# 2022 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2022 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Lusail 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 | Qualifying times | Final grid | Row |
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Final grid | Row |
| 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 | 1 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:53.283 | 3 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 |
| 6 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:53.346 | 6 | 2 |
| 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 | 3 |
| 9 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:53.411 | 9 | 3 |
| 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 | 4 |
| 12 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:53.982 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 1:53:780 | N/A | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 1:53.819 | N/A | 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Ducati | 1:53.915 | N/A | 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1:54.038 | N/A | 16 | 6 |
| 17 | 10 | Luca Marini | Ducati | 1:54.222 | N/A | 17 | 6 |
| 18 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Honda | 1:54.224 | N/A | 18 | 6 |
| 19 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | 1:54.228 | N/A | 19 | 7 |
| 20 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Yamaha | 1:54.244 | N/A | 20 | 7 |
| 21 | 49 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Ducati | 1:54.276 | N/A | 21 | 7 |
| 22 | 87 | Remy Gardner | KTM | 1:54.378 | N/A | 22 | 8 |
| 23 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | KTM | 1:54.889 | N/A | 23 | 8 |
| 24 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Yamaha | 1:56.011 | N/A | 24 | 8 |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS ||||||||

### Moto2

* Fastest session lap
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Qualifying times | Qualifying times | Final grid | Row |
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Final grid | Row |
| 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 | 1 |
| 3 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | Qualified in Q2 | 1:59.226 | 3 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 |
| 6 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | Kalex | Qualified in Q2 | 1:59.339 | 6 | 2 |
| 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 | 3 |
| 9 | 40 | Arón Canet | Kalex | Qualified in Q2 | 1:59.480 | 9 | 3 |
| 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 | 4 |
| 12 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | Qualified in Q2 | 1:59.626 | 12 | 4 |
| 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 | 5 |
| 15 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | 1:59.371 | 1:59.779 | 15 | 5 |
| 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 | 6 |
| 18 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | Qualified in Q2 | 2:00.213 | 18 | 6 |
| 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 | 7 |
| 21 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | MV Agusta | 2:00.063 | N/A | 21 | 7 |
| 22 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Kalex | 2:00.270 | N/A | 22 | 8 |
| 23 | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Kalex | 2:00.542 | N/A | 23 | 8 |
| 24 | 18 | Manuel González | Kalex | 2:00.551 | N/A | 24 | 8 |
| 25 | 61 | Alessandro Zaccone | Kalex | 2:00.957 | N/A | 25 | 9 |
| 26 | 81 | Keminth Kubo | Kalex | 2:01.033 | N/A | 26 | 9 |
| 27 | 5 | Romano Fenati | Boscoscuro | 2:01.137 | N/A | 27 | 9 |
| 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 | 10 |
| 30 | 28 | Niccolò Antonelli | Kalex | 2:01.874 | N/A | 30 | 10 |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS ||||||||

## Classification
### MotoGP

| 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 | |
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### 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 | 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 | 9 |
| 8 | 28 | Izan Guevara | Gas Gas | 18 | +2.545 | 27 | 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 | 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 | |
| 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.

### MotoGP

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Enea Bastianini | 25 |
| 2 | Brad Binder | 20 |
| 3 | Pol Espargaró | 16 |
| 4 | Aleix Espargaró | 13 |
| 5 | Marc Márquez | 11 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Ducati | 25 |
| 2 | KTM | 20 |
| 3 | Honda | 16 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 13 |
| 5 | Suzuki | 10 |
| 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

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Celestino Vietti | 25 |
| 2 | Arón Canet | 20 |
| 3 | Sam Lowes | 16 |
| 4 | Augusto Fernández | 13 |
| 5 | Tony Arbolino | 11 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Kalex | 25 |
| 2 | Boscoscuro | 1 |
| 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

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Andrea Migno | 25 |
| 2 | Sergio García | 20 |
| 3 | Kaito Toba | 16 |
| 4 | Deniz Öncü | 13 |
| 5 | John McPhee | 11 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 25 |
| 2 | Gas Gas | 20 |
| 3 | KTM | 16 |
| 4 | Husqvarna | 11 |
| 5 | CFMoto | 6 |
| 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 |