2018 Qatar GP Race Results and MotoGP Standings

LOSAIL, QATAR – Andrea Dovizioso dramatically successfully won the 2018 MotoGP opener series race at Losail Circuit, Qatar on Sunday night. The Ducati Corse driver was surprisingly able to maintain pole position after Marc Marquez threatened his position at the last corner.

Dovizioso overall recorded the fastest time of 42 minutes 34.654 seconds. He leads 0.002 seconds from Marquez who trail in second. In the midst of Little Dragon’s joy, teammate Jorge Lorenzo had to settle for failing to achieve perfect points after falling in the 2018 MotoGP opener.

In another part, an impressive record inscribed Valentino Rossi. The nine-time world champion in four different classes grabbed the third podium with a time of 42 minutes 35.451 seconds. While Johann Zarco who had led the race to five laps remaining should be satisfied sit in eight positions with 42 minutes 41.766 seconds.

2018 Qatar GP Race Results:

Position	Rider	Country	Team	Bike	Time
1	Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	Ducati Team	GP18	42m 34.654s
2	Marc Marquez	ESP	Repsol Honda	RC213V	42m 34.681s
3	Valentino Rossi	ITA	Movistar Yamaha	YZR-M1	42m 35.451s
4	Cal Crutchlow	GBR	LCR Honda	RC213V	42m 37.535s
5	Danilo Petrucci	ITA	Pramac Ducati	GP18	42m 38.475s
6	Maverick Viñales	ESP	Movistar Yamaha	YZR-M1	42m 38.542s
7	Dani Pedrosa	ESP	Repsol Honda	RC213V	42m 39.275s
8	Johann Zarco	FRA	Monster Yamaha Tech3	YZR-M1	42m 41.766s
9	Andrea Iannone	ITA	Suzuki Ecstar	GSX-RR	42m 47.611s
10	Jack Miller	AUS	Pramac Ducati	GP17	42m 49.248s
11	Tito Rabat	ESP	Reale Avintia	GP17	42m 49.835s
12	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	RC213V	42m 50.928s
13	Alvaro Bautista	ESP	Angel Nieto Team	GP17	42m 54.442s
14	Hafizh Syahrin	MAL	Monster Yamaha Tech3	YZR-M1	42m 54.953s
15	Karel Abraham	CZE	Angel Nieto Team	GP16	42m 57.941s
16	Thomas Luthi	SWI	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	RC213V	42m 58.843s
17	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda	RC213V	42m 59.208s
18	Bradley Smith	GBR	Red Bull KTM Factory	RC16	43m 6.358s
19	Aleix Espargaro	ESP	ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini	RS-GP	43m 9.366s
20	Scott Redding	GBR	ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini	RS-GP	43m 12.295s
21	Xavier Simeon	ESP	Reale Avintia	GP16	43m 21.360s
x	Pol Espargaro	ESP	Red Bull KTM Factory	RC16	DNF
x	Alex Rins	ESP	Suzuki Ecstar	GSX-RR	DNF
x	Jorge Lorenzo	ESP	Ducati Team	GP18	DNF

MotoGP Standings:

Pos	Rider	Country	Team	Bike	Points	Wins	Podiums
1	Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	Ducati Team	GP18	25	1	1
2	Marc Marquez	ESP	Repsol Honda	RC213V	20	0	1
3	Valentino Rossi	ITA	Movistar Yamaha	YZR-M1	16	0	1
4	Cal Crutchlow	GBR	LCR Honda	RC213V	13	0	0
5	Danilo Petrucci	ITA	Pramac Ducati	GP18	11	0	0
6	Maverick Viñales	ESP	Movistar Yamaha	YZR-M1	10	0	0
7	Dani Pedrosa	ESP	Repsol Honda	RC213V	9	0	0
8	Johann Zarco	FRA	Monster Yamaha Tech3	YZR-M1	8	0	0
9	Andrea Iannone	ITA	Suzuki Ecstar	GSX-RR	7	0	0
10	Jack Miller	AUS	Pramac Ducati	GP17	6	0	0
11	Tito Rabat	ESP	Reale Avintia	GP17	5	0	0
12	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	RC213V	4	0	0
13	Alvaro Bautista	ESP	Angel Nieto Team	GP17	3	0	0
14	Hafizh Syahrin	MAL	Monster Yamaha Tech3	YZR-M1	2	0	0
15	Karel Abraham	CZE	Angel Nieto Team	GP16	1	0	0
16	Thomas Luthi	SWI	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	RC213V	0	0	0
17	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda	RC213V	0	0	0
18	Bradley Smith	GBR	Red Bull KTM Factory	RC16	0	0	0
19	Aleix Espargaro	ESP	ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini	RS-GP	0	0	0
20	Scott Redding	GBR	ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini	RS-GP	0	0	0
21	Xavier Simeon	ESP	Reale Avintia	GP16	0	0	0
22	Pol Espargaro	ESP	Red Bull KTM Factory	RC16	0	0	0
23	Alex Rins	ESP	Suzuki Ecstar	GSX-RR	0	0	0
24	Jorge Lorenzo	ESP	Ducati Team	GP18	0	0	0