2024 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

2024 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 20 races in the; 2024 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 March 2024
Official name	Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar
Location	Lusail International Circuit; Lusail, Qatar
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.380 km (3.343 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martín
Time	1:50.789
Fastest lap
Rider	Pedro Acosta
Time	1:52.657 on lap 2
Podium
First	Francesco Bagnaia
Second	Brad Binder
Third	Jorge Martín
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Arón Canet
Time	1:56.788
Fastest lap
Rider	Arón Canet
Time	1:57.661 on lap 3
Podium
First	Alonso López
Second	Barry Baltus
Third	Sergio García
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Daniel Holgado
Time	2:02.276
Fastest lap
Rider	Tatsuki Suzuki
Time	2:03.135 on lap 3
Podium
First	David Alonso
Second	Daniel Holgado
Third	Taiyo Furusato

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	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	11	20:41.287	1	12
2	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	11	+0.548	4	9
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	11	+0.729	2	7
4	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	11	+1.625	5	6
5	93	Marc Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	11	+1.872	6	5
6	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	11	+2.322	3	4
7	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	11	+3.154	9	3
8	31	Pedro Acosta	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	KTM	11	+4.431	8	2
9	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	11	+6.738	10	1
10	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	11	+12.670	11
11	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	11	+12.835	15
12	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team	Yamaha	11	+12.863	16
13	88	Miguel Oliveira	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia	11	+13.095	14
14	25	Raúl Fernández	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia	11	+13.795	12
15	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	11	+14.096	17
16	5	Johann Zarco	Castrol Honda LCR	Honda	11	+14.840	13
17	42	Álex Rins	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team	Yamaha	11	+15.629	20
18	37	Augusto Fernández	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	KTM	11	+17.711	18
19	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Idemitsu Honda LCR	Honda	11	+22.733	19
20	21	Franco Morbidelli	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	11	+23.267	22
21	10	Luca Marini	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	11	+25.553	21
Ret	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	2	Accident	7
Fastest sprint lap: 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	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	21	39:34.869	5	25
2	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	21	+1.329	4	20
3	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	21	+1.933	1	16
4	93	Marc Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	21	+3.429	6	13
5	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	21	+5.153	3	11
6	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	21	+6.791	9	10
7	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	21	+9.161	7	9
8	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	21	+11.242	2	8
9	31	Pedro Acosta	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	KTM	21	+11.595	8	7
10	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	21	+13.197	10	6
11	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team	Yamaha	21	+17.701	16	5
12	5	Johann Zarco	Castrol Honda LCR	Honda	21	+18.075	13	4
13	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+18.437	17	3
14	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	21	+19.194	15	2
15	88	Miguel Oliveira	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia	21	+20.717	14	1
16	42	Álex Rins	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team	Yamaha	21	+24.093	20
17	37	Augusto Fernández	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	KTM	21	+24.106	18
18	21	Franco Morbidelli	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	21	+24.641	22
19	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Idemitsu Honda LCR	Honda	21	+25.556	19
20	10	Luca Marini	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+42.422	21
21	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	21	+42.761	11
Ret	25	Raúl Fernández	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia	17	Technical problem	12
Fastest lap: Pedro Acosta (KTM) – 1:52.657 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Alonso López	Sync Speed Up	Boscoscuro	18	35:45.595	2	25
2	7	Barry Baltus	RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP	Kalex	18	+0.055	6	20
3	3	Sergio García	MT Helmets – MSi	Boscoscuro	18	+0.742	18	16
4	79	Ai Ogura	MT Helmets – MSi	Boscoscuro	18	+1.514	13	13
5	18	Manuel González	QJmotor Gresini Moto2	Kalex	18	+5.100	4	11
6	42	Marcos Ramírez	OnlyFans American Racing Team	Kalex	18	+5.320	7	10
7	16	Joe Roberts	OnlyFans American Racing Team	Kalex	18	+9.058	14	9
8	75	Albert Arenas	QJmotor Gresini Moto2	Kalex	18	+9.210	3	8
9	13	Celestino Vietti	Red Bull KTM Ajo	Kalex	18	+10.710	16	7
10	44	Arón Canet	Fantic Racing	Kalex	18	+10.879	1	6
11	35	Somkiat Chantra	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	Kalex	18	+15.066	15	5
12	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	Kalex	18	+18.986	12	4
13	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP	Kalex	18	+19.038	9	3
14	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Pertamina Mandalika Gas Up Team	Kalex	18	+22.338	17	3
15	53	Deniz Öncü	Red Bull KTM Ajo	Kalex	18	+22.568	20	1
16	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Sync Speed Up	Boscoscuro	18	+25.220	10
17	81	Senna Agius	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	Kalex	18	+27.060	21
18	15	Darryn Binder	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	Kalex	18	+28.515	11
19	71	Dennis Foggia	Italtrans Racing	Kalex	18	+30.099	23
20	14	Tony Arbolino	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	18	+30.356	5
21	12	Filip Salač	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	18	+41.203	19
22	10	Diogo Moreira	Italtrans Racing	Kalex	18	+43.118	26
23	20	Xavi Cardelús	Fantic Racing	Kalex	18	+43.185	27
24	34	Mario Aji	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	Kalex	18	+43.259	28
25	5	Jaume Masià	Pertamina Mandalika Gas Up Team	Kalex	18	+43.623	22
26	11	Álex Escrig	Klint Forward Factory Team	Forward	17	+1 lap	24
27	43	Xavier Artigas	Klint Forward Factory Team	Forward	17	+1 lap	29
Ret	28	Izan Guevara	CFMoto Aspar Team	Kalex	12	Retirement	8
Ret	22	Ayumu Sasaki	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	Kalex	6	Accident	25
WD	96	Jake Dixon	CFMoto Aspar Team	Kalex		Withdrew
Fastest lap: Arón Canet (Kalex) – 1:56.788 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Jake Dixon was declared unfit after a crash during saturday Free Practice 3 session and withdrew from the event

