MotoGP Qatar round 1 2022... Game time in the darkness

[Bigyin]

Oi. Numpty. Was trying to wind up the old fat lad.

Hush now

He has been around long enough to know only Assen starts on a Thursday and even thats been changed in the last few years to start Fridays with Sunday race days

[weeksy]

Well it's game on then... just 45 mins until we're off and away with FP1.

[Supermofo]

So only 1 Yam and 0 Duc's in the top 10! Only FP 1 though.

Well done Brad though.

[G.P]

Thanks Chaps!

[Yorick]

First Duck in FP1 is only 12th. This FP2 will be good as the times will be faster than FP3 tmrw.

[Yorick]

The Suzuki is flying. Passing ducks on the straights and 0.25 ahead of the rest

And third as well

[Yorick]

Wow. Who'd have guessed that?

[weeksy]

Moto3.

1 Izan Guevara SPA Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team (GASGAS) 2m 4.811s
2 Ayumu Sasaki JPN Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max (HUSQVARNA) 2m 4.896s
3 Jaume Masia SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 2m 5.023s
4 Andrea Migno ITA Rivacold Snipers Team (HONDA) 2m 5.174s
5 Dennis Foggia ITA Leopard Racing (HONDA) 2m 5.189s
6 Ryusei Yamanaka JPN MT Helmets - MSI (KTM) 2m 5.536s
7 John McPhee GBR Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max (HUSQVARNA) 2m 5.549s
8 Sergio Garcia SPA Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team (GASGAS) 2m 5.658s
9 Tatsuki Suzuki JPN Leopard Racing (HONDA) 2m 5.683s
10 Ivan Ortolá SPA Angeluss MTA Team (KTM) 2m 5.763s
11 Carlos Tatay SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP (CFMOTO) 2m 5.900s
12 Deniz Öncü TUR Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) 2m 6.173s
13 Xavier Artigas SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP (CFMOTO) 2m 6.384s
14 Kaito Toba JPN CIP Green Power (KTM) 2m 6.400s
15 Daniel Holgado SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 2m 6.445s
16 Riccardo Rossi ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse (HONDA) 2m 6.631s
17 Joel Kelso AUS CIP Green Power (KTM) 2m 6.720s
18 Matteo Bertelle ITA QJMotor Avintia Racing Team (KTM) 2m 10.067s
19 Stefano Nepa ITA Angeluss MTA Team (KTM) 2m 6.391s
20 Scott Ogden GBR VisionTrack Racing Team (HONDA) 2m 6.394s
21 Diogo Moreira BRA MT Helmets - MSI (KTM) 2m 6.705s
22 Alberto Surra ITA Rivacold Snipers Team (HONDA) 2m 6.907s
23 Adrian Fernandez SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 (KTM) 2m 6.997s
24 Lorenzo Fellon FRA SIC58 Squadra Corse (HONDA) 2m 7.075s
25 Mario Aji INA Honda Team Asia (HONDA) 2m 7.889s
26 Ana Carrasco SPA BOE SKX (KTM) 2m 8.013s
27 Elia Bartolini ITA QJMotor Avintia Racing Team (KTM) 2m 8.270s
28 Gerard Riu Male SPA BOE SKX (KTM) 2m 8.779s
29 Joshua Whatley GBR VisionTrack Racing Team (HONDA) 2m 9.679s

[weeksy]

Moto2.

