The 2014 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2014 MotoGP season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Doha on 23 March 2014.
In the MotoGP class, Marc Márquez began his title defence with a victory ahead of Valentino Rossi and teammate Dani Pedrosa. Rossi's teammate, Jorge Lorenzo led at the start but then crashed and had his bike destroyed in the gravel trap.
The MotoGP race also saw the début of the new "Factory" and "Open" classes for each bike. The MSMA prototypes were reclassified as the "Factory" class, and the Claiming Rule Teams sub-category was rebranded as the "Open" class. Bikes in the Open class used the same MotoGP ECU and identical software, and the teams that were in the Factory class were permitted to use their own software.
In the Moto2 race, Esteve Rabat began his title-winning season with a victory ahead of fellow Kalex rider Mika Kallio and Suter rider Thomas Lüthi. The fastest lap was set by Maverick Viñales in his first and only season in the Moto2 class.
The Moto3 race saw Jack Miller take the victory ahead of Spaniards Álex Márquez and Efrén Vázquez. Both Miller and Márquez would eventually fight for the title over the course of the season, with the latter eventually taking the title by two points.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 42:40.561 1 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 +0.259 10 20 3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +3.370 6 16 4 41 Aleix Espargaró NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 22 +11.623 9 13 5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 22 +12.159 4 11 6 35 Cal Crutchlow Ducati Team Ducati 22 +28.526 8 10 7 45 Scott Redding Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 22 +32.593 16 9 8 69 Nicky Hayden Drive M7 Aspar Honda 22 +32.628 13 8 9 5 Colin Edwards NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 22 +39.547 14 7 10 29 Andrea Iannone Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +43.360 11 6 11 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Drive M7 Aspar Honda 22 +46.595 15 5 12 68 Yonny Hernández Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +46.688 17 4 13 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Honda 22 +50.581 18 3 14 9 Danilo Petrucci IodaRacing Project ART 22 +1:03.127 20 2 15 23 Broc Parkes Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 22 +1:14.386 21 1 16 70 Michael Laverty Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 22 +1:32.593 23 17 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Avintia 22 +1:36.085 22 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 20 Accident 2 Ret 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 18 Accident 3 Ret 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 17 Retirement 12 Ret 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 8 Accident 7 Ret 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Avintia 4 Retirement 19 Ret 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0 Accident 5 Sources:
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 53 Esteve Rabat Kalex 20 40:20.963 1 25 2 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 20 +1.059 6 20 3 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 20 +3.741 4 16 4 40 Maverick Viñales Kalex 20 +4.043 14 13 5 3 Simone Corsi Forward KLX 20 +5.830 10 11 6 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 20 +14.170 5 10 7 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 20 +24.943 2 9 8 81 Jordi Torres Suter 20 +25.196 16 8 9 95 Anthony West Speed Up 20 +25.322 26 7 10 96 Louis Rossi Kalex 20 +26.687 20 6 11 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 20 +26.873 15 5 12 88 Ricard Cardús Tech 3 20 +26.914 18 4 13 4 Randy Krummenacher Suter 20 +31.671 22 3 14 39 Luis Salom Kalex 20 +40.588 17 2 15 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 20 +40.695 30 1 16 60 Julián Simón Kalex 20 +41.810 19 17 54 Mattia Pasini Forward KLX 20 +44.030 12 18 25 Azlan Shah Kalex 20 +52.813 28 19 97 Román Ramos Speed Up 20 +53.563 31 20 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 20 +1:10.995 32 21 45 Tetsuta Nagashima TSR 20 +1:11.391 34 22 70 Robin Mulhauser Suter 20 +1:11.811 35 23 5 Johann Zarco Caterham Suter 20 +1:52.348 9 24 19 Xavier Siméon Suter 20 +1:52.446 7 25 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 19 +1 lap 29 DSQ 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 20 Disqualified 3 Ret 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Suter 19 Accident 23 Ret 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 15 Retirement 11 Ret 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 15 Retirement 21 Ret 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 11 Accident 13 Ret 49 Axel Pons Kalex 11 Retirement 25 Ret 98 Mashel Al Naimi Speed Up 4 Retirement 33 Ret 8 Gino Rea Suter 2 Retirement 24 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Suter 0 Accident 8 Ret 2 Josh Herrin Caterham Suter 0 Accident 27OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Jack Miller KTM 18 38:05.810 3 25 2 12 Álex Márquez Honda 18 +0.233 2 20 3 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 18 +0.280 15 16 4 44 Miguel Oliveira Mahindra 18 +0.295 11 13 5 42 Álex Rins Honda 18 +0.369 1 11 6 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 18 +0.586 4 10 7 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 18 +2.109 14 9 8 32 Isaac Viñales KTM 18 +2.161 5 8 9 23 Niccolò Antonelli KTM 18 +8.153 9 7 10 21 Francesco Bagnaia KTM 18 +8.173 10 6 11 17 John McPhee Honda 18 +8.195 7 5 12 5 Romano Fenati KTM 18 +8.219 8 4 13 52 Danny Kent Husqvarna 18 +11.269 6 3 14 98 Karel Hanika KTM 18 +11.292 19 2 15 41 Brad Binder Mahindra 18 +11.322 17 1 16 33 Enea Bastianini KTM 18 +22.159 21 17 11 Livio Loi Kalex KTM 18 +22.202 20 18 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Honda 18 +36.686 23 19 9 Scott Deroue Kalex KTM 18 +36.691 18 20 65 Philipp Öttl Kalex KTM 18 +36.755 22 21 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 18 +37.858 28 22 43 Luca Grünwald Kalex KTM 18 +37.876 24 23 55 Andrea Locatelli Mahindra 18 +45.501 30 24 22 Ana Carrasco Kalex KTM 18 +45.650 25 25 51 Bryan Schouten Mahindra 18 +1:08.694 27 26 31 Niklas Ajo Husqvarna 17 +1 lap 16 Ret 95 Jules Danilo Mahindra 17 Accident 31 Ret 3 Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 14 Retirement 26 Ret 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Kalex KTM 6 Accident 13 Ret 4 Gabriel Ramos Kalex KTM 6 Retirement 32 Ret 57 Eric Granado KTM 2 Retirement 12 Ret 38 Hafiq Azmi KTM 0 Accident 29 DNS 61 Arthur Sissis Mahindra Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 25 2 Valentino Rossi 20 3 Dani Pedrosa 16 4 Aleix Espargaró 13 5 Andrea Dovizioso 11
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 25 2 Yamaha 20 3 Forward Yamaha 13 4 Ducati 11 5 ART 2
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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