2016 MXGP of Qatar

The 2016 MXGP of Qatar was the first round of the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar on 26-27 February 2016 and included the first rounds of the 2016 MXGP and MX2 world championships, along with the first round of the 2016 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship. Romain Febvre was the reigning MXGP world champion, after taking his first title in 2015.

Entry Lists The entry lists for the 2016 MXGP of Qatar were announced on 12 January 2016.

Entry list

MXGP Entry List No. Rider Team Manufacturer 7 Tanel Leok KTM 8 Ben Townley Team Suzuki World MXGP Suzuki 9 Ken De Dycker1 24MX Honda Honda 12 Max Nagl Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Husqvarna 17 Jose Butron Marchetti Racing KTM KTM 21 Gautier Paulin Team HRC Honda 22 Kevin Strijbos Team Suzuki World MXGP Suzuki 23 Christophe Charlier Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Husqvarna 24 Shaun Simpson Wilvo Virus Performance KTM KTM 25 Clement Desalle Monster Energy Kawasaki Kawasaki 31 Alex Snow JK Racing Yamaha Yamaha 32 Milko Potisek Tip Top MP32 Racing Yamaha 77 Alessandro Lupino Team Assomotor Honda Honda 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Monster Energy Yamaha Yamaha 92 Valentin Guillod Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Yamaha 100 Tommy Searle Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki Kawasaki 191 Matiss Karro2 24MX Honda Honda 222 Tony Cairoli Red Bull KTM KTM 243 Tim Gajser Honda Gariboldi Honda 259 Glenn Coldenhoff Red Bull KTM KTM 400 Kei Yamamoto Team Assomotor Honda Honda 461 Romain Febvre Monster Energy Yamaha Yamaha 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Team HRC Honda 911 Jordi Tixier3 Monster Energy Kawasaki Kawasaki 999 Rui Gonçalves4 NewHolland 8biano Massignani Husqvarna Husqvarna 1 Ken De Dycker did not ride due to a broken femur sustained in pre-season training.

2 Matiss Karro did not ride due to a torn left ACL sustained in a pre-season race.

3 Jordi Tixier did not ride due to an operation needed on his already injured wrist.

4 Rui Gonçalves did not ride due to a serious finger injury picked up at a pre-season race.

MX2 Entry List No. Rider Team Manufacturer 4 Dylan Ferrandis Monster Energy Kawasaki Kawasaki 6 Benoit Paturel Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Yamaha 10 Calvin Vlaanderen HSF Logistics Motorsport KTM 14 Christopher Valente Marchetti Racing Team KTM 18 Vsevolod Brylyakov Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki Kawasaki 29 Henry Jacobi JTech Honda Honda 33 Julien Lieber1 Wilvo Standing Construct Yamaha Yamaha 41 Pauls Jonass Red Bull KTM KTM 43 Davide de Bortoli NewHolland 8biano Massignani Husqvarna Husqvarna 46 Davy Pootjes Red Bull KTM KTM 59 Aleksandr Tonkov Wilvo Standing Construct Yamaha Yamaha 64 Thomas Covington Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Husqvarna 71 Damon Graulus JTech Honda Honda 84 Jeffrey Herlings Red Bull KTM KTM 88 Frederik van der Vlist Team HNR GPR PROMO Kawasaki 91 Jeremy Seewer Team Suzuki World MX2 Suzuki 97 Michael Ivanov Marchetti Racing Team KTM 99 Max Anstie Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Husqvarna 101 Jorge Zaragoza Honda Gariboldi Honda 128 Ivo Monticelli Marchetti Racing Team KTM 152 Petar Petrov Monster Energy Kawasaki Kawasaki 161 Alvin Östlund2 Wilvo Standing Construct Yamaha Yamaha 172 Brent van Doninck Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Yamaha 174 Alfie Smith JK Racing Yamaha Yamaha 189 Brian Bogers HSF Logistics Motorsport KTM 223 Giuseppe Tropepe NewHolland 8biano Massignani Husqvarna Husqvarna 251 Jens Getteman Motocross Marketing KTM KTM 321 Samuele Bernardini TM Factory Racing Team TM 811 Adam Sterry Wilvo Virus Performance KTM KTM 919 Ben Watson Hitachi Construction KTM KTM

1 Julien Lieber did not ride due to ongoing hip problems.

2 Alvin Östlund made his Grand Prix debut to replace Lieber.

WMX Entry List No. Rider Team Manufacturer 8 Kiara Fontanesi MX Fontaracing Yamaha 9 Virginie Germond Suzuki 25 Stacey Fisher KTM 32 Elaine MacEachern KTM 44 Natalie Kane BRT Racing Team KTM 45 Gwenda Haans Husqvarna 52 Justine Charroux Yamaha 67 Britt van der Werff Suzuki 85 Nancy van der Ven Yamaha 111 Anne Borchers Suzuki 114 Livia Lancelot Team One One Four Kawasaki 116 Francesca Nocera Suzuki 151 Courtney Duncan Yamaha 174 Giorgia Giudici NewHolland 8biano Massignani Husqvarna Husqvarna 188 Shana van der Vlist Yamaha 193 Kimberley Braam Kawasaki 274 Amandine Verstappen Motocross Marketing KTM KTM 386 Lianne Muilwijk Honda 555 Emelie Dahl Yamaha 811 Genette Vaage CEC Scandinavian Sports KTM 991 Liubov Leonteva Yamaha

