2019 Qatar MotoGP: Andrea Dovizioso beats Marc Marquez in a thriller

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March 11, 2019
Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) took an incredible victory at the VisitQatar Grand Prix after an epic desert duel between five riders in the latter stages ends with the Italian beating Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) by 0.023, with Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) beating Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) and Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) to P3 - the top five split by just 0.6 seconds.
A carbon copy of 12 months ago then played out at the final corner, with Marquez diving through, sitting up Dovi, running wide, with the latter being able to get the drive and power past the Honda on the exit to edge the number 93 to the line by 0.023 seconds. Behind, Crutchlow kept his cool to take a remarkable podium on his first race back since his huge Australian GP crash, with Rins a valiant P4 and Rossi again proving you should never count ‘The Doctor’ out in P5 from P14 on the grid.Petrucci would have to settle for P6 on his maiden factory Ducati ride, 2.320 the Italian finished behind his teammate in the end, with polesitter Viñales crossing the line 0.161 back from ‘Petrux’ in P7. Mir produced a fantastic rookie ride to finish just over five seconds off the race win in P8, the Spaniard beating ninth place Nakagami and tenth place Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) – 9.636 covering the top 10 in Qatar.
Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) was just 0.011 behind Espargaro in P11 on his debut ride for Yamaha, with Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Jorge Lorenzo (Repsol Honda Team), Andrea Iannone (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) and Johann Zarco (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) completing the point scoring positions.
Top ten:1. Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati)2. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) + 0.0233. Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) + 0.3204. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.4575. Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) + 0.6006. Danilo Petrucci (Mission Winnow Ducati) + 2.3207. Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) + 2.4818. Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 5.0889. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) + 7.40610. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) + 9.636

Published Date: 2019-03-11 15:37:06
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