Grand Prix of Qatar
FIM Moto2 World Championship
Losail International Circuit
Doha, Qatar
March 26, 2017
Race Results (All using Honda engines and Dunlop tires):
1. Franco MORBIDELLI, Italy (KALEX), 20 laps, Total Race Time 40:18.480
2. Thomas LUTHI, Switzerland (KALEX), -2.681 seconds
3. Takaaki NAKAGAMI, Japan (KALEX), -3.304
4. Miguel OLIVEIRA, Portugal (KTM), -3.584
5. Alex MARQUEZ, Spain (KALEX), -11.226
6. Luca MARINI, Italy (KALEX), -13.747
7. Fabio QUARTARARO, France (KALEX), -13.988
8. Lorenzo BALDASSARRI, Italy (KALEX), -17.465
9. Xavi VIERGE, Spain (TECH 3), -17.477
10. Axel PONS, Spain (KALEX), -17.767
11. Dominique AEGERTER, Switzerland (SUTER), -17.802
12. Francesco BAGNAIA, Italy (KALEX), -18.090
13. Danny KENT, UK (SUTER), -19.323
14. Jesko RAFFIN, Switzerland (KALEX), -22.798
15. Xavier SIMEON, Belgium (KALEX), -24.009
16. Marcel SCHROTTER, Germany (SUTER), -24.077
17. Simone CORSI, Italy (SPEED UP), -28.193
18. Yonny HERNANDEZ, Colombia (KALEX), -31.828
19. Tetsuta NAGASHIMA, Japan (KALEX), -31.839
20. Brad BINDER, South Africa (KTM), -34.046
21. Isaac VIÑALES, Spain (KALEX), -40.227
22. Sandro CORTESE, Germany (SUTER), -40.279
23. Julian SIMON, Spain (KALEX), -40.446
24. Mattia PASINI, Italy (KALEX), -42.501, crash
25. Ricard CARDUS, Spain (SPEED UP), -43.000
26. Edgar PONS, Spain (KALEX), -47.072
27. Andrea LOCATELLI, Italy (KALEX), -47.486
28. Khairul Idham PAWI, Malaysia (KALEX), -51.206
29. Stefano MANZI, Italy (KALEX), -62.080
30. Jorge NAVARRO, Spain (KALEX), -12 laps, DNF, crash
31. Hafizh SYAHRIN, Malaysia (KALEX), -12 laps, DNF, crash
32. Saeed AL SULAITI, Qatar (SPEED UP), -15 laps, DNF. crash
33. Remy GARDNER, Australia (TECH 3), -20 laps, DNF, crash
World Championship Point Standings (After 1 of 18 races):
1. Morbidelli, 25 points
2. Luthi, 20
3. Nakagami, 16
4. Oliveira, 13
5. Alex Marquez, 11
6. Marini, 10
7. Quartararo, 9
8. Baldassarri, 8
9. Vierge, 7
10. Pons, 6
11. Aegerter, 5
12. Bagnaia, 4
13. Kent, 3
14. Raffin, 2
15. Simeon, 1
More, from a press release issued by Dorna:
Morbidelli uncatchable and unflappable in Qatar
Italian EG 0,0 Marc VDS rider takes his first ever Moto2™ win
After a year of incredible podium performances in 2016, Franco Morbidelli (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) started off 2017 in stunning style – with his first win in Moto2™. 2016 Qatar winner and key rival Tom Lüthi (CarXpert Interwetten) crossed the line in second, with Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) completing the podium in an exciting taster of what could be to come in the 2017 Championship fight.
Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) took an impressive first podium for the new KTM chassis, followed home by EG 0,0 Marc VDS rider Alex Marquez, who crossed the line in fifth after an early challenge for the podium.
It was a stunning intermediate class debut for rookie Fabio Quartararo (Pons HP 40), whose huge mileage in testing paid off as he brought it home in P7 first time out, just losing out in a battle with Luca Marini (Forward Racing Team) over sixth.
Lorenzo Baldassarri (Forward Racing Team) moved up from his grid spot to take eighth, with Xavi Vierge (Tech 3 Racing) and Axel Pons (RW Racing GP) completing the top ten.