2024 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

  2024 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 20 races in the 2024 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 March 2024
Official name	Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar
Location	Lusail International Circuit Lusail, Qatar
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Jorge Martín Ducati Time 1:50.789 Fastest lap Rider Pedro Acosta KTM Time 1:52.657 on lap 2 Podium First Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Second Brad Binder KTM Third Jorge Martín Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Arón Canet Kalex Time 1:56.788 Fastest lap Rider Arón Canet Kalex Time 1:57.661 on lap 3 Podium First Alonso López Boscoscuro Second Barry Baltus Kalex Third Sergio García Boscoscuro
Moto3
Pole position Rider Daniel Holgado Gas Gas Time 2:02.276 Fastest lap Rider Tatsuki Suzuki Husqvarna Time 2:03.135 on lap 3 Podium First David Alonso CFMoto Second Daniel Holgado Gas Gas Third Taiyo Furusato Honda

The 2024 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar) was the first round of the 2024 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail on 10 March 2024.

New Practice Format

Dorna Sports officially announced changes to the format of the MotoGP racing week in 2024, specifically the format of the Moto3 and Moto2 class training sessions. They announced this through the official championship website. Just like the MotoGP class, the Moto3 and Moto2 practice sessions on Friday morning are now called 'first free practice sessions' aka FP1, which means that the time recorded in this session does not count to determine which riders qualify for the Qualification 1 (Q1) and Qualification 2 (Q2) sessions. Meanwhile, the Moto3 and Moto2 practice sessions on Friday afternoon are now called 'first practice sessions' aka PR1. The Moto3 and Moto2 practice sessions on Saturday morning are still called 'second practice sessions' aka PR2. The combination of time records in the PR1 and PR2 sessions also determines which riders qualify for Q1 and Q2. The MotoGP class format has not changed. The FP1 session on Friday morning and the FP2 session on Saturday afternoon do not determine which riders qualify for Q1 and Q2, as this will be determined in the PR session on Friday afternoon. The Sprint race will still be held on Saturday afternoon, while the warm-up session (WUP) will be held on Sunday morning. The Moto3, Moto2, and MotoGP Grand Prix races will still be held on Sunday afternoon. Then, the MotoE schedule will be adjusted to the schedule of the other three classes.

MotoGP Sprint

The MotoGP Sprint was held on 9 March.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	11	20:41.287	1	12
2	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	11	+0.548	4	9
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	11	+0.729	2	7
4	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	11	+1.625	5	6
5	93	Marc Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	11	+1.872	6	5
6	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	11	+2.322	3	4
7	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	11	+3.154	9	3
8	31	Pedro Acosta	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	KTM	11	+4.431	8	2
9	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	11	+6.738	10	1
10	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	11	+12.670	11
11	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	11	+12.835	15
12	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team	Yamaha	11	+12.863	16
13	88	Miguel Oliveira	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia	11	+13.095	14
14	25	Raúl Fernández	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia	11	+13.795	12
15	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	11	+14.096	17
16	5	Johann Zarco	Castrol Honda LCR	Honda	11	+14.840	13
17	42	Álex Rins	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team	Yamaha	11	+15.629	20
18	37	Augusto Fernández	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	KTM	11	+17.711	18
19	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Idemitsu Honda LCR	Honda	11	+22.733	19
20	21	Franco Morbidelli	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	11	+23.267	22
21	10	Luca Marini	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	11	+25.553	21
Ret	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	2	Accident	7
Fastest sprint lap: Marc Márquez (Ducati) – 1:52.040 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT

Race

MotoGP

The race was to be scheduled on 22 laps, but was reduced to 21 laps due to the technical problem on Raúl Fernández's bike after the first warm up lap.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	21	39:34.869	5	25
2	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	21	+1.329	4	20
3	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	21	+1.933	1	16
4	93	Marc Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	21	+3.429	6	13
5	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	21	+5.153	3	11
6	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	21	+6.791	9	10
7	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	21	+9.161	7	9
8	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	21	+11.242	2	8
9	31	Pedro Acosta	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	KTM	21	+11.595	8	7
10	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	21	+13.197	10	6
11	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team	Yamaha	21	+17.701	16	5
12	5	Johann Zarco	Castrol Honda LCR	Honda	21	+18.075	13	4
13	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+18.437	17	3
14	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	21	+19.194	15	2
15	88	Miguel Oliveira	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia	21	+20.717	14	1
16	42	Álex Rins	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team	Yamaha	21	+24.093	20
17	37	Augusto Fernández	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	KTM	21	+24.106	18
18	21	Franco Morbidelli	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	21	+24.641	22
19	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Idemitsu Honda LCR	Honda	21	+25.556	19
20	10	Luca Marini	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+42.422	21
21	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	21	+42.761	11
Ret	25	Raúl Fernández	Trackhouse Racing	Aprilia	17	Technical problem	12
Fastest lap: Pedro Acosta (KTM) – 1:52.657 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP 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

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Francesco Bagnaia	31
2	Brad Binder	29
3	Jorge Martín	28
4	Marc Márquez	18
5	Enea Bastianini	15

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Ducati	37
2	KTM	29
3	Aprilia	15
4	Yamaha	5
5	Honda	4

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Ducati Lenovo Team	46
2	Gresini Racing MotoGP	31
3	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	29
4	Prima Pramac Racing	28
5	Aprilia Racing	22

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Alonso López	25
2	Barry Baltus	20
3	Sergio García	16
4	Ai Ogura	13
5	Manuel González	11

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Boscoscuro	25
2	Kalex	20

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	MT Helmets – MSi	29
2	Sync Speed Up	25
3	RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP	23
4	QJmotor Gresini Moto2	19
5	OnlyFans American Racing Team	19

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	David Alonso	25
2	Daniel Holgado	20
3	Taiyo Furusato	16
4	Riccardo Rossi	13
5	Collin Veijer	11

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	CFMoto	25
2	Gas Gas	20
3	Honda	16
4	KTM	13
5	Husqvarna	11

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	CFMoto Aspar Team	30
2	Red Bull GasGas Tech3	26
3	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	20
4	Honda Team Asia	16
5	CIP Green Power	13

External links

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 9 March 2024.