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The 2016 MXGP of Qatar was the first round of the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship season. [1] It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar on 26-27 February 2016 and included the first rounds of the 2016 MXGP and MX2 world championships, along with the first round of the 2016 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship. [2] Romain Febvre was the reigning MXGP world champion, after taking his first title in 2015.
The entry lists for the 2016 MXGP of Qatar were announced on 12 January 2016. [3] [4]
1 Ken De Dycker did not ride due to a broken femur sustained in pre-season training. [6] 2 Matiss Karro did not ride due to a torn left ACL sustained in a pre-season race. [7] 3 Jordi Tixier did not ride due to an operation needed on his already injured wrist. [8] 4 Rui Gonçalves did not ride due to a serious finger injury picked up at a pre-season race. [9] |
1 Julien Lieber did not ride due to ongoing hip problems. [10] 2 Alvin Östlund made his Grand Prix debut to replace Lieber. [11] |
| No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 |  Kiara Fontanesi | MX Fontaracing | Yamaha |
| 9 |  Virginie Germond | Suzuki | |
| 25 |  Stacey Fisher | KTM | |
| 32 | Elaine MacEachern | KTM | |
| 44 |  Natalie Kane | BRT Racing Team | KTM |
| 45 |  Gwenda Haans | Husqvarna | |
| 52 |  Justine Charroux | Yamaha | |
| 67 | Britt van der Werff | Suzuki | |
| 85 | Nancy van der Ven | Yamaha | |
| 111 |  Anne Borchers | Suzuki | |
| 114 | Livia Lancelot | Team One One Four | Kawasaki |
| 116 | Francesca Nocera | Suzuki | |
| 151 |  Courtney Duncan | Yamaha | |
| 174 | Giorgia Giudici | NewHolland 8biano Massignani Husqvarna | Husqvarna |
| 188 | Shana van der Vlist | Yamaha | |
| 193 | Kimberley Braam | Kawasaki | |
| 274 |  Amandine Verstappen | Motocross Marketing KTM | KTM |
| 386 | Lianne Muilwijk | Honda | |
| 555 |  Emelie Dahl | Yamaha | |
| 811 |  Genette Vaage | CEC Scandinavian Sports | KTM |
| 991 |  Liubov Leonteva | Yamaha | |
1 Clement Desalle is riding the grand prix with a broken arm that he sustained at a pre-season race. [13] |
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| Position | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 777 | Evgeny Bobryshev | Honda | 13 | |
| 2 | 243 |  Tim Gajser | Honda | 13 | +1.814 |
| 3 | 461 | Romain Febvre | Yamaha | 13 | +6.734 |
| 4 | 222 | Tony Cairoli | KTM | 13 | +16.642 |
| 5 | 259 | Glenn Coldenhoff | KTM | 13 | +19.578 |
| 6 | 21 | Gautier Paulin | Honda | 13 | +24.719 |
| 7 | 12 | Max Nagl | Husqvarna | 13 | +26.985 |
| 8 | 24 | Shaun Simpson | KTM | 13 | +28.083 |
| 9 | 100 | Tommy Searle | Kawasaki | 13 | +29.186 |
| 10 | 22 | Kevin Strijbos | Suzuki | 13 | +30.329 |
| 11 | 89 | Jeremy van Horebeek | Yamaha | 13 | +39.504 |
| 12 | 92 | Valentin Guillod | Yamaha | 13 | +40.586 |
| 13 | 17 |  Jose Butron | KTM | 13 | +43.419 |
| 14 | 77 | Alessandro Lupino | Honda | 13 | +59.196 |
| 15 | 7 |  Tanel Leok | KTM | 13 | +1:00.165 |
| 16 | 32 | Milko Potisek | Yamaha | 13 | +1:08.852 |
| 17 | 8 | Ben Townley | Suzuki | 13 | +1:25.015 |
| 18 | 23 | Christophe Charlier | Husqvarna | 13 | +1:31.096 |
| 19 | 31 | Alex Snow | Yamaha | 13 | +1:34.825 |
| 20 | 400 |  Kei Yamamoto | Honda | 13 | +1:55.131 |
| 25 | Clement Desalle | Kawasaki | 2 | ||
1 2015 MX2 world champion Tim Gajser won his first MXGP class race on his MXGP debut. [15] |
1 Tim Gajser took his first MXGP class double race win on his MXGP debut. 2 Gautier Paulin retired with a mechanical problem on the first lap. |
| Position | No. | Driver | Constructor | Race 1 | Race 2 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 243 | Tim Gajser 1 | Honda | 25 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | 461 | Romain Febvre | Yamaha | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| 3 | 777 | Evgeny Bobryshev | Honda | 22 | 20 | 42 |
| 4 | 89 | Jeremy van Horebeek | Yamaha | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | 222 | Tony Cairoli | KTM | 15 | 18 | 33 |
| 6 | 24 | Shaun Simpson | KTM | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| 7 | 100 | Tommy Searle | Kawasaki | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 8 | 22 | Kevin Strijbos | Suzuki | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | 259 | Glenn Coldenhoff | KTM | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| 10 | 12 | Max Nagl | Husqvarna | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 11 | 8 | Ben Townley | Suzuki | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 12 | 92 | Valentin Guillod | Yamaha | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 13 | 17 | Jose Butron | KTM | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 14 | 7 | Tanel Leok | KTM | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 15 | 32 | Milko Potisek | Yamaha | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 16 | 21 | Gautier Paulin | Honda | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 17 | 77 | Alessandro Lupino | Honda | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 18 | 23 | Christophe Charlier | Husqvarna | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 19 | 400 | Kei Yamamoto | Honda | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 25 | Clement Desalle | Kawasaki | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | 31 | Alex Snow | Yamaha | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1 Tim Gajser took his first MXGP class overall on his debut in the class.
