All the changes in MotoGP off
season, tyres, electronics, couldn’t stop the man who won the last race of 2015
from claiming victory in the opening race of 2016. Yamaha reigning world
champion fought past a pair of fast starting Ducatis to comfortably head home
Andrea Dovizioso, who won a last lap tussle with Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi
to finish second.
Honda Dani Pedrosa came home fifth
from Suzuki Maverick Vinales with Australia Jack Miller coming home inside the
world championship points in 14th. Lorenzo kissed his rear tyre
after he rolled into parc ferme at the end of the race, admitting his choice of
Michelin soft rear tyre had been a gamble. Lorenzo surged into the lead from
pole position as his fellow front raw starters Marquez and Vinales were
swallowed up by a pair of fast starting Ducatis.
The two red machines used their
formidable horsepower to blast into the lead at the end of the first lap,
lannone and Dovizioso surging past Lorenzo as they charged down the front
straight. The leading group of five pulled away from Pedrosa and Vinales,
holding their order until Dovizioso began to challenge lannone for the lead. The
two red bikes swapped places several times until lannone suddenly crashed out
on Lap 5.
Australian Jack Miller made his
traditional roaring gateway from 18th on the grid to be 14th
by the end of opening lap. While Lorenzo leaves Qatar with 25 points and a
clear psychological edge over his rivals, he was not the biggest winner at
Losail. That honor goes to MotoGP new tyre manufacturer Michelin, whose tyres
were strong enough to allow the Spaniard to set the fastest lap of the race on
the third to last tour. The next round of the MotoGP world Championship is at
the Termas do Rio Hondo circuit in Argentina on April 3.
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