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Doha MotoGP, Qatar: Mir 'not happy' as 'missed' strategy leaves him 13th
MotoGP champion Joan Mir misses out on a second flying lap with brand new tyres, faces Qualifying 1 for the second weekend in a row.
Doha MotoGP: Petrucci still searching for the limit, finds setup improvements
Danilo Petrucci enjoys best day with KTM in 2021 so far at the second MotoGP Grand Prix in Qatar, but misses out on top ten by half a tenth.
Doha MotoGP: Jack Miller tops FP2, Ducati dominate qualifying runs
Jack Miller leads a Ducati top three ahead of team-mate Francesco Bagnaia and Johann Zarco in FP2 for the Doha MotoGP Grand Prix.
2021 Doha MotoGP, Qatar - Live Friday Practice updates!
Live updates, quotes and results from Friday practice for the 2021 Doha MotoGP at Losail in Qatar, round 2 of the 2021 world championship.
Doha MotoGP: Espargaro fastest in FP1, Morbidelli suffers mechanical issues
Aleix Espargaro continues his good start to 2021 as he pips Alex Rins to top spot in FP1 ahead of the Doha MotoGP Grand Prix.
Rossi: 'Try to follow another way', 'some MotoGP riders don’t care about rivals'
Valentino Rossi and his team have been pouring over Yamaha data since a disappointing debut race for Petronas in Qatar last Sunday, will 'try to follow another way' in this weekend's second round.
Doha MotoGP, Qatar: Aleix: Podium for Fausto first goal with 'best ever' Aprilia
Aleix Espargaro delighted to see Fabio di Giannantonio pay tribute to Fausto Gresini with a Moto2 podium, 'first target' to do the same in MotoGP.
Doha MotoGP, Qatar: Morbidelli: Every item changed, 'not mad with Yamaha'
Franco Morbidelli starts MotoGP round two with a 'blank canvass' after last Sunday's mystery technical woes, happy with the speed of Yamaha's response after earlier doubts but knows 'I’m not the top of their list'.
Qatar MotoGP II: ‘I studied quite well the points’ from the first race - Rins
‘We have good pace and the machine to go on the front’, - Alex Rins looking to improve early race position, not leave as much work to be done for the final laps.
Qatar MotoGP II: ‘The target is to win’, need to better ‘manage Sunday’ - Zarco
Johann Zarco goes into the second MotoGP race in Qatar with second place being turned into victory as the main priority.
Doha MotoGP, Qatar: Jack Miller: Strange vibration 'not really in our hands'
Jack Miller confident that last Sunday's Qatar MotoGP problem was a 'one-off' and 'not really in our hands'.
Qatar MotoGP II: ‘We are obligated to improve’, Vinales wants front start device
Maverick Vinales heads into the second MotoGP race of the season in Qatar as championship leader, but stresses that ‘we have to improve’ if he is to repeat the success this weekend.
Doha MotoGP, Qatar: Petrucci was 'scared' about shoulder, recovering well
Danilo Petrucci confident that injured shoulder will not hold him back in this weekend's Doha MotoGP, as he seeks to make up for opening lap exit on his Tech3 KTM debut.
Qatar MotoGP II: Working ‘on data’ to ‘allow me to be more competitive’ - Miller
‘I couldn’t ride as I wanted in the second part of the competition’ - Miller aiming to find ‘a solution’ that will allow Ducati rider to be more competitive in second Qatar MotoGP race.
Qatar MotoGP II: Bagnaia: ‘This week I'll definitely aim for something more’
Francesco Bagnaia looks to build on first podium for the Factory Lenovo Ducati Team in the second MotoGP race at Losail.
Qatar MotoGP II: ‘Shaving a few tenths’ and ‘race pace’ the aim for Espargaro
Aleix Espargaro looks to build on top ten finish in the first Qatar MotoGP Grand Prix of the year. Improving qualifying performance and ‘race pace’ the next goal.
Qatar MotoGP: Pol Espargaro: I lost 2.9s to Maverick in 20 laps. This is nothing
Pol Espargaro finishes within six-seconds of victory on his Repsol Honda MotoGP debut, having lost half of the time on the opening lap.
Qatar MotoGP: Vinales: Crutchlow and I have same ideas, feeling
Qatar MotoGP winner Maverick Vinales says he and new Yamaha test rider Cal Crutchlow 'have the same ideas, same kind of feeling on the bike, and this is fantastic'
Qatar MotoGP: Oliveira: KTM cannot compete with this tyre compound
Miguel Oliveira and KTM forced to settle for 13th place in the Qatar MotoGP season opener; 'It is not our free choice to use a soft tyre, we use it because we cannot use another one'
Qatar MotoGP: Alex Rins: I forgot launch control, difficult to manage the power!
Alex Rins fails to gain any ground at the start of the Qatar Grand Prix after forgetting to activate launch control.
Qatar MotoGP: Jorge Martin's dream start: 'Super-fast bike, great braking'
Jorge Martin talks dream 14th to 4th start on his MotoGP debut in Qatar.
Qatar MotoGP: Bagnaia: Maybe next week I have to change strategy
Francesco Bagnaia seeking more drive grip from his factory Ducati and considering a change in race strategy after leading more laps than any other rider in Sunday's Qatar MotoGP.
Qatar MotoGP: Quartararo: Big drop, same 'strange' problem as Rossi
Fabio Quartararo's podium hopes disappear aftre a big drop in tyre grip on his Monster Yamaha debut at the Qatar MotoGP; 'When Maverick overtook me, he was just in another league. He had much more grip than us'.
Qatar MotoGP: Jack Miller's mission: We need 7 seconds in 7 days
New Factory Ducati rider Jack Miller drops from third to ninth in the season-opener Qatar Grand Prix; 'I’ve said all along [Suzuki] were sandbagging…'