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1 Adam Sterry did not take further part in the Grand Prix due to a wrist injury picked up in timed practice. |
| Position | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 84 | Jeffrey Herlings | KTM | 13 | |
| 2 | 4 | Dylan Ferrandis | Kawasaki | 13 | +1.783 |
| 3 | 41 |  Pauls Jonass | KTM | 13 | +35.137 |
| 4 | 91 | Jeremy Seewer | Suzuki | 13 | +38.236 |
| 5 | 6 | Benoit Paturel | Yamaha | 13 | +39.310 |
| 6 | 152 |  Petar Petrov | Kawasaki | 13 | +42.207 |
| 7 | 59 | Aleksandr Tonkov | Yamaha | 13 | +49.764 |
| 8 | 18 | Vsevolod Brylyakov | Kawasaki | 13 | +51.811 |
| 9 | 99 | Max Anstie | Husqvarna | 13 | +54.116 |
| 10 | 46 | Davy Pootjes | KTM | 13 | +1:02.236 |
| 11 | 251 | Jens Getteman | KTM | 13 | +1:08.536 |
| 12 | 321 | Samuele Bernardini | TM | 13 | +1:12.636 |
| 13 | 172 | Brent van Doninck | Yamaha | 13 | +1:15.178 |
| 14 | 919 | Ben Watson | KTM | 13 | +1:18.380 |
| 15 | 189 | Brian Bogers | KTM | 13 | +1:32.779 |
| 16 | 29 | Henry Jacobi | Honda | 13 | +1:33.758 |
| 17 | 132 | Karel Kutsar | KTM | 13 | +1:35.647 |
| 18 | 101 | Jorge Zaragoza | Honda | 13 | +1:37.935 |
| 19 | 71 | Damon Graulus | Honda | 13 | +1:39.298 |
| 20 | 161 | Alvin Östlund | Yamaha | 13 | +1:46.573 |
| 21 | 97 | Michael Ivanov | KTM | 13 | +1:46.906 |
| 22 | 88 | Freek van der Vlist | Kawasaki | 12 | + 1 Lap |
| 10 | Calvin Vlaanderen 1 | KTM | 3 | ||
| 64 |  Thomas Covington | Husqvarna | 1 | ||
| 174 | Alfie Smith 2 | Yamaha | 0 | ||
| 811 | Adam Sterry | KTM | Did not start | ||
1 Calvin Vlaanderen did not take any further part in the Grand Prix after aggravating an ankle injury in timed practice.
2 Alfie Smith did not take any further part in the Grand Prix after picking up an injury in practice.
1 Davy Pootjes broke his collarbone in this race and did not take part in the second race. |
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| Position | No. | Driver | Constructor | Race 1 | Race 2 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 84 | Jeffrey Herlings | KTM | 25 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | 4 | Dylan Ferrandis | Kawasaki | 22 | 22 | 44 |
| 3 | 41 | Pauls Jonass | KTM | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| 4 | 91 | Jeremy Seewer | Suzuki | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | 172 | Brent van Doninck | Yamaha | 13 | 18 | 31 |
| 6 | 152 | Petar Petrov | Kawasaki | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | 59 | Aleksandr Tonkov | Yamaha | 16 | 14 | 30 |
| 8 | 321 | Samuele Bernardini | TM | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| 9 | 189 | Brian Bogers | KTM | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 251 | Jens Getteman | KTM | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 11 | 64 | Thomas Covington | Husqvarna | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 12 | 919 | Ben Watson | KTM | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 13 | 6 | Benoit Paturel | Yamaha | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 161 | Alvin Östlund | Yamaha | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 15 | 18 | Vsevolod Brylyakov | Kawasaki | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | 71 | Damon Graulus | Honda | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 17 | 101 | Jorge Zaragoza | Honda | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 18 | 99 | Max Anstie | Husqvarna | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 19 | 29 | Henry Jacobi | Honda | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 20 | 132 | Karel Kutsar | KTM | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | 88 | Freek van der Vlist | Kawasaki | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 22 | 97 | Michael Ivanov | KTM | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 | Davy Pootjes | KTM | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Calvin Vlaanderen | KTM | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 174 | Alfie Smith | Yamaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 811 | Adam Sterry | KTM | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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1 Courtney Duncan won her first WMX race on her debut at world championship level. |
1 Courtney Duncan took her first double race win on her world championship debut. |
| Position | No. | Driver | Constructor | Race 1 | Race 2 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 151 | Courtney Duncan 1 | Yamaha | 25 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | 114 | Livia Lancelot | Kawasaki | 22 | 22 | 44 |
| 3 | 85 | Nancy van de Ven | Yamaha | 20 | 18 | 38 |
| 4 | 423 | Larissa Papenmeier | Suzuki | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | 8 | Kiara Fontanesi | Honda | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| 6 | 44 | Natalie Kane | KTM | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | 67 | Britt van der Werff | Suzuki | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 8 | 52 | Justine Charroux | Yamaha | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 9 | 274 | Amandine Verstappen | KTM | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| 10 | 111 | Anne Borchers | Suzuki | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 11 | 811 | Genette Vaage | KTM | 14 | 6 | 20 |
| 12 | 9 | Virginie Germond | Suzuki | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 13 | 25 | Stacey Fisher | KTM | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 14 | 555 | Emelie Dahl | Yamaha | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 15 | 188 | Shana van der Vlist | Yamaha | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 16 | 45 | Gwenda Haans | Husqvarna | 6 | 0 | 6 |
1 Courtney Duncan won her first WMX overall grand prix on her debut in the world championship.
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