2017 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

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]

  2017 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
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
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Maverick Viñales Yamaha Time 1:54.316 Fastest lap Rider Johann Zarco Yamaha Time 1:55.990 on lap 4 Podium First Maverick Viñales Yamaha Second Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Third Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Franco Morbidelli Kalex Time 2:00.349 Fastest lap Rider Franco Morbidelli Kalex Time 2:00.087 on lap 6 Podium First Franco Morbidelli Kalex Second Thomas Lüthi Kalex Third Takaaki Nakagami Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Jorge Martín Honda Time 2:06.817 Fastest lap Rider Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda Time 2:06.860 on lap 5 Podium First Joan Mir Honda Second John McPhee Honda Third Jorge Martín Honda

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	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

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

Moto3

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

• Gabriel Rodrigo suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during the opening free practice and withdrew from the event.

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

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

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Maverick Viñales 25 2 Andrea Dovizioso 20 3 Valentino Rossi 16 4 Marc Márquez 13 5 Dani Pedrosa 11

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 25 2 Ducati 20 3 Honda 13 4 Aprilia 10 5 Suzuki 7

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Moto2

Pos.	Rider	Points
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

Pos.	Rider	Points
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