MXGP

MXGP Practice Times

Free Practice Position Driver Constructor Time Time Gap 1 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 1:42.284 2 461 Romain Febvre Yamaha 1:42.625 +0.341 3 243 Tim Gajser Honda 1:42.633 +0.379 4 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 1:42.665 +0.381 5 259 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM 1:42.872 +0.588 6 222 Tony Cairoli KTM 1:43.054 +0.770 7 100 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 1:43.226 +0.942 8 21 Gautier Paulin Honda 1:43.507 +1.223 9 24 Shaun Simpson KTM 1:43.908 +1.624 10 17 Jose Butron KTM 1:44.044 +1.760 11 7 Tanel Leok KTM 1:45.018 +2.734 12 8 Ben Townley Suzuki 1:45.061 +2.777 13 12 Max Nagl Husqvarna 1:45.366 +3.082 14 23 Christophe Charlier Husqvarna 1:45.544 +3.260 15 77 Alessandro Lupino Honda 1:45.870 +3.586 16 22 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 1:45.871 +3.587 17 92 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 1:46.344 +4.060 18 32 Milko Potisek Yamaha 1:47.259 +4.975 19 31 Alex Snow Yamaha 1:49.002 +6.718 20 400 Kei Yamamoto Honda 1:53.604 +11.320 21 25 Clement Desalle1 Kawasaki 2:05.312 +23.028

1 Clement Desalle is riding the grand prix with a broken arm that he sustained at a pre-season race.

MXGP Timed Practice Position Driver Constructor Time Time Gap 1 21 Gautier Paulin Honda 1:42.773 2 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 1:43.064 +0.291 3 259 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM 1:43.069 +0.296 4 243 Tim Gajser Honda 1:43.425 +0.625 5 461 Romain Febvre Yamaha 1:43.655 +0.882 6 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 1:43.779 +1.006 7 22 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 1:43.915 +1.142 8 100 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 1:44.212 +1.439 9 24 Shaun Simpson KTM 1:44.432 +1.659 10 92 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 1:44.648 +1.875 11 12 Max Nagl Husqvarna 1:44.742 +1.969 12 77 Alessandro Lupino Honda 1:45.258 +2.485 13 17 Jose Butron KTM 1:45.422 +2.649 14 8 Ben Townley Suzuki 1:45.547 +2.774 15 23 Christophe Charlier Husqvarna 1:45.584 +2.811 16 222 Tony Cairoli KTM 1:45.688 +2.915 17 7 Tanel Leok KTM 1:46.699 +3.926 18 31 Alex Snow Yamaha 1:47.838 +5.065 19 32 Milko Potisek Yamaha 1:48.554 +5.781 20 400 Kei Yamamoto Honda 1:49.384 +6.611

MXGP Qualifying Race

Position Driver Constructor Laps Time Gap 1 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 13 2 243 Tim Gajser Honda 13 +1.814 3 461 Romain Febvre Yamaha 13 +6.734 4 222 Tony Cairoli KTM 13 +16.642 5 259 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM 13 +19.578 6 21 Gautier Paulin Honda 13 +24.719 7 12 Max Nagl Husqvarna 13 +26.985 8 24 Shaun Simpson KTM 13 +28.083 9 100 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 13 +29.186 10 22 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 13 +30.329 11 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 13 +39.504 12 92 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 13 +40.586 13 17 Jose Butron KTM 13 +43.419 14 77 Alessandro Lupino Honda 13 +59.196 15 7 Tanel Leok KTM 13 +1:00.165 16 32 Milko Potisek Yamaha 13 +1:08.852 17 8 Ben Townley Suzuki 13 +1:25.015 18 23 Christophe Charlier Husqvarna 13 +1:31.096 19 31 Alex Snow Yamaha 13 +1:34.825 20 400 Kei Yamamoto Honda 13 +1:55.131 25 Clement Desalle Kawasaki 2

MXGP Races

Race 1 Position Driver Constructor Laps Time Gap Points 1 243 Tim Gajser1 Honda 18 25 2 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 18 +7.507 22 3 461 Romain Febvre Yamaha 18 +19.644 20 4 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 18 +23.148 18 5 24 Shaun Simpson KTM 18 +27.015 16 6 222 Tony Cairoli KTM 18 +29.383 15 7 259 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM 18 +30.886 14 8 22 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 18 +32.227 13 9 100 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 18 +33.672 12 10 21 Gautier Paulin Honda 18 +35.336 11 11 8 Ben Townley Suzuki 18 +38.183 10 12 12 Max Nagl Husqvarna 18 +40.398 9 13 17 Jose Butron KTM 18 +58.882 8 14 92 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 18 +59.204 7 15 32 Milko Potisek Yamaha 18 +1:20.303 6 16 7 Tanel Leok KTM 18 +1:22.623 5 17 23 Christophe Charlier Husqvarna 18 +1:42.385 4 18 77 Alessandro Lupino Honda 17 +1 Lap 3 19 400 Kei Yamamoto Honda 17 +1 Lap 2 25 Clement Desalle Kawasaki 13 Retired 1 31 Alex Snow Yamaha 5 Retired

1 2015 MX2 world champion Tim Gajser won his first MXGP class race on his MXGP debut.

