2022 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix: Full race results

Bastianini took his first win in MotoGP for the Gresini squad in its first race back as an independent team just over a year on from team founder Fausto Gresini’s death after his long battle with COVID-19.

The Italian kept clear of a late charge from Brad Binder on the factory KTM, who had a similar stunning race in the 2022 opener, ahead of long-time leader Honda’s Pol Espargaro who faded to third after running wide at Turn 1 when fighting Bastianini.

Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro narrowly missed out on the podium behind his brother Pol, with six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez in fifth for Honda on his first race since being ruled out with vision problems.

Despite promising practice pace, Suzuki duo Joan Mir and Alex Rins only managed sixth and seventh respectively, as Pramac’s Johann Zarco mugged defending MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo at the finish line by 0.007s to take eighth place.

It was a nightmare race for the factory Ducati squad, with Jack Miller retiring early due to a technical fault with his GP22 while teammate Francesco Bagnaia crashed on lap 12, taking out Pramac’s Jorge Martin while trying to overtake the Spaniard.

Takaaki Nakagami completed the top 10 on the LCR Honda ahead of Franco Morbidelli on the factory Yamaha, with Maverick Vinales recovering from 19th to 12th for Aprilia ahead of VR46’s Luca Marini, RNF Racing’s Andrea Dovizioso and Tech 3 KTM rookie Remy Gardner who rounded out the points places.

2022 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix - race results

Cla	Rider		Bike	Laps	Time
1	Enea Bastianini		Ducati	22	42'13.198
2	Brad Binder		KTM	22	42'13.544
3	Pol Espargaro		Honda	22	42'14.549
4	Aleix Espargaro		Aprilia	22	42'15.440
5	Marc Marquez		Honda	22	42'17.297
6	Joan Mir		Suzuki	22	42'18.041
7	Alex Rins		Suzuki	22	42'22.008
8	Johann Zarco		Ducati	22	42'23.734
9	Fabio Quartararo		Yamaha	22	42'23.741
10	Takaaki Nakagami		Honda	22	42'28.165
11	Franco Morbidelli		Yamaha	22	42'29.910
12	Maverick Viñales		Aprilia	22	42'36.414
13	Luca Marini		Ducati	22	42'40.481
14	Andrea Dovizioso		Yamaha	22	42'40.572
15	Remy Gardner		KTM	22	42'54.305
16	Darryn Binder		Yamaha	22	42'54.317
17	Fabio Di Giannantonio		Ducati	22	42'54.547
18	Raúl Fernández		KTM	22	42'55.555
	Jorge Martin		Ducati	11	21'13.800
	Francesco Bagnaia		Ducati	11	21'13.835
	Miguel Oliveira		KTM	10	19'19.886
	Alex Marquez		Honda	9	17'25.782
	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	6	11'41.321
	Jack Miller		Ducati	6	11'42.306
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2022 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix - fastest race lap

Cla	Rider		Bike	Lap	Time
1	Enea Bastianini		Ducati	17	1'54.338
2	Aleix Espargaro		Aprilia	9	1'54.465
3	Brad Binder		KTM	9	1'54.484
4	Pol Espargaro		Honda	11	1'54.534
5	Alex Rins		Suzuki	3	1'54.610
6	Marc Marquez		Honda	10	1'54.643
7	Francesco Bagnaia		Ducati	3	1'54.654
8	Johann Zarco		Ducati	20	1'54.671
9	Joan Mir		Suzuki	11	1'54.689
10	Jorge Martin		Ducati	3	1'54.771
11	Miguel Oliveira		KTM	9	1'54.831
12	Franco Morbidelli		Yamaha	8	1'54.853
13	Fabio Quartararo		Yamaha	6	1'54.916
14	Takaaki Nakagami		Honda	11	1'55.080
15	Alex Marquez		Honda	9	1'55.205
16	Maverick Viñales		Aprilia	8	1'55.210
17	Andrea Dovizioso		Yamaha	13	1'55.415
18	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	3	1'55.446
19	Luca Marini		Ducati	4	1'55.480
20	Jack Miller		Ducati	5	1'55.520
21	Darryn Binder		Yamaha	4	1'55.591
22	Raúl Fernández		KTM	9	1'55.954
23	Remy Gardner		KTM	3	1'55.974
24	Fabio Di Giannantonio		Ducati	3	1'55.982
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