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