2018 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

  2018 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 March 2018
Official name	Grand Prix of Qatar[1]
Location	Losail International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Johann Zarco Yamaha Time 1:53.680 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Time 1:55.242 on lap 19 Podium First Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Second Marc Márquez Honda Third Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Álex Márquez Kalex Time 2:00.299 Fastest lap Rider Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex Time 2:00.303 on lap 4 Podium First Francesco Bagnaia Kalex Second Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex Third Álex Márquez Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Niccolò Antonelli Honda Time 2:06.364 Fastest lap Rider Arón Canet Honda Time 2:06.373 on lap 4 Podium First Jorge Martín Honda Second Arón Canet Honda Third Lorenzo Dalla Porta 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: [1][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 Pos. 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 Pos. 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 Pos. 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

References

1. "2018 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
2. "GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
3. "GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

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