The 2017 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Doha on 26 March 2017. For all the three classes, the starting grid was formed by each rider's best time from any of the three free practice sessions held, after rain cancelled the planned qualifying sessions.

In the MotoGP race, Maverick Viñales won on his first outing for Yamaha, becoming the first rider to do so on début for Yamaha since his teammate Valentino Rossi did the same back in 2004.

The Moto2 class saw the début of the KTM Moto2 chassis package, following KTM's expansion into Moto2 along with MotoGP with the RC16.

Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 25 Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 38:59.999 1 25 2 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 20 +0.461 5 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 +1.928 10 16 4 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 +6.745 3 13 5 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 +7.128 7 11 6 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 20 +7.661 15 10 7 45 Scott Redding Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 20 +9.782 6 9 8 43 Jack Miller EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 20 +14.486 16 8 9 42 Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 20 +14.788 18 7 10 94 Jonas Folger Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 20 +15.069 8 6 11 99 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Team Ducati 20 +20.516 12 5 12 76 Loris Baz Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 20 +21.255 14 4 13 8 Héctor Barberá Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 20 +28.828 20 3 14 17 Karel Abraham Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 20 +29.123 17 2 15 53 Tito Rabat EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 20 +29.470 19 1 16 44 Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +33.601 22 17 38 Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +39.704 23 18 22 Sam Lowes Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 20 +47.131 21 Ret 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 14 Lost Power 11 Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 10 Accident 2 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 7 Accident 13 Ret 5 Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 6 Accident 4 Ret 35 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 4 Accident 9 Sources:

Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 20 40:18.480 1 25 2 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 20 +2.681 3 20 3 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 20 +3.304 4 16 4 44 Miguel Oliveira KTM 20 +3.584 5 13 5 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 20 +11.226 2 11 6 10 Luca Marini Kalex 20 +13.747 13 10 7 40 Fabio Quartararo Kalex 20 +13.988 10 9 8 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 20 +17.465 15 8 9 97 Xavi Vierge Tech 3 20 +17.477 8 7 10 49 Axel Pons Kalex 20 +17.767 12 6 11 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 20 +17.802 7 5 12 42 Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 20 +18.090 9 4 13 52 Danny Kent Suter 20 +19.323 6 3 14 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 20 +22.798 16 2 15 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 20 +24.009 18 1 16 23 Marcel Schrötter Suter 20 +24.077 14 17 24 Simone Corsi Speed Up 20 +28.193 24 18 68 Yonny Hernández Kalex 20 +31.828 28 19 45 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 20 +31.839 21 20 41 Brad Binder KTM 20 +34.046 22 21 32 Isaac Viñales Kalex 20 +40.227 25 22 11 Sandro Cortese Suter 20 +40.279 20 23 60 Julián Simón Kalex 20 +40.446 26 24 54 Mattia Pasini Kalex 20 +42.501 11 25 88 Ricard Cardús Speed Up 20 +43.000 30 26 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 20 +47.072 29 27 5 Andrea Locatelli Kalex 20 +47.486 31 28 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 20 +51.206 27 29 62 Stefano Manzi Kalex 20 +1:02.080 32 Ret 9 Jorge Navarro Kalex 8 Accident 17 Ret 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 8 Accident Damage 19 Ret 8 Saeed Al Sulaiti Speed Up 5 Accident 33 Ret 87 Remy Gardner Tech 3 0 Accident 23 DNS 96 Nasser Al Malki Speed Up Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 36 Joan Mir Honda 18 38:27.364 6 25 2 17 John McPhee Honda 18 +0.135 12 20 3 88 Jorge Martín Honda 18 +0.218 1 16 4 44 Arón Canet Honda 18 +0.252 8 13 5 5 Romano Fenati Honda 18 +0.453 3 11 6 16 Andrea Migno KTM 18 +0.579 7 10 7 23 Niccolò Antonelli KTM 18 +0.661 5 9 8 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 18 +0.878 15 8 9 42 Marcos Ramírez KTM 18 +1.693 10 7 10 7 Adam Norrodin Honda 18 +7.904 11 6 11 71 Ayumu Sasaki Honda 18 +12.221 14 5 12 11 Livio Loi Honda 18 +16.748 17 4 13 40 Darryn Binder KTM 18 +16.786 26 3 14 8 Nicolò Bulega KTM 18 +16.821 13 2 15 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 18 +16.832 19 1 16 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 18 +16.943 18 17 95 Jules Danilo Honda 18 +27.583 23 18 41 Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 18 +27.638 29 19 27 Kaito Toba Honda 18 +27.641 27 20 84 Jakub Kornfeil Peugeot 18 +28.034 21 21 6 María Herrera KTM 18 +28.150 25 22 96 Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 18 +28.379 28 23 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Mahindra 18 +28.388 24 24 14 Tony Arbolino Honda 18 +29.520 16 25 12 Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 18 +54.344 20 26 64 Bo Bendsneyder KTM 18 +1:09.769 4 Ret 4 Patrik Pulkkinen Peugeot 14 Accident 30 Ret 58 Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 12 Accident 9 Ret 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 12 Accident Damage 2 Ret 75 Albert Arenas Mahindra 4 Accident 22 DNS 19 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Gabriel Rodrigo suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during the opening free practice and withdrew from the event.

Championship standings after the race MotoGP Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Maverick Viñales 25 2 Andrea Dovizioso 20 3 Valentino Rossi 16 4 Marc Márquez 13 5 Dani Pedrosa 11

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 25 2 Ducati 20 3 Honda 13 4 Aprilia 10 5 Suzuki 7

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Moto2 Rider Points 1 Franco Morbidelli 25 2 Thomas Lüthi 20 3 Takaaki Nakagami 16 4 Miguel Oliveira 13 5 Álex Márquez 11 6 Luca Marini 10 7 Fabio Quartararo 9 8 Lorenzo Baldassarri 8 9 Xavi Vierge 7 10 Axel Pons 6

Moto3 Rider Points 1 Joan Mir 25 2 John McPhee 20 3 Jorge Martín 16 4 Arón Canet 13 5 Romano Fenati 11 6 Andrea Migno 10 7 Niccolò Antonelli 9 8 Fabio Di Giannantonio 8 9 Marcos Ramírez 7 10 Adam Norrodin 6

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