2022 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

  2022 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 20 races in the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	6 March 2022
Official name	Grand Prix of Qatar
Location	Losail International Circuit Lusail, Qatar
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Jorge Martín Ducati Time 1:53.011 Fastest lap Rider Enea Bastianini Ducati Time 1:54.338 on lap 17 Podium First Enea Bastianini Ducati Second Brad Binder KTM Third Pol Espargaró Honda
Moto2
Pole position Rider Celestino Vietti Kalex Time 1:59.082 Fastest lap Rider Celestino Vietti Kalex Time 1:59.053 on lap 6 Podium First Celestino Vietti Kalex Second Arón Canet Kalex Third Sam Lowes Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Izan Guevara [lower-alpha 1] Gas Gas Time 2:04.811 Fastest lap Rider Dennis Foggia Honda Time 2:05.561 on lap 12 Podium First Andrea Migno Honda Second Sergio García Gas Gas Third Kaito Toba KTM

The 2022 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Lusail on 6 March 2022.

Background

Entries

In MotoGP and Moto2 classes the riders and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in riders for the race. In the premier class five drivers made their debuts in MotoGP: Remy Gardner and Raúl Fernández, respectively 2021 Moto2 World Champion and runner-up, Fabio di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi and Darryn Binder, who moves from Moto3 to MotoGP as Jack Miller did in 2015. In the intermediate class, the new entries are the 2021 Moto3 World Champion Pedro Acosta, Jeremy Alcoba, Gabriel Rodrigo, Niccolò Antonelli, Filip Salač (from Moto 3), Manuel González, Alessandro Zaccone, Keminth Kubo, Zonta van den Goorbergh and Sean Dylan Kelly.

In Moto3, Taiyo Furusato missed the round after having surgery due to a right ankle injury; he was not replaced. Gerard Riu replaced David Muñoz due to the fact that the latter was under the minimum age. There are eight new entries in the category: Diogo Moreira, Iván Ortolá, Joel Kelso, Daniel Holgado, Matteo Bertelle, Mario Aji, Joshua Whatley and Scott Ogden.

As for the teams, in MotoGP class Aprilia enter the series with their own full factory team effort for the first time since 2004. Gresini Racing, had previously sponsored and supplied bikes with factory support by Aprilia, return as a fully-independent team with their bikes being supplied by Ducati. There are two teams debuting: VR46 Racing Team taking over the grid slots from Esponsorama Racing (who leaves the premier class after 10 seasons) and uses Ducati machinery; RNF MotoGP Racing replaces Sepang Racing Team, which abandoned racing after the decision of main sponsor Petronas to remove support. The team was formed by the management of the Sepang Racing Team and continue to use Yamaha bikes. In Moto2 class, Petronas SRT withdrew from the category, while RW Racing GP return to the series-dominant Kalex chassis, after four seasons operating the factory programme for Japanese chassis builder NTS. In Moto3 class, the vacancy left by Petronas SRT is occupied by the new VisionTrack Racing Team, which uses Honda bikes. Gresini Racing (present since the first year of Moto3) also leaves the light class to focus on MotoGP and Moto2. In its place another Italian team, Team MTA, already present in the Moto3 class as Team Italia from 2014 to 2016, and rides with KTM bikes. Prüstel GP switches from the current KTM motorcycles to CFMoto-rebranded KTM bikes.

Free practice

MotoGP

In the first session Brad Binder was the fastest, followed by Takaaki Nakagami and Álex Rins. The latter finished in the lead in the second session ahead of Marc Márquez and Joan Mir. In the third session Enea Bastianini set the best time preceded by Pol Espargaró and Francesco Bagnaia. In the combined time classification, reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo does not rank in the top ten and is forced to unpack Q1.

