The 2024 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar) was the first round of the 2024 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail on 10 March 2024.

New Practice Format

Dorna Sports officially announced changes to the format of the MotoGP racing week in 2024, specifically the format of the Moto3 and Moto2 class training sessions. They announced this through the official championship website. Just like the MotoGP class, the Moto3 and Moto2 practice sessions on Friday morning are now called 'first free practice sessions' aka FP1, which means that the time recorded in this session does not count to determine which riders qualify for the Qualification 1 (Q1) and Qualification 2 (Q2) sessions. Meanwhile, the Moto3 and Moto2 practice sessions on Friday afternoon are now called 'first practice sessions' aka PR1. The Moto3 and Moto2 practice sessions on Saturday morning are still called 'second practice sessions' aka PR2. The combination of time records in the PR1 and PR2 sessions also determines which riders qualify for Q1 and Q2. The MotoGP class format has not changed. The FP1 session on Friday morning and the FP2 session on Saturday afternoon do not determine which riders qualify for Q1 and Q2, as this will be determined in the PR session on Friday afternoon. The Sprint race will still be held on Saturday afternoon, while the warm-up session (WUP) will be held on Sunday morning. The Moto3, Moto2, and MotoGP Grand Prix races will still be held on Sunday afternoon. Then, the MotoE schedule will be adjusted to the schedule of the other three classes.[1]

MotoGP Sprint

The MotoGP Sprint was held on 9 March.

Pos. No. Rider Team Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 89 Spain Jorge Martín Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 11 20:41.287 1 12
2 33 South Africa Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11 +0.548 4 9
3 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Aprilia 11 +0.729 2 7
4 1 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 11 +1.625 5 6
5 93 Spain Marc Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 11 +1.872 6 5
6 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 11 +2.322 3 4
7 73 Spain Álex Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 11 +3.154 9 3
8 31 Spain Pedro Acosta Red Bull GasGas Tech3 KTM 11 +4.431 8 2
9 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia Racing Aprilia 11 +6.738 10 1
10 43 Australia Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11 +12.670 11
11 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 11 +12.835 15
12 20 France Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Yamaha 11 +12.863 16
13 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 11 +13.095 14
14 25 Spain Raúl Fernández Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 11 +13.795 12
15 36 Spain Joan Mir Repsol Honda Team Honda 11 +14.096 17
16 5 France Johann Zarco Castrol Honda LCR Honda 11 +14.840 13
17 42 Spain Álex Rins Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Yamaha 11 +15.629 20
18 37 Spain Augusto Fernández Red Bull GasGas Tech3 KTM 11 +17.711 18
19 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Idemitsu Honda LCR Honda 11 +22.733 19
20 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 11 +23.267 22
21 10 Italy Luca Marini Repsol Honda Team Honda 11 +25.553 21
Ret 49 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 2 Accident 7
Fastest sprint lap: Spain Marc Márquez (Ducati) – 1:52.040 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT

Race

MotoGP

The race was to be scheduled on 22 laps, but was reduced to 21 laps due to the technical problem on Raúl Fernández's bike after the first warm up lap.

Pos. No. Rider Team Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 21 39:34.869 5 25
2 33 South Africa Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 21 +1.329 4 20
3 89 Spain Jorge Martín Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 21 +1.933 1 16
4 93 Spain Marc Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 21 +3.429 6 13
5 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 21 +5.153 3 11
6 73 Spain Álex Márquez Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 21 +6.791 9 10
7 49 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 21 +9.161 7 9
8 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Aprilia 21 +11.242 2 8
9 31 Spain Pedro Acosta Red Bull GasGas Tech3 KTM 21 +11.595 8 7
10 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia Racing Aprilia 21 +13.197 10 6
11 20 France Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Yamaha 21 +17.701 16 5
12 5 France Johann Zarco Castrol Honda LCR Honda 21 +18.075 13 4
13 36 Spain Joan Mir Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +18.437 17 3
14 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 21 +19.194 15 2
15 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 21 +20.717 14 1
16 42 Spain Álex Rins Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team Yamaha 21 +24.093 20
17 37 Spain Augusto Fernández Red Bull GasGas Tech3 KTM 21 +24.106 18
18 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Prima Pramac Racing Ducati 21 +24.641 22
19 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Idemitsu Honda LCR Honda 21 +25.556 19
20 10 Italy Luca Marini Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +42.422 21
21 43 Australia Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 21 +42.761 11
Ret 25 Spain Raúl Fernández Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 17 Technical problem 12
Fastest lap: Spain Pedro Acosta (KTM) – 1:52.657 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[2][3][4]

MotoGP

Moto2

Moto3

References

  1. ^ "Moto2™ and Moto3™ set for Free Practice in 2024". motogp.com. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  2. ^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.


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