2016 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 1 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 20 March 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Losail International Circuit, Doha, Qatar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Jorge Lorenzo
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Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:54.543 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Jorge Lorenzo
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Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:54.927 on lap 20 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Jorge Lorenzo
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Yamaha | |
| Second |
 Andrea Dovizioso
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Ducati | |
| Third |
Marc Márquez
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Honda | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Jonas Folger
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Kalex | |
| Time | 1:59.052 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
 Sam Lowes
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Kalex | |
| Time | 1:59.421 on lap 20 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Thomas Lüthi
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Kalex | |
| Second |
Luis Salom
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Kalex | |
| Third |
Simone Corsi
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Speed Up | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
Romano Fenati
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KTM | |
| Time | 2:06.131 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
 Livio Loi
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Honda | |
| Time | 2:06.171 on lap 8 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Niccolò Antonelli
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Honda | |
| Second |
 Brad Binder
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KTM | |
| Third |
Francesco Bagnaia
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Mahindra | |
The 2016 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Doha on 20 March 2016.
This event would be the last podium for Spanish Moto2 rider, Luis Salom; who finished in second place, before his death in 3 June 2016 at the 2016 Catalan Grand Prix.
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