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1 [2]	Q2 [3]
1	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:53.011	1	1
2	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:53.158	2
3	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:53.283	3
4	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:53.298	4	2
5	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:53.319	5
6	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:53.346	6
7	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:53.512	1:53.350	7	3
8	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:53.407	8
9	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:53.411	9
10	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:53.481	10	4
11	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:53.654	1:53.635	11
12	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:53.982	12
13	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:53:780	N/A	13	5
14	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:53.819	N/A	14
15	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1:53.915	N/A	15
16	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:54.038	N/A	16	6
17	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:54.222	N/A	17
18	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:54.224	N/A	18
19	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:54.228	N/A	19	7
20	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	1:54.244	N/A	20
21	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:54.276	N/A	21
22	87	Remy Gardner	KTM	1:54.378	N/A	22	8
23	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	1:54.889	N/A	23
24	40	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	1:56.011	N/A	24
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto2

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1 [4]	Q2 [5]
1	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.082	1	1
2	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.194	2
3	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.226	3
4	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.287	4	2
5	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.302	5
6	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.339	6
7	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.357	7	3
8	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	1:59.690	1:59.359	8
9	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.480	9
10	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.528	10	4
11	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.551	11
12	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.626	12
13	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.670	13	5
14	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:59.671	14
15	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	1:59.371	1:59.779	15
16	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	1:59.879	1:59.833	16	6
17	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	1:59.749	1:59.971	17
18	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	2:00.213	18
19	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	2:00.063	N/A	19	7
20	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	2:00.151	N/A	20
21	42	Marcos Ramírez	MV Agusta	2:00.063	N/A	21
22	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	2:00.270	N/A	22	8
23	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Kalex	2:00.542	N/A	23
24	18	Manuel González	Kalex	2:00.551	N/A	24
25	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	2:00.957	N/A	25	9
26	81	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	2:01.033	N/A	26
27	5	Romano Fenati	Boscoscuro	2:01.137	N/A	27
28	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	2:01.201	N/A	28	10
29	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	2:01.327	N/A	29
30	28	Niccolò Antonelli	Kalex	2:01.874	N/A	30
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Classification

MotoGP

Pol Espargaró at the podium

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Enea Bastianini	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	22	42:13.198	2	25
2	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	22	+0.346	7	20
3	44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+1.351	6	16
4	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	22	+2.242	5	13
5	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+4.099	3	11
6	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	22	+4.843	8	10
7	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	22	+8.810	10	9
8	5	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	22	+10.536	13	8
9	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	22	+10.543	11	7
10	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	22	+14.967	16	6
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	22	+16.712	12	5
12	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	22	+23.216	19	4
13	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	22	+27.283	17	3
14	4	Andrea Dovizioso	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	22	+27.374	20	2
15	87	Remy Gardner	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	22	+41.107	22	1
16	40	Darryn Binder	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	22	+41.119	24
17	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	22	+41.349	21
18	25	Raúl Fernández	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	22	+42.357	23
Ret	89	Jorge Martín	Pramac Racing	Ducati	11	Collision	1
Ret	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	11	Collision	9
Ret	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	10	Accident	14
Ret	73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	9	Accident	18
Ret	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	6	Accident	15
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	6	Lost Power	4
Sources: [6] [7] [8]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	20	39:53.637	1	25
2	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	20	+6.154	9	20
3	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	20	+10.181	3	16
4	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	20	+10.259	6	13
5	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	20	+11.421	2	11
6	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	20	+12.331	5	10
7	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	20	+14.866	12	9
8	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	20	+15.371	14	8
9	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	20	+17.368	11	7
10	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	20	+18.908	13	6
11	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	20	+18.958	7	5
12	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	20	+26.051	10	4
13	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	20	+26.139	15	3
14	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	20	+31.755	21	2
15	5	Romano Fenati	Boscoscuro	20	+33.639	26	1
16	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	20	+34.155	8
17	42	Marcos Ramírez	MV Agusta	20	+36.282	20
18	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	20	+37.699 [lower-alpha 2]	18
19	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	20	+40.594	17
20	18	Manuel González	Kalex	20	+43.946	23
21	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Kalex	20	+44.347	22
22	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	20	+49.180	24
23	81	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	20	+50.203	25
24	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	20	+56.194	28
25	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	20	+56.336	27
26	28	Niccolò Antonelli	Kalex	20	+56.357	29
Ret	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	19	Accident	16
Ret	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	15	Shoulder Pain	19
Ret	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	2	Accident	4
DNS	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

