy Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 18 +28.379 28
23 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Mahindra 18 +28.388 24
24 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Honda 18 +29.520 16
25 12 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 18 +54.344 20
26 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder KTM 18 +1:09.769 4
Ret 4 Finland Patrik Pulkkinen Peugeot 14 Accident 30
Ret 58 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 12 Accident 9
Ret 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 12 Accident Damage 2
Ret 75 Spain Albert Arenas Mahindra 4 Accident 22
DNS 19 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.[6]

Moto2

Pos. Rider Points
1 Italy Franco Morbidelli 25
2 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi 20
3 Japan Takaaki Nakagami 16
4 Portugal Miguel Oliveira 13
5 Spain Álex Márquez 11
6 Italy Luca Marini 10
7 France Fabio Quartararo 9
8 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri 8
9 Spain Xavi Vierge 7
10 Spain Axel Pons 6

Moto3

Pos. Rider Points
1 Spain Joan Mir 25
2 United Kingdom John McPhee 20
3 Spain Jorge Martín 16
4 Spain Arón Canet 13
5 Italy Romano Fenati 11
6 Italy Andrea Migno 10
7 Italy Niccolò Antonelli 9
8 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio 8
9 Spain Marcos Ramírez 7
10 Malaysia Adam Norrodin 6

Notes

References

  1. ^ "2017 Qatar MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Qatar MotoGP qualifying cancelled due to Losail track being too wet". Autosport.com. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  3. ^ "2017 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  4. ^ "GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2017". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  5. ^ "GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2017" (PDF). Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-25.


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