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10. Valentino Rossi (Mission Winnow Ducati), who joins Q1 for the second successive time after Valencia last year, has qualified in 14th, which is his worst qualifying result since he was 16th also in Valencia. This Rossi’s worst starting position in Losail since 2004, when he started from the back of the grid after being given a penalty.
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10. Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), who joins Q1 for the second successive time after Valencia last year, has qualified in 14th, which is his worst qualifying result since he was 16th also in Valencia. This Rossi’s worst starting position in Losail since 2004, when he started from the back of the grid after being given a penalty.
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“I wasn’t too happy in FP4, I used the softer rear and I was really surprised because in the test we were able to make it last no dramas but it seems with the Dunlop rubber and maybe with it being a little bit cooler this evening, especially the left side got eaten out a little bit so we might have to rethink that for tomorrow. But for the rest, (I’m) really happy with how the bike and everything is working. I can’t thank, first of all, Ducati for giving me the package this year and here showing them what we can do.
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As the laps ticked down, Nishimura marched on and the battle raged behind – although the two who’d made a break for it earlier tried to repeat the feat. As the final lap began though, it was as tight as ever in the fight for second and it looked like Putra was in control – until he went wide. Trying to gather it back together he tagged back onto the group as Thongnoppakun started to make his move and slice forward, and the podium came down to the drag to the line. There, Matsuyama just took it – 5.5 seconds off Nishimura’s victory but just 0.020 ahead of Thongnoppakun in an almost photo-finish.
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“I will push my best, honestly. No fear. I will go for it, you know. We have to push, it’s time to push, I feel good with the bike. No matter the result we need to keep working, be constant. Last year it was very tricky for me because I couldn’t do good lap times but this year I can already hit good lap times, I can stride away, I can be very fast.
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One rider who didn’t sacrifice his opening lap though was Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) as the rookie shot to the top of the times, only to be beaten almost immediately by Q1 graduate Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu). However, Viñales then stormed to the summit with a lap that was 0.741 quicker than anyone else, with Quartararo and Nakagami exchanging second fastest laps to leave the Japanese rider 0.395 off as the field headed in for a change of tyres. Quartararo, Dovizioso, Marquez and Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing) were all 0.4 off the Spaniard at this point.
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Tom Lüthi (Dynavolt Intact GP) will line up seventh on his first start since returning to the Moto2™ class, the Swiss rider 0.419 off his teammate’s pole lap, with Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) joining Lüthi on the third row in P8. Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) will lineup ninth for the opening race of the year, with fellow Spaniard Augusto Fernandez (Flexbox HP 40) completing the top ten.
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After finishing second in the first ever Moto3™ Q1 session, Petronas Sprinta Racing’s John McPhee looked set to grab a front row start but with the chequered flag out Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard Racing) and Kaito Toba (Honda Team Asia) stole second and third on the grid to grab debut front row starts for both riders.
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Despite a crash early in FP3, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) led the way in FP3 and on the combined times to go into qualifying as the man to beat, with Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) and Jorge Lorenzo (Repsol Honda Team) – who suffered a nasty highside at Turn 6 – unable to improve their times…
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