• Somkiat Chantra suffered a broken finger in a crash during qualifying and was declared unfit to compete.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	18	37:59.522	3	25
2	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	18	+0.037	6	20
3	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	18	+0.573	11	16
4	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	18	+0.594	9	13
5	17	John McPhee	Husqvarna	18	+1.064	5	11
6	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	18	+1.481	18	10
7	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	18	+1.951	28 [lower-alpha 3]	9
8	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	18	+2.545	27 [lower-alpha 1]	8
9	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	18	+2.742	4	7
10	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	18	+6.055	10	6
11	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	18	+6.080	7	5
12	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	18	+12.933	13	4
13	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	18	+12.974	16	3
14	31	Adrián Fernández	KTM	18	+12.989	20	2
15	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	18	+13.084	14	1
16 [lower-alpha 4]	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	18	+12.999	12
17	18	Matteo Bertelle	KTM	18	+29.098	15
18	23	Elia Bartolini	KTM	18	+29.128	24
19	64	Mario Aji	Honda	18	+29.497	22
20	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	18	+43.108	23
21	87	Gerard Riu	KTM	18	+47.964	25
22	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	18	+48.272	26
Ret	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	12	Loose Fairing	1
Ret	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	9	Accident	2
Ret	67	Alberto Surra	Honda	9	Mechanical	19
Ret	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	6	Accident	17
Ret	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	3	Collision	21
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	3	Accident Damage	29 [lower-alpha 3]
Ret	99	Carlos Tatay	CFMoto	3	Accident Damage	8
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Enea Bastianini 25 2 Brad Binder 20 3 Pol Espargaró 16 4 Aleix Espargaró 13 5 Marc Márquez 11

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 25 2 KTM 20 3 Honda 16 4 Aprilia 13 5 Suzuki 10

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Repsol Honda Team 27 2 Gresini Racing MotoGP 25 3 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 20 4 Team Suzuki Ecstar 19 5 Aprilia Racing 17

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Celestino Vietti 25 2 Arón Canet 20 3 Sam Lowes 16 4 Augusto Fernández 13 5 Tony Arbolino 11

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 25 2 Boscoscuro 1

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Flexbox HP40 29 2 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 27 3 Mooney VR46 Racing Team 25 4 Red Bull KTM Ajo 17 5 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 10

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Andrea Migno 25 2 Sergio García 20 3 Kaito Toba 16 4 Deniz Öncü 13 5 John McPhee 11

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 25 2 Gas Gas 20 3 KTM 16 4 Husqvarna 11 5 CFMoto 6

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team 28 2 Rivacold Snipers Team 25 3 CIP Green Power 17 4 MT Helmets – MSI 17 5 Red Bull KTM Tech3 15

Notes

1. Guevara, who set the fastest time during qualifying, was penalized for irresponsible riding during the second qualifying session. He started the race from the back of the grid, but he is still credited with the pole position. Ayumu Sasaki was promoted to the pole position grid slot during the race. ^[1]
2. 3-second penalty.
3. Back of the grid start penalty.
4. 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

References

1. "Foggia, Guevara, Suzuki penalised for irresponsible riding". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
2. "GRAND PRIX OF QATAR MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2022" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
3. "GRAND PRIX OF QATAR MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2022" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
4. "GRAND PRIX OF QATAR Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2022" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
5. "GRAND PRIX OF QATAR Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2022" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
6. "2022 Qatar MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
7. S.L, Dorna. "motogp.com · GP RESULTS - 2022 GRAND PRIX OF QATAR MotoGP RAC Classification". motogp.com. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
8. "OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT" (PDF). Retrieved 24 March 2023.
9. "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
10. "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
11. "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

External links

• "MotoGP Official Website" . Retrieved 2 March 2022.

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