Qatar Grand Prix (motorcycle)

The Losail International Circuit.

The Qatar Grand Prix for Motorcycles is a motorcycle race that has been held since 2004 and has been part of the Motorcycle World Championship ever since . It takes place at the Losail International Circuit near Doha .

The record winner is the Australian Casey Stoner , who won the race five times in different classes.

The Qatar Grand Prix is ​​one of the few races on the motorcycle world championship calendar that does not have a ban on tobacco advertising.

history

Night race 2010

Casey Stoner on Ducati at the 2008 night race

In the 2008 season , the Qatar Grand Prix was held in the evening hours under floodlights, making the event the first night race in the history of the Motorcycle World Championship.

The event in the evenings turned out to be a major disadvantage in the 2009 season . Since the artificial lighting created dangerous light reflections when the slope conditions were wet , running the runs in the rain was excluded from the outset. The race in the 125 cm³ class had to be stopped after four laps due to the onset of rain, it was not restarted and scored with halved points. The 250 cc race was shortened from 20 to 13 laps, while the MotoGP race planned for midnight (local time) could not even be started due to heavy rain and storms and was postponed by one day to the following Monday.

In 2010 , the Qatar Grand Prix saw the first Moto2 race in the history of the motorcycle world championship. This class had replaced the 250 cc displacement category that had been held since 1949 at the beginning of the season. The first winner of the new class was the Japanese Shōya Tomizawa auf Suter, ahead of Alex Debón from Spain ( FTR ) and the French Jules Cluzel (also Suter).

On April 8, 2012 , the first Moto3 race in the history of the motorcycle world championship was held. This had replaced the 125 cc class that had been held since 1949. The Spanish Maverick Viñales won ahead of the 16-year-old Italian debutant Romano Fenati (both FTR- Honda ) and the German Sandro Cortese ( KTM ).

