Jorge Lorenzo - Marc Marquez Start di Posisi 1-2, Valentino Rossi di Urutan Kelima

BATAM.TRIBUNNEWS.COM, DOHA - Meski sempat terganjal saat sesi latihan bebas kedua dan ketiga oleh Andrea Iannone, namun pada kualifikasi GP Qatar di Sirkuit Losail, Sabtu (19/3/2016), Jorge Lorenzo berhasil meraih pole position (urutan paling depan).

Dilansir laman crashnet, Minggu (20/3/2016) pebalap Movistar Yamaha itu paling cepat dengan catatan waktu 1 menit 54,543 detik.

Alhasil, Lorenzo akan start di posisi paling depan pada seri pertama MotoGP musim 2016 ini.

Di belakang Lorenzo diisi Marc Marquez, ketiga cukup luar biasa yaitu pebalap Suzuki Ecstar Maverick Vinales, selanjutnya Iannone, Valentino Rossi, Andrea Dovizioso, Dani Pedrosa, Hector Barbeda, Pol Espargaro dan ke-10 Cal Crutchlow.(*)

Berikut hasil kualifikasi GP Qatar 2016:

1. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 54.543s [Lap 2/6] 333km/h (Top Speed)
2. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 54.634s +0.091s [4/7] 330km/h
3. Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 54.638s +0.095s [7/7] 334km/h 4. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 54.693s +0.150s [7/7] 350km/h
5. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 54.815s +0.272s [7/7] 334km/h
6. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 54.963s +0.420s [6/7] 344km/h
7. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 55.078s +0.535s [3/7] 335km/h
8. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 55.165s +0.622s [4/7] 338km/h
9. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 55.302s +0.759s [7/7] 338km/h
10. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 55.352s +0.809s [3/7] 334km/h
11. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 55.414s +0.871s [5/7] 333km/h
12. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 55.508s +0.965s [7/7] 337km/h