Losail.- La Bestia, who started second, remained at all times less than a second from Pol Espargaró, who led the race most of the time, until the Italian’s final attack, four laps to the checkered flag .
This in Qatar is the first victory for the Gresini team after the agreement signed with Ducati, which in this way wins again on a theoretically favorable track. We also talk about the first victory of the Gresini team since Elías in Portugal 2006.
Brad Binder crossed the finish line second, after taking advantage of Espargaró’s flurry, who went long after losing the lead to Bastianini, and who let the South African KTM slip through.
The youngest of the brothers from Granollers (Barcelona) completed the podium, just ahead of his brother, Aleix, and Marc Márquez, who finished fifth and with apparent problems braking his bike.
Joan Mir finished sixth, ahead of Alex Rins (seventh), his Suzuki partner, and Johann Zarco (eighth). The Frenchman from the Pramac team overtook Fabio Quartararo (ninth), due to speed, at the same finish line.
Takaaki Nakagami closed a top ten, from which Franco Morbidelli (eleventh) and Maverick Viñales (12th) were left out.
Pecco Bagnaia took on Jorge Martín right at the halfway point of the test, in a desperate one-point maneuver that confirms the work that the Italian brand has ahead of it with its prototype for this 2022. Less, yes, than the one that Yamaha will have to carry out to try to increase the muscle of its M1, the world champion prototype that, in a few months, is weak on different fronts.
2022 Qatar Grand Prix MotoGP Qualifying
| Cla | # | Pilot | Motorcycle | laps | Weather | Difference | Interval | Km/h | Abandonment | Points | ||
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| 1 | 23 |  Enea Bastianini |
Ducati | 22 | – | 25 | ||||||
| 2 | 33 |  Brad Binder |
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KTM | 22 | 0.346 | 0.346 | 0.346 | 20 | |||
| 3 | 44 |  Pol Espargaro |
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Sling | 22 | 1,351 | 1,351 | 1,005 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró |
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Aprilia | 22 | 2.242 | 2.242 | 0.891 | 13 | |||
| 5 | 93 | Marc Márquez |
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Sling | 22 | 4,099 | 4,099 | 1,857 | eleven | |||
| 6 | 36 | Joan Mir |
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Suzuki | 22 | 4.843 | 4.843 | 0.744 | 10 | |||
| 7 | 42 | Alex Rins |
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Suzuki | 22 | 8.810 | 8.810 | 3.967 | 9 | |||
| 8 | 5 |  johann zarco |
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Ducati | 22 | 10.536 | 10.536 | 1.726 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo |
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Yamaha | 22 | 10.543 | 10.543 | 0.007 | 7 | |||
| 10 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami * |
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Honda | 22 | 14.967 | 14.967 | 4.424 | 6 |
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This was the 2022 MotoGP Qatar GP race
Opening the schedule in search of less humidity on the track, MotoGP raised the curtain on the season at the hot Qatar circuit. A wide variety of tires could be seen on a grid presided over by Jorge Martín , Enea Bastianini and Marc Márquez .
Using an extraordinary start, Pol Espargaró was the first reference on Sunday in Losail and the closest time to the HRC driver during the first laps was that of his teammate, Marc Márquez. The driver from Granollers remained strong during the first few laps that allowed him to dominate the head of the race.
In this way, the bases of a forward group were defined that included the presence of Brad Binder , Joan Mir , Enea Bastianini and Aleix Espargaró .
During the first laps, Pol Espargaró set the pace, creating the trail for Marc Márquez to follow. However, the timesheet began to shift as Brad Binder and Enea Bastianini moved into second and third place in the standings, leaving the #93 out of the top three.
With electronic problems as a precedent, Jack Miller retired without reaching the halfway point of the test. Faced with this situation, Ducati only had a Pecco Bagnaia defending its colors who went to the ground taking Jorge Martín with him in the first corner.
Marco Bezzecchi , Alex Márquez and Miguel Oliveira also went to the ground, without consequences, during the first Sunday of the year.
Reaching the halfway point of the test, Aleix Espargaró managed to significantly improve his lap time with a new record, reaching fifth place behind the wheel of Marc Márquez.
The current world champion, Fabio Quartararo , made a good start despite not having a good position on the grid. However, the Frenchman was unable to rise from the eighth position in which the consistency of his superiors, Joan Mir and Alex Rins , placed him, becoming, yes, the first Yamaha on Sunday.
With less than four laps to go, Pol Espargaró opened up too wide, leaving Enea Bastianini and Brad Binder to fight for victory in Qatar.
With a podium formed respectively by Enea Bastianin, Brad Binder and Pol Espargaró, MotoGP began the longest world championship in its history, with 21 races scheduled on its agenda.