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	80	David Alonso	CFMoto Aspar Team	CFMoto	16	33:19.778	8	25
2	96	Daniel Holgado	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	Gas Gas	16	+0.041	1	20
3	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda Team Asia	Honda	16	+0.143	18	16
4	54	Riccardo Rossi	CIP Green Power	KTM	16	+0.186	7	13
5	95	Collin Veijer	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	Husqvarna	16	+0.338	10	11
6	82	Stefano Nepa	LevelUp – MTA	KTM	16	+0.416	16	10
7	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	Husqvarna	16	+1.144	19	9
8	66	Joel Kelso	Boé Motorsports	KTM	16	+9.465	6	8
9	48	Iván Ortolá	MT Helmets – MSi	KTM	16	+10.019	2	7
10	12	Jacob Roulstone	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	Gas Gas	16	+10.626	17	6
11	78	Joel Esteban	CFMoto Aspar Team	CFMoto	16	+10.827	23	5
12	36	Ángel Piqueras	Leopard Racing	Honda	16	+10.933	12	4
13	19	Scott Ogden	MLav Racing	Honda	16	+12.928	20	3
14	10	Nicola Carraro	LevelUp – MTA	KTM	16	+12.946	22	2
15	58	Luca Lunetta	Sic58 Squadra Corse	Honda	16	+13.527	14	1
16	64	David Muñoz	Boé Motorsports	KTM	16	+15.953	13
17	55	Noah Dettwiler	CIP Green Power	KTM	16	+28.926	25
18	70	Joshua Whatley	MLav Racing	Honda	16	+29.126	21
19	5	Tatchakorn Buasri	Honda Team Asia	Honda	16	+34.620	24
Ret	21	Vicente Pérez	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	15	Accident	9
Ret	31	Adrián Fernández	Leopard Racing	Honda	15	Accident	4
Ret	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	MT Helmets – MSi	KTM	14	Accident	15
Ret	7	Filippo Farioli	Sic58 Squadra Corse	Honda	4	Accident	11
Ret	18	Matteo Bertelle	Rivacold Snipers Team	Honda	4	Accident	5
Ret	99	José Antonio Rueda	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	2	Accident	3
WD	22	David Almansa	Rivacold Snipers Team	Honda		Withdrew
Fastest lap: Tatsuki Suzuki (Husqvarna) – 2:03.135 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

David Almansa suffered a fractured hand in a crash during Friday Practice 1 and withdrew from the event

Championship standings after the race

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

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Francesco Bagnaia	31
2	Brad Binder	29
3	Jorge Martín	28
4	Marc Márquez	18
5	Enea Bastianini	15

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Ducati	37
2	KTM	29
3	Aprilia	15
4	Yamaha	5
5	Honda	4

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Ducati Lenovo Team	46
2	Gresini Racing MotoGP	31
3	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	29
4	Prima Pramac Racing	28
5	Aprilia Racing	22

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Alonso López	25
2	Barry Baltus	20
3	Sergio García	16
4	Ai Ogura	13
5	Manuel González	11

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Boscoscuro	25
2	Kalex	20

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	MT Helmets – MSi	29
2	Sync Speed Up	25
3	RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP	23
4	QJmotor Gresini Moto2	19
5	OnlyFans American Racing Team	19

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	David Alonso	25
2	Daniel Holgado	20
3	Taiyo Furusato	16
4	Riccardo Rossi	13
5	Collin Veijer	11

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	CFMoto	25
2	Gas Gas	20
3	Honda	16
4	KTM	13
5	Husqvarna	11

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	CFMoto Aspar Team	30
2	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	26
3	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	20
4	Honda Team Asia	16
5	CIP Green Power	13

References

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

External links

"MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 9 March 2024.

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[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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