The 2022 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail on 6 March 2022.

Background

Entries In MotoGP and Moto2 classes the riders and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in riders for the race. In the premier class five drivers made their debuts in MotoGP: Remy Gardner and Raúl Fernández, respectively 2021 Moto2 World Champion and runner-up, Fabio di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi and Darryn Binder, who moves from Moto3 to MotoGP as Jack Miller did in 2015. In the intermediate class, the new entries are the 2021 Moto3 World Champion Pedro Acosta, Jeremy Alcoba, Gabriel Rodrigo, Niccolò Antonelli, Filip Salač (from Moto 3), Manuel González, Alessandro Zaccone, Keminth Kubo, Zonta van den Goorbergh and Sean Dylan Kelly.

In Moto3, Taiyo Furusato missed the round after having surgery due to a right ankle injury; he was not replaced. Gerard Riu replaced David Muñoz due to the fact that the latter was under the minimum age. There are eight new entries in the category: Diogo Moreira, Iván Ortolá, Joel Kelso, Daniel Holgado, Matteo Bertelle, Mario Aji, Joshua Whatley and Scott Ogden.

As for the teams, in MotoGP class Aprilia enter the series with their own full factory team effort for the first time since 2004. Gresini Racing, had previously sponsored and supplied bikes with factory support by Aprilia, return as a fully-independent team with their bikes being supplied by Ducati. There are two teams debuting: VR46 Racing Team taking over the grid slots from Esponsorama Racing (who leaves the premier class after 10 seasons) and uses Ducati machinery; RNF MotoGP Racing replaces Sepang Racing Team, which abandoned racing after the decision of main sponsor Petronas to remove support. The team was formed by the management of the Sepang Racing Team and continue to use Yamaha bikes. In Moto2 class, Petronas SRT withdrew from the category, while RW Racing GP return to the series-dominant Kalex chassis, after four seasons operating the factory programme for Japanese chassis builder NTS. In Moto3 class, the vacancy left by Petronas SRT is occupied by the new VisionTrack Racing Team, which uses Honda bikes. Gresini Racing (present since the first year of Moto3) also leaves the light class to focus on MotoGP and Moto2. In its place another Italian team, Team MTA, already present in the Moto3 class as Team Italia from 2014 to 2016, and rides with KTM bikes. Prüstel GP switches from the current KTM motorcycles to CFMoto-rebranded KTM bikes.

Free practice

MotoGP

In the first session Brad Binder was the fastest, followed by Takaaki Nakagami and Álex Rins. The latter finished in the lead in the second session ahead of Marc Márquez and Joan Mir. In the third session Enea Bastianini set the best time preceded by Pol Espargaró and Francesco Bagnaia. In the combined time classification, reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo does not rank in the top ten and is forced to unpack Q1.

