Marc Marquez won a thrilling MotoGP season-opener in🍌 Qatar after ho🃏lding off a charging tenth-on-the-grid Valentino Rossi by just 0.259s.

Rossi and Marquez (who was using the harder rear tyre) exchanged the lead repeatedly in the closing stages, before a mistake free final lap from Marquez kept Rossi at bay. Dani Pedrosa completed the🌃 podium.

Jorge Lorဣenzo, winner in Qatar for the past two seasons, rocketed into the lead at turn one - then cr🐲ashed out after losing the front of his Yamaha on entry to the penultimate corner.

14 laps lateꩲr Stefan Bradl suffered the same fate while leading, lea𒁏ving a front group of Rossi, Marquez, Pedrosa, Bradley Smith and Alvaro Bautista.

Smith and Bautista both fell, leaving Pedrosa to claim a safe third and helping Aleix Espargaro take a career best fourth place on the new Open cl✨ass Forward Yamaha.

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1.Marc MarquezESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)42m 40.561s
2.Valentino RossiITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)42m 40.820s | +0.259s
3.Dani PedrosaESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)42m 43.931s | +3.370s
4.Aleix EspargaroESP NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha)42m 52.184s | +11.623s
5.Andrea DoviziosoITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici)42m 52.720s | +12.159s
6.Cal CrutchlowGBR Ducati Team (Desmosedici)43m 9.087s | +28.526s
7.Scott ReddingGBR Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RCV1000R)43m 13.154s | +32.593s
8.Nicky HaydenUSA Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R)43m 13.189s | +32.628s
9.Colin EdwardsUSA NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha)43m 20.108s | +39.547s
10.Andrea IannoneITA Pramac Racing (Desmosedici)43m 23.921s | +43.360s
11.Hiroshi AoyamaJPN Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R)43m 27.156s | +46.595s
12.Yonny HernandezCOL Pramac Racing (Desmosedici)43m 27.249s | +46.688s
13.Karel AbrahamCZE Cardion AB Motoracing (RCV1000R)43m 31.142s | +50.581s
14.Danilo PetrucciITA IodaRacing Project (ART)43m 43.688s | +1m 3.127s
15.Broc ParkesAUS Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART)43m 54.947s | +1m 14.386s
16.Michael LavertyGBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART)44m 13.154s | +1m 32.593s
17.Mike Di MeglioFRA Avintia Racing (Avintia)44m 16.646s | +1m 36.085s
Alvaro BautistaESP Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RC213V)DNF
Bradley SmithGBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)DNF
Pol EspargaroESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)DNF
Stefan BradlGER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V)DNF
Hector BarberaESP Avintia Racing (Avintia)DNF
Jorge LorenzoESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)DNF