1 Celestino Vietti ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team (KALEX) 1m 59.082s
2 Tony Arbolino ITA Elf Marc VDS Racing Team (KALEX) 1m 59.194s
3 Sam Lowes GBR Elf Marc VDS Racing Team (KALEX) 1m 59.226s
4 Filip Salac CZE Gresini Racing Moto2 (KALEX) 1m 59.287s
5 Ai Ogura JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (KALEX) 1m 59.302s
6 Augusto Fernandez SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KALEX) 1m 59.339s
7 Jake Dixon GBR Inde GASGAS Aspar Team (KALEX) 1m 59.357s
8 Fermín Aldeguer SPA MB Conveyors Speed Up (BOSCOSCURO) 1m 59.359s
9 Aron Canet SPA Flexbox HP40 (KALEX) 1m 59.480s
10 Pedro Acosta SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KALEX) 1m 59.528s
11 Cameron Beaubier USA American Racing (KALEX) 1m 59.551s
12 Jorge Navarro SPA Flexbox HP40 (KALEX) 1m 59.626s
13 Marcel Schrotter GER Liqui Moly Intact GP (KALEX) 1m 59.670s
14 Joe Roberts USA Italtrans Racing Team (KALEX) 1m 59.671s
15 Albert Arenas SPA Inde GASGAS Aspar Team (KALEX) 1m 59.779s
16 Barry Baltus BEL RW Racing GP (KALEX) 1m 59.833s
17 Bo Bendsneyder NED Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team (KALEX) 1m 59.971s
18 Somkiat Chantra THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (KALEX) 2m 0.213s
19 Simone Corsi ITA MV Agusta Forward Racing (MV AGUSTA) 2m 0.063s
20 Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA Italtrans Racing Team (KALEX) 2m 0.151s
21 Marcos Ramirez SPA MV Agusta Forward Racing (MV AGUSTA) 2m 0.151s
22 Jeremy Alcoba SPA Liqui Moly Intact GP (KALEX) 2m 0.270s
23 Gabriel Rodrigo ARG Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team (KALEX) 2m 0.542s
24 Manuel Gonzalez SPA Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team (KALEX) 2m 0.551s
25 Alessandro Zaccone ITA Gresini Racing Moto2 (KALEX) 2m 0.957s
26 Keminth Kubo THA Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team (KALEX) 2m 1.033s
27 Romano Fenati ITA MB Conveyors Speed Up (BOSCOSCURO) 2m 1.137s
28 Sean Dylan Kelly USA American Racing (KALEX) 2m 1.201s
29 Zonta Van Den Goorbergh NED RW Racing GP (KALEX) 2m 1.327s
30 Niccolò Antonelli ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team (KALEX) 2m 1.874s

[weeksy]

MotoGP

1 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP22) 1'53.011s 6/7 345k
2 Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Ducati (GP21) +0.147s 7/7 350k
3 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.272s 5/7 345k
4 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Lenovo (GP22) +0.287s 6/7 345k
5 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +0.308s 7/7 344k
6 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.335s 7/7 345k
7 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.339s 2/3 343k
8 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.396s 7/7 346k
9 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP22) +0.400s 5/7 345k
10 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.470s 6/7 345k
11 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.624s 5/6 336k
12 Franco Morbidelli ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.971s 6/7 342k
Qualifying 1:
13 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP22) 1'53.78s 2/5 345k
14 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) 1'53.819s 7/7 340k
15 Marco Bezzecchi ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)* 1'53.915s 2/7 346k
16 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) 1'54.038s 3/7 343k
17 Luca Marini ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) 1'54.222s 2/6 344k
18 Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) 1'54.224s 7/7 348k
19 Maverick Viñales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) 1'54.228s 5/6 346k
20 Andrea Dovizioso ITA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) 1'54.244s 7/7 343k
21 Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Gresini Ducati (GP21)* 1'54.276s 7/7 346k
22 Remy Gardner AUS KTM Tech3 (RC16)* 1'54.378s 5/6 341k
23 Raul Fernandez SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16)* 1'54.889s 2/6 343k
24 Darryn Binder RSA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* 1'56.011s 3/5 344k

[Skub]

Yams look to struggle from the off.

The new Honda is quick,as are the Suzooks and of course the red bikes.

Pedro is shaping up in Moto2 and McPhee has a reasonable start to go wrong later.

[Yorick]

Fab Frog

I might change that to MM. He didn't crash at all so far, which even he commented on.
He was fast and smooth without pushing as hard as usual.
Never been my favourite person, but you can't ignore that awesome talent.

[Yorick]

In the commentary yesterday they said that there are 14 world champs in MotoGP this year

Also MM has won more MotoGP races than all the rest put together.

[Yorick]

Just noticed there's no crowd. The only grandstand is on start/finish and it's 99% empty.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

The racing has been a bit lack lustre so far

[Yorick]

Now that's how to save the front end slide

[weeksy]

Oooooh arrrrrgh! Pol has fallen apart!

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Moto GP race was good

[mangocrazy]

So pleased for Bastianini and the whole Gresini squad. And it's the first time for a very long time that MM93 has been beaten by a team mate.

[weeksy]

So what did we all think? Learn?

KTM went well under Binder!

Honda pretty strong too in honesty.

Ducati win, but underwhelming apart from that?