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]
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Race 1 of 18 races in the 2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 26 March 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grand Prix of Qatar[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Losail International Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
editMotoGP
editPos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | 38:59.999 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | +0.461 | 5 | 20 |
3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +1.928 | 10 | 16 |
4 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +6.745 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +7.128 | 7 | 11 |
6 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 20 | +7.661 | 15 | 10 |
7 | 45 | Scott Redding | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 20 | +9.782 | 6 | 9 |
8 | 43 | Jack Miller | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 20 | +14.486 | 16 | 8 |
9 | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 20 | +14.788 | 18 | 7 |
10 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +15.069 | 8 | 6 |
11 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | +20.516 | 12 | 5 |
12 | 76 | Loris Baz | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 20 | +21.255 | 14 | 4 |
13 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 20 | +28.828 | 20 | 3 |
14 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 20 | +29.123 | 17 | 2 |
15 | 53 | Tito Rabat | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 20 | +29.470 | 19 | 1 |
16 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 20 | +33.601 | 22 | |
17 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 20 | +39.704 | 23 | |
18 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 20 | +47.131 | 21 | |
Ret | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 14 | Lost Power | 11 | |
Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 10 | Accident | 2 | |
Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 7 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 5 | Johann Zarco | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 6 | Accident | 4 | |
Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 4 | Accident | 9 | |
Sources: [3][4][5] |
Moto2
editMoto3
edit- Gabriel Rodrigo suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during the opening free practice and withdrew from the event.
Championship standings after the race
editMotoGP
editBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.[6]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Moto2
editPos. | Rider | Points |
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1 | Franco Morbidelli | 25 |
2 | Thomas Lüthi | 20 |
3 | Takaaki Nakagami | 16 |
4 | Miguel Oliveira | 13 |
5 | Álex Márquez | 11 |
6 | Luca Marini | 10 |
7 | Fabio Quartararo | 9 |
8 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 8 |
9 | Xavi Vierge | 7 |
10 | Axel Pons | 6 |
Moto3
editPos. | Rider | Points |
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1 | Joan Mir | 25 |
2 | John McPhee | 20 |
3 | Jorge Martín | 16 |
4 | Arón Canet | 13 |
5 | Romano Fenati | 11 |
6 | Andrea Migno | 10 |
7 | Niccolò Antonelli | 9 |
8 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | 8 |
9 | Marcos Ramírez | 7 |
10 | Adam Norrodin | 6 |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "2017 Qatar MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Qatar MotoGP qualifying cancelled due to Losail track being too wet". Autosport.com. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "2017 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2017". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2017" (PDF). Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-25.