2018 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

Qatar  2018 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 19 races in the
2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date18 March 2018
Official nameGrand Prix of Qatar[1]
LocationLosail International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider France Johann Zarco Yamaha
Time 1:53.680
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Time 1:55.242 on lap 19
Podium
First Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Second Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Third Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Álex Márquez Kalex
Time 2:00.299
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex
Time 2:00.303 on lap 4
Podium
First Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Second Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex
Third Spain Álex Márquez Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda
Time 2:06.364
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Arón Canet Honda
Time 2:06.373 on lap 4
Podium
First Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Second Spain Arón Canet Honda
Third Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda

Classification

MotoGP
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 22 42:34.654 5 25
2 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +0.027 2 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 +0.797 8 16
4 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda 22 +2.881 4 13
5 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +3.821 3 11
6 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 +3.888 12 10
7 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +4.621 7 9
8 5 France Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +7.112 1 8
9 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 22 +12.957 11 7
10 43 Australia Jack Miller Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +14.594 10 6
11 53 Spain Tito Rabat Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 22 +15.181 16 5
12 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 22 +16.274 14 4
13 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 22 +19.788 21 3
14 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +20.299 15 2
15 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 22 +23.287 19 1
16 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 22 +24.189 18
17 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 22 +24.554 23
18 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 22 +31.704 20
19 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 22 +34.712 13
20 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 22 +37.641 17
21 10 Belgium Xavier Siméon Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 22 +46.706 24
Ret 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 15 Electronics 22
Ret 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 12 Accident 6
Ret 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Team Ducati 12 Accident 9
Sources: [1][2][3]

Moto2
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 42 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 20 40:19.802 3 25
2 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 20 +0.112 2 20
3 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 20 +5.625 1 16
4 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex 20 +6.657 8 13
5 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 20 +10.296 4 11
6 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 20 +10.344 13 10
7 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 20 +11.419 9 9
8 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Kalex 20 +11.516 11 8
9 10 Italy Luca Marini Kalex 20 +20.690 17 7
10 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Kalex 20 +20.961 7 6
11 36 Spain Joan Mir Kalex 20 +23.025 24 5
12 87 Australia Remy Gardner Tech 3 20 +30.292 12 4
13 40 Spain Héctor Barberá Kalex 20 +30.299 19 3
14 24 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex 20 +30.732 14 2
15 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter KTM 20 +30.870 21 1
16 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Kalex 20 +31.052 18
17 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Speed Up 20 +31.958 6
18 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder Tech 3 20 +32.382 20
19 5 Italy Andrea Locatelli Kalex 20 +35.228 23
20 20 France Fabio Quartararo Speed Up 20 +35.357 16
21 45 Japan Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 20 +35.969 26
22 4 South Africa Steven Odendaal NTS 20 +42.545 22
23 89 Malaysia Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 20 +42.776 25
24 13 Italy Romano Fenati Kalex 20 +44.562 5
25 16 United States Joe Roberts NTS 20 +56.077 27
26 62 Italy Stefano Manzi Suter 20 +1:01.581 28
27 95 France Jules Danilo Kalex 20 +1:01.853 29
28 63 Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin Kalex 20 +1:11.618 32
29 21 Italy Federico Fuligni Kalex 20 +1:20.148 31
30 51 Brazil Eric Granado Suter 20 +1:26.192 30
Ret 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes KTM 10 Accident 10
Ret 27 Spain Iker Lecuona KTM 7 Engine 15
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 88 Spain Jorge Martín Honda 18 38:18.207 2 25
2 44 Spain Arón Canet Honda 18 +0.023 7 20
3 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda 18 +6.746 9 16
4 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 18 +6.791 1 13
5 19 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 18 +6.850 3 11
6 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 18 +6.916 16 10
7 27 Japan Kaito Toba Honda 18 +6.946 5 9
8 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki Honda 18 +6.998 4 8
9 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil KTM 18 +7.156 11 7
10 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 18 +7.699 14 6
11 7 Malaysia Adam Norrodin Honda 18 +7.753 17 5
12 5 Spain Jaume Masiá KTM 18 +8.026 13 4
13 22 Japan Kazuki Masaki KTM 18 +8.829 19 3
14 12 Italy Marco Bezzecchi KTM 18 +21.838 6 2
15 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez KTM 18 +26.912 15 1
16 10 Italy Dennis Foggia KTM 18 +26.981 24
17 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Honda 18 +33.401 25
18 41 Thailand Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 18 +33.446 26
19 76 Kazakhstan Makar Yurchenko KTM 18 +33.622 23
Ret 17 United Kingdom John McPhee KTM 17 Accident 12
Ret 72 Spain Alonso López Honda 11 Accident 21
Ret 11 Belgium Livio Loi KTM 11 Gear Shifter 18
Ret 8 Italy Nicolò Bulega KTM 10 Accident 22
Ret 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 5 Accident 10
Ret 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 3 Collision 8
Ret 40 South Africa Darryn Binder KTM 3 Collision 20
DNS 75 Spain Albert Arenas KTM Did not start
DNS 24 Japan 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

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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