# 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.

## Classification
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | 42:34.654 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +0.027 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 22 | +0.797 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 22 | +2.881 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 22 | +3.821 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 22 | +3.888 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +4.621 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +7.112 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 22 | +12.957 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 43 | Jack Miller | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 22 | +14.594 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 22 | +15.181 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 22 | +16.274 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 22 | +19.788 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +20.299 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 22 | +23.287 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 22 | +24.189 | 18 | |
| 17 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 22 | +24.554 | 23 | |
| 18 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 22 | +31.704 | 20 | |
| 19 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 22 | +34.712 | 13 | |
| 20 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 22 | +37.641 | 17 | |
| 21 | 10 | Xavier Siméon | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 22 | +46.706 | 24 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 15 | Electronics | 22 | |
| Ret | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 12 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati Team | Ducati | 12 | Accident | 9 | |
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### Moto2

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

### Moto3

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