Moto2: Race Results From Losail International Circuit (Updated)

Moto2: Race Results From Losail International Circuit (Updated)

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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.

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