Doha Moto3 Grand Prix, Losail, Qatar - Race Results
Rookie Pedro Acosta takes a stunning debut win in the Doha Moto3 Grand Prix, despite starting the race from pit lane!
Acosta, Romano Fenati, Dennis Foggia, Sergio Garcia, Stefano Nepa, Deniz Öncü and Riccardo Rossi all had a pitlane start for riding slowly at the of FP2 (in search of a tow).
Xavier Artegas had to serve a double long-lap penalty for causing a multi-rider accident in last Sunday's race.
McPhee, among those brought down by Artegas last week, was taken out by the bouncing bike of Alcoba, who had clipped the back of Binder into turn 1.
The frustrated Scotsman retaliated by pushing and shoving the Gresini rider afterwards. The incident will be reviewed by Race Direction.
| Doha Moto3 Grand Prix, Qatar - Race Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (KTM) | 38m 22.430s |
| 2 | Darryn Binder | RSA | Petronas Sprinta Racing | (Honda) | 38m 22.469s |
| 3 | Niccolò Antonelli | ITA | Avintia Esponsorama Moto3 | (KTM) | 38m 22.912s |
| 4 | Andrea Migno | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Team | (Honda) | 38m 22.944s |
| 5 | Kaito Toba | JPN | CIP Green Power | (KTM) | 38m 23.081s |
| 6 | Izan Guevara | SPA | GASGAS Gaviota Aspar Team | (GASGAS) | 38m 23.138s |
| 7 | Ayumu Sasaki | JPN | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | (KTM) | 38m 24.235s |
| 8 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | CarXpert PruestelGP | (KTM) | 38m 24.287s |
| 9 | Jaume Masia | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (KTM) | 38m 24.305s |
| 10 | Romano Fenati | ITA | Sterilgarda Max Racing Team | (Husqvarna) | 38m 24.397s |
| 11 | Jason Dupasquier | SWI | CarXpert PruestelGP | (KTM) | 38m 24.424s |
| 12 | Tatsuki Suzuki | JPN | SIC58 Squadra Corse | (Honda) | 38m 24.664s |
| 13 | Gabriel Rodrigo | ARG | Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3 | (Honda) | 38m 24.665s |
| 14 | Maximilian Kofler | AUT | CIP Green Power | (KTM) | 38m 24.679s |
| 15 | Yuki Kunii | JPN | Honda Team Asia | (Honda) | 38m 24.690s |
| 16 | Stefano Nepa | ITA | BOE Owlride | (KTM) | 38m 27.789s |
| 17 | Dennis Foggia | ITA | Leopard Racing | (Honda) | 38m 33.482s |
| 18 | Deniz Öncü | TUR | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | (KTM) | 38m 33.515s |
| 19 | Riccardo Rossi | ITA | BOE Owlride | (KTM) | 38m 38.426s |
| 20 | Lorenzo Fellon | FRA | SIC58 Squadra Corse | (Honda) | 38m 39.560s |
| 21 | Carlos Tatay | SPA | Avintia Esponsorama Moto3 | (KTM) | 38m 40.910s |
| 22 | Andi Farid Izdihar | INA | Honda Team Asia | (Honda) | 38m 48.302s |
| 23 | Sergio Garcia | SPA | GASGAS Gaviota Aspar Team | (GASGAS) | 39m 4.344s |
| John McPhee | GBR | Petronas Sprinta Racing | (Honda) | DNF | |
| Jeremy Alcoba | SPA | Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3 | (Honda) | DNF | |
| Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Sterilgarda Max Racing Team | (Husqvarna) | DNF | |
| Filip Salac | CZE | Rivacold Snipers Team | (Honda) | DNF | |
| Xavier Artigas | SPA | Leopard Racing | (Honda) | DNF | |
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
