2014 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
# 2014 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

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 | |
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### 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 | 27 | |
| OFFICIAL 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.

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Marc Márquez | 25 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 20 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | 16 |
| 4 | Aleix Espargaró | 13 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 11 |
| Pos. | 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.
