2022 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix: Full race results

admin 11 March 2022

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Bastianini took his first win in MotoGP for the Gresini squad in its first race back as an independent team just over a year on from team founder Fausto Gresini’s death after his long battle with COVID-19.

The Italian kept clear of a late charge from Brad Binder on the factory KTM, who had a similar stunning race in the 2022 opener, ahead of long-time leader Honda’s Pol Espargaro who faded to third after running wide at Turn 1 when fighting Bastianini.

Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro narrowly missed out on the podium behind his brother Pol, with six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez in fifth for Honda on his first race since being ruled out with vision problems.

Despite promising practice pace, Suzuki duo Joan Mir and Alex Rins only managed sixth and seventh respectively, as Pramac’s Johann Zarco mugged defending MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo at the finish line by 0.007s to take eighth place.

It was a nightmare race for the factory Ducati squad, with Jack Miller retiring early due to a technical fault with his GP22 while team-mate Francesco Bagnaia crashed on lap 12, taking out Pramac’s Jorge Martin while trying to overtake the Spaniard.

Takaaki Nakagami completed the top 10 on the LCR Honda ahead of Franco Morbidelli on the factory Yamaha, with Maverick Vinales recovering from 19th to 12th for Aprilia ahead of VR46’s Luca Marini, RNF Racing’s Andrea Dovizioso and Tech3 KTM rookie Remy Gardner who rounded out the points places.

2022 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix – race results

Cla	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	22	42’13.198
2	Brad Binder	KTM	22	42’13.544	0.346
3	Pol Espargaro	Honda	22	42’14.549	1.351
4	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	22	42’15.440	2.242
5	Marc Marquez	Honda	22	42’17.297	4.099
6	Joan Mir	Suzuki	22	42’18.041	4.843
7	Alex Rins	Suzuki	22	42’22.008	8.810
8	Johann Zarco	Ducati	22	42’23.734	10.536
9	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	22	42’23.741	10.543
10	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	22	42’28.165	14.967
11	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	22	42’29.910	16.712
12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	22	42’36.414	23.216
13	Luca Marini	Ducati	22	42’40.481	27.283
14	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	22	42’40.572	27.374
15	Remy Gardner	KTM	22	42’54.305	41.107
16	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	22	42’54.317	41.119
17	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	22	42’54.547	41.349
18	Raúl Fernández	KTM	22	42’55.555	42.357
	Jorge Martin	Ducati	11	21’13.800	11 Laps
	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	11	21’13.835	11 Laps
	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	10	19’19.886	12 Laps
	Alex Marquez	Honda	9	17’25.782	13 Laps
	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	6	11’41.321	16 Laps
	Jack Miller	Ducati	6	11’42.306	16 Laps
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2022 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix – fastest race lap

Cla	Rider	Bike	Lap	Time
1	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	17	1’54.338
2	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	9	1’54.465
3	Brad Binder	KTM	9	1’54.484
4	Pol Espargaro	Honda	11	1’54.534
5	Alex Rins	Suzuki	3	1’54.610
6	Marc Marquez	Honda	10	1’54.643
7	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	3	1’54.654
8	Johann Zarco	Ducati	20	1’54.671
9	Joan Mir	Suzuki	11	1’54.689
10	Jorge Martin	Ducati	3	1’54.771
11	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	9	1’54.831
12	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	8	1’54.853
13	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	6	1’54.916
14	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	11	1’55.080
15	Alex Marquez	Honda	9	1’55.205
16	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	8	1’55.210
17	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	13	1’55.415
18	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	3	1’55.446
19	Luca Marini	Ducati	4	1’55.480
20	Jack Miller	Ducati	5	1’55.520
21	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	4	1’55.591
22	Raúl Fernández	KTM	9	1’55.954
23	Remy Gardner	KTM	3	1’55.974
24	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	3	1’55.982
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