News 30 Mar 2015

Rossi rallies to stunning 2015 Qatar MotoGP win

Late crash ends Australian rookie Miller's premier class debut.

Source: MotoGP.

Source: Yamaha Racing.

Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi claimed the first win of the 2015 MotoGP season in Qatar after an awesome battle with Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso.

Movistar Yamaha’s Rossi came out on top against the resurgent Ducati GP15’s of Dovizioso (+0.174s) and teammate Andrea Iannone (+2.250s).

Jorge Lorenzo was in fourth (+2.707s), with Marc Marquez (+7.036s) recovering to an incredible fifth position after running wide at turn one on the first lap and having to work his way back through the field from last place.

Marquez’s Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa finished in sixth (+10.755s), with Cal Crutchlow (+12.384s) the leading satellite bike on his CWM LCR Honda in seventh.

Hector Barbera (Avintia Racing +33.625s) finished as the top Open class rider in 15th.

Australian Jack Miller had been steadily improving his pace throughout the race, but having started from 22nd position on the grid, he was always fighting an uphill battle.

Miller closed in impressively on fellow Open-spec Honda riders Eugene Laverty and Karel Abraham, but as they diced for 18th position, he and the Czech rider crashed out on the final lap.

2015 MotoGP World Championship
Round one – Losail Circuit, Qatar

MotoGP race results:
1. Valentino Rossi
2. Andrea Dovizioso
3. Andrea Iannone
4. Jorge Lorenzo
5. Marc Marquez
6. Dani Pedrosa
7. Cal Crutchlow
8. Bradley Smith
9. Pol Espargaro
10. Yonny Hernandez
11. Aleix Espargaro
12. Danilo Petrucci
13. Scott Redding
14. Maverick Viñales
15. Hector Barbera
16. Stefan Bradl
17. Nicky Hayden
18. Eugene Laverty
19. Mike Di Meglio
20. Alex De Angelis
21. Marco Melandri
22. Loris Baz

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