Qualifying MotoGP Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2189 Jorge MartínDucati Qualified in Q2 1:53.0111 1223 Enea BastianiniDucati Qualified in Q21:53.1582393 Marc MárquezHonda Qualified in Q21:53.2833443 Jack MillerDucati Qualified in Q21:53.2984 2541 Aleix EspargaróAprilia Qualified in Q21:53.3195644 Pol EspargaróHonda Qualified in Q21:53.3466733 Brad BinderKTM 1:53.5121:53.3507 3836 Joan MirSuzuki Qualified in Q21:53.4078963 Francesco BagnaiaDucati Qualified in Q21:53.41191042 Álex RinsSuzuki Qualified in Q21:53.48110 41120 Fabio QuartararoYamaha1:53.6541:53.635111221 Franco MorbidelliYamaha Qualified in Q21:53.98212135 Johann ZarcoDucati1:53:780N/A13 51488 Miguel OliveiraKTM1:53.819N/A141572 Marco BezzecchiDucati1:53.915N/A151630 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:54.038N/A16 61710 Luca MariniDucati1:54.222N/A171873 Álex MárquezHonda1:54.224N/A181912 Maverick ViñalesAprilia1:54.228N/A19 7204 Andrea DoviziosoYamaha1:54.244N/A202149 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati1:54.276N/A212287 Remy GardnerKTM1:54.378N/A22 82325 Raúl FernándezKTM1:54.889N/A232440 Darryn BinderYamaha1:56.011N/A24 OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto2 Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2113 Celestino ViettiKalex Qualified in Q2 1:59.0821 1214 Tony ArbolinoKalex Qualified in Q21:59.1942322 Sam LowesKalex Qualified in Q21:59.2263412 Filip SalačKalex Qualified in Q21:59.28742579 Ai OguraKalex Qualified in Q21:59.3025637 Augusto FernándezKalex Qualified in Q21:59.3396796 Jake DixonKalex Qualified in Q21:59.35773854 Fermín AldeguerBoscoscuro1:59.6901:59.3598940 Arón CanetKalex Qualified in Q21:59.48091051 Pedro AcostaKalex Qualified in Q21:59.528104116 Cameron BeaubierKalex Qualified in Q21:59.55111129 Jorge NavarroKalex Qualified in Q21:59.626121323 Marcel SchrötterKalex Qualified in Q21:59.6701351416 Joe RobertsKalex Qualified in Q21:59.671141575 Albert ArenasKalex 1:59.3711:59.77915167 Barry BaltusKalex1:59.8791:59.8331661764 Bo BendsneyderKalex1:59.7491:59.971171835 Somkiat ChantraKalex Qualified in Q22:00.213181924 Simone CorsiMV Agusta2:00.063N/A1972019 Lorenzo Dalla PortaKalex2:00.151N/A202142 Marcos RamírezMV Agusta2:00.063N/A212252 Jeremy AlcobaKalex2:00.270N/A228232 Gabriel RodrigoKalex2:00.542N/A232418 Manuel GonzálezKalex2:00.551N/A242561 Alessandro ZacconeKalex2:00.957N/A2592681 Keminth KuboKalex2:01.033N/A26275 Romano FenatiBoscoscuro2:01.137N/A27284 Sean Dylan KellyKalex2:01.201N/A28102984 Zonta van den GoorberghKalex2:01.327N/A293028 Niccolò AntonelliKalex2:01.874N/A30 OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Classification

MotoGP

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 Enea Bastianini Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 22 42:13.198 2 25 2 33 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 22 +0.346 7 20 3 44 Pol Espargaró Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +1.351 6 16 4 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 +2.242 5 13 5 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +4.099 3 11 6 36 Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 22 +4.843 8 10 7 42 Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 22 +8.810 10 9 8 5 Johann Zarco Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +10.536 13 8 9 20 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 +10.543 11 7 10 30 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 22 +14.967 16 6 11 21 Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 +16.712 12 5 12 12 Maverick Viñales Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 +23.216 19 4 13 10 Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 22 +27.283 17 3 14 4 Andrea Dovizioso WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 22 +27.374 20 2 15 87 Remy Gardner Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 22 +41.107 22 1 16 40 Darryn Binder WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 22 +41.119 24 17 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 22 +41.349 21 18 25 Raúl Fernández Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 22 +42.357 23 Ret 89 Jorge Martín Pramac Racing Ducati 11 Collision 1 Ret 63 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 11 Collision 9 Ret 88 Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 10 Accident 14 Ret 73 Álex Márquez LCR Honda Castrol Honda 9 Accident 18 Ret 72 Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 6 Accident 15 Ret 43 Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 6 Lost Power 4 Sources:

Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 13 Celestino Vietti Kalex 20 39:53.637 1 25 2 40 Arón Canet Kalex 20 +6.154 9 20 3 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 20 +10.181 3 16 4 37 Augusto Fernández Kalex 20 +10.259 6 13 5 14 Tony Arbolino Kalex 20 +11.421 2 11 6 79 Ai Ogura Kalex 20 +12.331 5 10 7 9 Jorge Navarro Kalex 20 +14.866 12 9 8 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 20 +15.371 14 8 9 6 Cameron Beaubier Kalex 20 +17.368 11 7 10 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 20 +18.908 13 6 11 96 Jake Dixon Kalex 20 +18.958 7 5 12 51 Pedro Acosta Kalex 20 +26.051 10 4 13 75 Albert Arenas Kalex 20 +26.139 15 3 14 52 Jeremy Alcoba Kalex 20 +31.755 21 2 15 5 Romano Fenati Boscoscuro 20 +33.639 26 1 16 54 Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro 20 +34.155 8 17 42 Marcos Ramírez MV Agusta 20 +36.282 20 18 24 Simone Corsi MV Agusta 20 +37.699 18 19 64 Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 20 +40.594 17 20 18 Manuel González Kalex 20 +43.946 23 21 2 Gabriel Rodrigo Kalex 20 +44.347 22 22 61 Alessandro Zaccone Kalex 20 +49.180 24 23 81 Keminth Kubo Kalex 20 +50.203 25 24 84 Zonta van den Goorbergh Kalex 20 +56.194 28 25 4 Sean Dylan Kelly Kalex 20 +56.336 27 26 28 Niccolò Antonelli Kalex 20 +56.357 29 Ret 7 Barry Baltus Kalex 19 Accident 16 Ret 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 15 Shoulder Pain 19 Ret 12 Filip Salač Kalex 2 Accident 4 DNS 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT Somkiat Chantra suffered a broken finger in a crash during qualifying and was declared unfit to compete.

Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 16 Andrea Migno Honda 18 37:59.522 3 25 2 11 Sergio García Gas Gas 18 +0.037 6 20 3 27 Kaito Toba KTM 18 +0.573 11 16 4 53 Deniz Öncü KTM 18 +0.594 9 13 5 17 John McPhee Husqvarna 18 +1.064 5 11 6 10 Diogo Moreira KTM 18 +1.481 18 10 7 7 Dennis Foggia Honda 18 +1.951 28 9 8 28 Izan Guevara Gas Gas 18 +2.545 27 8 9 6 Ryusei Yamanaka KTM 18 +2.742 4 7 10 43 Xavier Artigas CFMoto 18 +6.055 10 6 11 48 Iván Ortolá KTM 18 +6.080 7 5 12 54 Riccardo Rossi Honda 18 +12.933 13 4 13 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 18 +12.974 16 3 14 31 Adrián Fernández KTM 18 +12.989 20 2 15 66 Joel Kelso KTM 18 +13.084 14 1 16 96 Daniel Holgado KTM 18 +12.999 12 17 18 Matteo Bertelle KTM 18 +29.098 15 18 23 Elia Bartolini KTM 18 +29.128 24 19 64 Mario Aji Honda 18 +29.497 22 20 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 18 +43.108 23 21 87 Gerard Riu KTM 18 +47.964 25 22 70 Joshua Whatley Honda 18 +48.272 26 Ret 71 Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna 12 Loose Fairing 1 Ret 5 Jaume Masià KTM 9 Accident 2 Ret 67 Alberto Surra Honda 9 Mechanical 19 Ret 19 Scott Ogden Honda 6 Accident 17 Ret 20 Lorenzo Fellon Honda 3 Collision 21 Ret 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 3 Accident Damage 29 Ret 99 Carlos Tatay CFMoto 3 Accident Damage 8 OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Enea Bastianini 25 2 Brad Binder 20 3 Pol Espargaró 16 4 Aleix Espargaró 13 5 Marc Márquez 11

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Ducati 25 2 KTM 20 3 Honda 16 4 Aprilia 13 5 Suzuki 10

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Repsol Honda Team 27 2 Gresini Racing MotoGP 25 3 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 20 4 Team Suzuki Ecstar 19 5 Aprilia Racing 17

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Celestino Vietti 25 2 Arón Canet 20 3 Sam Lowes 16 4 Augusto Fernández 13 5 Tony Arbolino 11

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Kalex 25 2 Boscoscuro 1

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Flexbox HP40 29 2 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 27 3 Mooney VR46 Racing Team 25 4 Red Bull KTM Ajo 17 5 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 10

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Andrea Migno 25 2 Sergio García 20 3 Kaito Toba 16 4 Deniz Öncü 13 5 John McPhee 11

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 25 2 Gas Gas 20 3 KTM 16 4 Husqvarna 11 5 CFMoto 6

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team 28 2 Rivacold Snipers Team 25 3 CIP Green Power 17 4 MT Helmets – MSI 17 5 Red Bull KTM Tech3 15

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