MotoGP – Losail Race – Rossi to victory after Stoner's crash
Valentino Rossi achieved the 104th victory of his career in the MotoGP world championship, winning the opening race of the 2010 MotoGP at Losail. The nine-time world champion was ready to take advantage of Casey Stoner's mistake, who crashed in the first laps when he was widely in the lead with over 2 seconds ahead of the reigning world champion. Without the Ducati rider Rossi had to resist Dovizioso and Hayden, competitive in Qatar, before gaining a lead of meters which earned him this victory.
On the podium in second place was Jorge Lorenzo who managed to recover at the end of the race, passing Andrea Dovizioso, third ahead of Nicky Hayden who came close to the podium with the surviving Ducati. Without Stoner the Bologna company still managed to put a bike in the top positions and even close to Rossi's first position.
Good race also for Ben Spies who finished fifth ahead of Randy De Puniet, while Dani Pedrosa finished seventh after a very good start.
Loris Capirossi was ninth in his 300th career race, ahead of Hiroshi Aoyama and Marco Simoncelli, while Marco Melandri was 13th. Alvaro Bautista crashed on the last lap while trying to pass Simoncelli.
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MotoGp Losail Race - Qatar GP - Times
| Pos | Num | Rider | Motorcycle | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Francis Bagnaia | DucatiLenovoTeam | 39:34.869 | ||
| 2 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | +1.329 | ||
| 3 | 89 | George Martin | First Pramac Racing | +1.933 | ||
| 4 | 93 | Marc Marquez | Gresini Racing MotoGP | +3.429 | ||
| 5 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | DucatiLenovoTeam | +5.153 | ||
| 6 | 73 | Alex Marquez | Gresini Racing MotoGP | +6.791 | ||
| 7 | 49 | Fabio DiGiannantonio | Pertamina Enduro Vr46 Racing Team | +9.161 | ||
| 8 | 41 | Alex Espargaro | aprilia-racing | +11.242 | ||
| 9 | 31 | Peter Acosta | Red Bull Gasgas Tech3 | +11.595 | ||
| 10 | 12 | Maverick Vinales | aprilia-racing | +13.197 | ||
| 11 | 20 | fabio quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | +17.701 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Johann zarco | Lcr Honda | +18.075 | ||
| 13 | 36 | Joan mir | Repsol Honda Team | +18.437 | ||
| 14 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Pertamina Enduro Vr46 Racing Team | +19.194 | ||
| 15 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Trackhouse Racing | +20.717 | ||
| 16 | 42 | alex rins | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | +24.093 | ||
| 17 | 37 | Augusto Fernandez | Red Bull Gasgas Tech3 | +24.106 | ||
| 18 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | First Pramac Racing | +24.641 | ||
| 19 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Lcr Honda | +25.556 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Luca marini | Repsol Honda Team | +42.422 | ||
| 21 | 43 | Jack Miller | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | +42.761 | ||
Losail - Qatar GP - Race Results
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if stoner vale hadn't fallen he would have caught up with him anyway….
WELL WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY SAY HE WHO BEGINS WELL IS HALF THE WORK...…………
I REPEAT MYSELF VERY BIG IT'S WORTH KEEP AN EYE ON SPIES...HE WILL BE
HOW BORING REDS, ALWAYS REDS, HOW BORING MOTO 2, THE ONLY FUN CLASS (THE 250) HAS BEEN REMOVED. HAVE YOU SEEN THE SBK? THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT, THAT'S PURE MOTORCYCLING.
I agree completely: MotoGP is slightly less boring than F1.
There's no question about SBK: really beautiful!
I REPEAT I AM WORTH KEEPING AN EYE ON SPIES…..HE WILL HAVE FUN. CAIROLI IS ALSO GREAT AS IT MAKES THE ITALIAN GP ITS... ITALIANS FIRST IN THE MAXIMUM MOTORCYCLE SPECIALTIES.. I ENJOY HELLO EVERYONE
I REPEAT MYSELF VERY BIG IT'S WORTH KEEP AN EYE ON SPIES...HE WILL BE
The first of a long Forza Vale series
Great Worth…..
it's worth it!!!
Come on Valeeee! legendary Spiesssss! Haydennnn it's about time! well done, well done!
and it went well, well done
Exactly what Freya says!!!
It went great!!!! but if stoner didn't fall...
great stoner…how do you fly no one like you ahahahaha….it's worth it
Lorenzo's great recovery, considering that he was injured and missed the winter tests, it's coming...
but that Yamaha on the straight scares me a little.. Stoner aside, I felt like I was seeing the first race of 2007 again..