ANDREA DOVIZIOSO WINS MOTOGP OPENER IN QATAR

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Italian Andrea Dovizioso won his first Qatar Grand Prix, the opening round of MotoGP 2018, which was hosted by Doha over the last three days at Losail International circuit. The Ducati's rider came in first place after completing the 22 laps in 42 minutes 34.654 seconds. It is the Italian's first victory in Qatar after failing to win it the past three years, coming second on all three occasions.

Dovizioso became the second Italian national to win the Qatar Grand Prix after Valentino Rossi. The latter is the record holder of Qatar Grand Prix, having won it on four occasions with 2015 his last win there. He started eighth but seized the lead from Frenchman Johann Zarco, who had set the pace from pole position, with five laps to go and pulled away with Marquez in close pursuit.

Honda's reigning world champion Marc Marquez finished a mere 0.027 seconds behind the man who took last season's title battle down to the wire. Valentino Rossi, the Italian great starting his 23rd Grand Prix season at the age of 39 and with a new two-year Yamaha contract freshly signed, joined them on the podium after the night-time race. Malaysian MotoGP rookie, Hafiz Syahrin had a stunning start in his debut race by finishing 14th to collect his first 2 points in the campaign.

QATAR MOTOGP RESULT
1. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita/Ducati) 42mins 34.654secs
2. Marc Marquez (Spa/Honda) +0.027secs
3. Valentino Rossi (Ita/Yamaha) +0.797secs
4. Cal Crutchlow (GB/LCR Honda) +2.881secs
5. Danilo Petrucci (Ita/Ducati Pramac) +3.821secs
6. Maverick Vinales (Spa/Yamaha) +3.888secs
7. Dani Pedrosa (Spa/Honda) +4.621secs
8. Johann Zarco (Fra/Yamaha Tech3) +7.112secs
9. Andrea Iannone (Ita/Suzuki) +12.957secs
10. Jack Miller (AUS/Ducati Pramac) +14.594secs

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