Race 2 Position Driver Constructor Laps Time Gap Points 1 243 Tim Gajser1 Honda 18 25 2 461 Romain Febvre Yamaha 18 +8.230 22 3 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 18 +9.952 20 4 222 Tony Cairoli KTM 18 +10.628 18 5 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 18 +11.960 16 6 12 Max Nagl Husqvarna 18 +14.601 15 7 24 Shaun Simpson KTM 18 +19.057 14 8 100 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 18 +20.221 13 9 22 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 18 +41.741 12 10 259 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM 18 +42.891 11 11 8 Ben Townley Suzuki 18 +1:06.509 10 12 92 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 18 +1:08.264 9 13 7 Tanel Leok KTM 18 +1:09.098 8 14 32 Milko Potisek Yamaha 18 +1:14.161 7 15 17 Jose Butron KTM 18 +1:18.256 6 16 77 Alessandro Lupino Honda 17 +1:24.587 5 17 23 Christophe Charlier Husqvarna 18 +1:28.740 4 18 400 Kei Yamamoto Honda 17 +1 Lap 3 19 25 Clement Desalle Kawasaki 17 +1 Lap 2 20 31 Alex Snow Yamaha 17 +1 Lap 1 21 Gautier Paulin2 Honda 0 Retired

1 Tim Gajser took his first MXGP class double race win on his MXGP debut.

2 Gautier Paulin retired with a mechanical problem on the first lap.

MXGP of Qatar Overall

Position Driver Constructor Race 1 Race 2 Points 1 243 Tim Gajser1 Honda 25 25 50 2 461 Romain Febvre Yamaha 20 22 42 3 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 22 20 42 4 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 18 16 34 5 222 Tony Cairoli KTM 15 18 33 6 24 Shaun Simpson KTM 16 14 30 7 100 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 12 13 25 8 22 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 13 12 25 9 259 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM 14 11 25 10 12 Max Nagl Husqvarna 9 15 24 11 8 Ben Townley Suzuki 10 10 20 12 92 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 7 9 16 13 17 Jose Butron KTM 8 6 14 14 7 Tanel Leok KTM 5 8 13 15 32 Milko Potisek Yamaha 6 7 13 16 21 Gautier Paulin Honda 11 0 11 17 77 Alessandro Lupino Honda 3 5 8 18 23 Christophe Charlier Husqvarna 4 4 8 19 400 Kei Yamamoto Honda 2 3 5 20 25 Clement Desalle Kawasaki 1 2 3 21 31 Alex Snow Yamaha 0 1 1 1Tim Gajser took his first MXGP class overall on his debut in the class.

MX2

MX2 Practice Times

Free Practice Position Driver Constructor Time Time Gap 1 172 Brent van Donninck Yamaha 1:43.122 2 84 Jeffrey Herlings KTM 1:43.532 +0.410 3 4 Dylan Ferrandis Kawasaki 1:43.554 +0.432 4 59 Aleksandr Tonkov Yamaha 1:43.958 +0.836 5 64 Thomas Covington Husqvarna 1:44.314 +1.192 6 99 Max Anstie Husqvarna 1:44.802 +1.680 7 41 Pauls Jonass KTM 1:44.824 +1.702 8 46 Davy Pootjes KTM 1:44.982 +1.860 9 152 Petar Petrov Kawasaki 1:45.035 +1.913 10 811 Adam Sterry KTM 1:45.569 +2.447 11 18 Vsevolod Brylyakov Kawasaki 1:45.599 +2.477 12 91 Jeremy Seewer Suzuki 1:45.702 +2.580 13 6 Benoit Paturel Yamaha 1:45.766 +2.644 14 101 Jorge Zaragoza Honda 1:45.940 +2.818 15 10 Calvin Vlaanderen KTM 1:45.949 +2.827 16 251 Jens Getteman KTM 1:46.161 +3.039 17 161 Alvin Östlund Yamaha 1:46.607 +3.485 18 29 Henry Jacobi Honda 1:46.748 +3.626 19 71 Damon Graulus Honda 1:47.049 +3.927 20 97 Michael Ivanov KTM 1:47.174 +4.052 21 189 Brian Bogers KTM 1:47.261 +4.139 22 88 Freek van der Vlist Kawasaki 1:47.706 +4.584 23 321 Samuele Bernardini TM 1:47.827 +4.705 24 919 Ben Watson Husqvarna 1:48.136 +5.014 25 132 Karel Kutsar KTM 1:50.355 +7.233 26 174 Alfie Smith Yamaha 1:52.586 +9.464

MX2 Timed Practice