What happened in qualifying at MotoGP Qatar?
Johann Zarco starts on pole at the Losail International Circuit after recording a time of 1:53.680 in qualifying.
Defending MotoGP champion Marc Marquez is in second, with Danilo Petrucci rounding off the top three in qualifying.
Here’s the full classification from yesterday’s qualifying sessions:
J Zarco Yamaha #5 1:53.680
M Marquez Honda #93 1:53.882
D.Petrucci Ducati #9 1:53.887
C Crutchlow Honda #35 1:54.072
A. Dovizioso Ducati #4 1:54.074
A. Rins Suzuki #42 1:54.339
D. Pedrosa Honda #26 1:54.368
v. Rossi Yamaha #46 1:54.389
J Lorenzo Ducati #99 1:54.431
J Miller Ducati #43 1:54.449
A. Iannone Suzuki #29 1:54.619
M. Vinales Yamaha #25 1:54.707
A. Espargaro Aprilia #41 1:55.140
F Morbidelli Honda #21 1:55.169
H Syahrin Yamaha #55 1:55.258
T.Rabat Ducati #53 1:55.273
S.Redding Aprilia #45 1:55.380
T.Luthi Honda #12 1:55.381
K.Abraham Ducati #17 1:55.392
B.Smith KTM #38 1:55.553
A. Bautista Ducati #19 1:55.638
P Espargaro KTM #44 1:55.706
T.Nakagami Honda #30 1:56.401
X.Simeon Ducati #10 1:56.545
Valentino Rossi news
Valentino Rossi will start eighth on the grid at Qatar’s Losail International Circuit.
The seven-time MotoGP champion was 0.709 seconds off the pace of Johann Zarco.
Rossi doesn’t seem to have been too badly affected by having to start a third of the way down the grid.
The Italian has posted a couple of pictures from practice on his official Instagram account this morning.