Qatar Grand Prix - Saturday as it happened

Live updates from Saturday's Moto3 and Moto2 practice and qualifying sessions for the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix.

The MotoGP class is not present this weekend, due to Qatari entry restrictions placed on recent visitors to Italy.

As such, Moto2 has taken over the premier-class time slots and will thus become a night race rather than a late-afternoon event.
 

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Saturday:

12:55-13:35 Moto3 FP3

13:50-14:30 Moto2 FP3

17:05-17:20 Moto3 Qualifying 1

17:30-17:45 Moto3 Qualifying 2

18:00-18:15 Moto2 Qualifying 1

18:25-18:40 Moto2 Qualifying 2

Sunday:

13:10-13:30 Moto3 Warm-up

13:40-14:00 Moto2 Warm-up

16:20 Moto3 Race (18 laps)

18:00 Moto2 Race (20 laps) 

In the face of ongoing disruption due to the coronavirus outbreak, Dorna has released the following updated version of the 2020 MotoGP calendar.

With Qatar already cancelled for the premier-class and round two in Thailand postponed, the MotoGP riders are now set to hold their first race at what would have been round three in Austin, Texas on April 5.

A new place on the calendar for Thailand - the biggest event of last season with 226,655 spectators - has been found by taking over the planned October 2-4 date for Aragon, which will now be held a week earlier on September 25-27.

This weekend's grand prix will still go-ahead for the Moto3 and Moto2 classes, since teams and riders were already in Qatar for their final test when the 14-day quarantine rules were placed on recent visitors to Italy.

But many Italians linked to the MotoGP class had already returned home after the premier-class test and so would have been caught up in the new restrictions.

'Italy clearly plays a vital role in the Championship and in the MotoGP class - both on track and off - and therefore the decision has been taken to cancel premier class competition [in Qatar],' read a Dorna statement.

*Evening race.

**Subject to circuit homologation