Qatar Grand Prix statistics

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	2004	Losail	125 cc	Jorge Lorenzo ( Derbi )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda )	Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Derbi )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Derbi )
			250 cc	Sebastián Porto ( Aprilia )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Hiroshi Aoyama ( Honda )	Sebastián Porto ( Honda )	Alex De Angelis ( Aprilia )
			MotoGP	Sete Gibernau ( Honda )	Colin Edwards ( Honda )	Rubén Xaus ( Ducati )	Carlos Checa ( Yamaha )	Colin Edwards ( Honda )
2	2005	Losail	125 cc	Gábor Talmácsi ( KTM )	Mika Kallio ( KTM )	Marco Simoncelli ( Aprilia )	Mika Kallio ( KTM )	Marco Simoncelli ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Casey Stoner ( Aprilia )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Honda )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Honda )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )
			MotoGP	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Marco Melandri ( Honda )	Nicky Hayden ( Honda )	Loris Capirossi ( Ducati )	Nicky Hayden ( Honda )
3	2006	Losail	125 cc	Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia )	Mika Kallio ( KTM )	Sergio Gadea ( Aprilia )	Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia )	Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Jorge Lorenzo ( Aprilia )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda )	Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Aprilia )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda )
			MotoGP	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Nicky Hayden ( Honda )	Loris Capirossi ( Ducati )	Casey Stoner ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )
4th	2007	Losail	125 cc	Héctor Faubel ( Aprilia )	Gábor Talmácsi ( Aprilia )	Lukáš Pešek ( Derbi )	Gábor Talmácsi ( Aprilia )	Gábor Talmácsi ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Jorge Lorenzo ( Aprilia )	Alex De Angelis ( Aprilia )	Héctor Barberá ( Aprilia )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Aprilia )	Alex De Angelis ( Aprilia )
			MotoGP	Casey Stoner ( Ducati )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Casey Stoner ( Ducati )
5	2008	Losail	125 cc	Sergio Gadea ( Aprilia )	Joan Olivé ( Derbi )	Stefan Bradl ( Aprilia )	Bradley Smith ( Aprilia )	Scott Redding ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Mattia Pasini ( Aprilia )	Héctor Barberá ( Aprilia )	Mika Kallio ( KTM )	Alex Debón ( Aprilia )	Alex Debón ( Aprilia )
			MotoGP	Casey Stoner ( Ducati )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Casey Stoner ( Ducati )
6th	2009	Losail	125 cc	Andrea Iannone ( Aprilia )	Julián Simón ( Aprilia )	Sandro Cortese ( Derbi )	Julián Simón ( Aprilia )	Julián Simón ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Héctor Barberá ( Aprilia )	Jules Cluzel ( Aprilia )	Mike Di Meglio ( Aprilia )	Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia )	Hiroshi Aoyama ( Honda )
			MotoGP	Casey Stoner ( Ducati )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Casey Stoner ( Ducati )	Casey Stoner ( Ducati )
7th	2010	Losail	125 cc	Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia )	Efrén Vázquez ( Derbi )	Marc Marquez ( Derbi )	Marc Marquez ( Derbi )	Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia )
			Moto2	Shōya Tomizawa ( Suter )	Alex Debón ( FTR )	Jules Cluzel ( Suter )	Toni Elías ( Moriwaki )	Thomas Lüthi ( Moriwaki )
			MotoGP	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda )	Casey Stoner ( Ducati )	Casey Stoner ( Ducati )
8th	2011	Losail	125 cc	Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia )	Sandro Cortese ( Aprilia )	Sergio Gadea ( Aprilia )	Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia )	Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia )
			Moto2	Stefan Bradl ( Kalex )	Andrea Iannone ( Suter )	Thomas Lüthi ( Suter )	Stefan Bradl ( Kalex )	Alex De Angelis ( Motobi )
			MotoGP	Casey Stoner ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Casey Stoner ( Honda )	Casey Stoner ( Honda )
9	2012	Losail	Moto3	Maverick Viñales ( FTR - Honda )	Romano Fenati ( FTR - Honda )	Sandro Cortese ( KTM )	Sandro Cortese ( KTM )	Maverick Viñales ( FTR - Honda )
			Moto2	Marc Marquez ( Suter )	Andrea Iannone ( Speed ​​Up )	Pol Espargaró ( Kalex )	Thomas Lüthi ( Suter )	Marc Marquez ( Suter )
			MotoGP	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Casey Stoner ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Casey Stoner ( Honda )
10	2013	Losail	Moto3	Luis Salom ( KTM )	Maverick Viñales ( KTM )	Álex Rins ( KTM )	Luis Salom ( KTM )	Jonas Folger ( Kalex - KTM )
			Moto2	Pol Espargaró (Pons- Kalex )	Scott Redding ( Kalex )	Takaaki Nakagami ( Kalex )	Pol Espargaró (Pons- Kalex )	Pol Espargaró (Pons- Kalex )
			MotoGP	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )
11	2014	Losail	Moto3	Jack Miller ( KTM )	Álex Márquez ( Honda )	Efrén Vázquez ( Honda )	Álex Rins ( Honda )	Alexis Masbou ( Honda )
			Moto2	Esteve Rabat ( Kalex )	Mika Kallio ( Kalex )	Thomas Lüthi ( Suter )	Esteve Rabat ( Kalex )	Maverick Viñales ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Álvaro Bautista ( Honda )
12	2015	Losail	Moto3	Alexis Masbou ( Honda )	Enea Bastianini ( Honda )	Danny Kent ( Honda )	Alexis Masbou ( Honda )	Enea Bastianini ( Honda )
			Moto2	Jonas Folger ( Kalex )	Xavier Siméon ( Kalex )	Thomas Lüthi ( Kalex )	Sam Lowes ( Speed ​​Up )	Johann Zarco ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati )	Andrea Iannone ( Ducati )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )
13	2016	Losail	Moto3	Niccolò Antonelli ( Honda )	Brad Binder ( KTM )	Francesco Bagnaia ( Mahindra )	Romano Fenati ( KTM )	Livio Loi ( Honda )
			Moto2	Thomas Lüthi ( Kalex )	Luis Salom ( Kalex )	Simone Corsi ( Speed ​​Up )	Jonas Folger ( Kalex )	Sam Lowes ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )
14th	2017	Losail	Moto3	Joan Mir ( Honda )	John McPhee ( Honda )	Jorge Martín ( Honda )	Jorge Martín ( Honda )	Fabio Di Giannantonio ( Honda )
			Moto2	Franco Morbidelli ( Kalex )	Thomas Lüthi ( Kalex )	Takaaki Nakagami ( Kalex )	Franco Morbidelli ( Kalex )	Franco Morbidelli ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Maverick Viñales ( Yamaha )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Maverick Viñales ( Yamaha )	Johann Zarco ( Yamaha )
14th	2018	Losail	Moto3	Jorge Martín ( Honda )	Arón Canet ( Honda )	Lorenzo Dalla Porta ( Honda )	Niccolò Antonelli ( Honda )	Arón Canet ( Honda )
			Moto2	Francesco Bagnaia ( Kalex )	Lorenzo Baldassarri ( Kalex )	Álex Márquez ( Kalex )	Álex Márquez ( Kalex )	Lorenzo Baldassarri ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati )	Johann Zarco ( Yamaha )
15th	2019	Losail	Moto3	Kaito Toba ( Honda )	Lorenzo Dalla Porta ( Honda )	Arón Canet ( KTM )	Arón Canet ( Honda )	Romano Fenati ( Honda )
			Moto2	Lorenzo Baldassarri ( Kalex )	Thomas Lüthi ( Kalex )	Marcel Schrötter ( Kalex )	Marcel Schrötter ( Kalex )	Thomas Lüthi ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Cal Crutchlow ( Honda )	Maverick Viñales ( Yamaha )	Fabio Quartararo ( Yamaha )
16	2020	Losail	Moto3	Albert Arenas ( KTM )	John McPhee ( Honda )	Ai Ogura ( Honda )	Tatsuki Suzuki ( Honda )	Ai Ogura ( Honda )
			Moto2	Tetsuta Nagashima ( Kalex )	Lorenzo Baldassarri ( Kalex )	Enea Bastianini ( Kalex )	Joe Roberts ( Kalex )	Tetsuta Nagashima ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

References

Web links

Commons : Qatar Grand Prix (motorcycle)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (multilingual)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Roman Witt Meier: 125cc rain Sprint: wins Iannone, Cortese third parties. www.motorsport-total.com, April 12, 2009, accessed April 13, 2009 . 
2. ↑ Roman Witt Meier: Barbera wins at the start. www.motorsport-total.com, April 12, 2009, accessed April 13, 2009 . 
3. ↑ Roman Wittmeier: Rain slows the MotoGP. www.motorsport-total.com, April 12, 2009, accessed April 13, 2009 . 
4. ↑ Roman Witt Meier: race in Qatar on Monday evening. www.motorsport-total.com, April 13, 2009, accessed April 13, 2009 . 
5. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Moto2: Tomizawa writes history. www.motorsport-total.com, April 11, 2010, accessed April 26, 2010 . 
6. ↑ Officially there is no counting of the editions.