Losail.- Alex Rins says goodbye to the Losail International Circuit from seventh position, behind his teammate, Joan Mir.
After finishing the race, the Suzuki pilot defined the test as a “strange race”.
“In the first half of the race I had a hard time overtaking. I had problems with the front end, something that hadn’t happened to us before,” he described. “But I preferred to finish the race before going to the ground.”
“Coming into the corners with the bike tilted, the front end closed. The front tire may have been too soft.”
The Spanish rider was the second Suzuki on the Qatar time sheet, something that finally gave Alex Rins pause for thought.
“I was going wide in a lot of corners and I didn’t know what was going on,” he added.
“I didn’t expect the race to be so fast. Pol Espargaró was very fast at the start. We definitely have to improve in qualifying.”
“Last year I would have crashed, so I’m happy because I was able to manage the race,” concluded the Spanish rider as soon as he finished the Qatar Grand Prix that opened the 2022 MotoGP season. Now, Alex Rins sets his sights on Indonesia, the second date on the calendar.
Results of the 2022 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix at Losail
| Cla | # | Pilot | Motorcycle | laps | Weather | Difference | Interval | Km/h | Abandonment | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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April | 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 |
