MotoGP Qualifying Cancelled for Qatar GP

We knew the weather would be a factor in Qatar, and today the rain, and the standing water it created, has lead to the cancellation of the qualifying session at the Qatar GP for the MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3 classes.

As such, Sunday’s grid (assuming the weather doesn’t change the schedule further) will be based off the combined free practice (FP1, FP2, & FP3) times from earlier in the week.

This means that Maverick Viñales will start from pole for the Qatar GP, joined on the front row by Andrea Iannone and Marc Marquez, in that order.

As we said yesterday, the Qatar GP schedule is in serious flux with the weather at Losail. Be sure to keep an eye on Asphalt & Rubber for updates to starting times, as everything is subject to change.

MotoGP Combined Free Practice Times from the Qatar GP at Losail, Qatar:

Pos.	Rider	Team	Bike	Time	Diff.	Prev.
1	Maverick Viñales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1’54.316	–	–
2	Andrea Iannone	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1’54.848	0.532	0.532
3	Marc Marquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1’54.912	0.596	0.064
4	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	1’55.008	0.692	0.096
5	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	1’55.042	0.726	0.034
6	Scott Redding	OCTO Pramac Racing	Ducati	1’55.085	0.769	0.043
7	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1’55.113	0.797	0.028
8	Jonas Folger	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	1’55.713	0.892	0.095
9	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	1’55.211	0.895	0.003
10	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1’55.414	1.098	0.203
11	Danilo Petrucci	OCTO Pramac Racing	Ducati	1’55.435	1.119	0.021
12	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati Team	Ducati	1’55.461	1.145	0.026
13	Alvaro Bautista	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	1’55.581	1.265	0.120
14	Loris Baz	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	1’55.624	1.308	0.043
15	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1’55.634	1.318	0.010
16	Jack Miller	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	1’55.959	1.643	0.325
17	Karel Abraham	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	1’56.003	1.687	0.044
18	Alex Rins	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1’56.179	1.863	0.176
19	Tito Rabat	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	1’56.368	2.052	0.189
20	Hector Barbera	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	1’56.725	2.409	0.357
21	Sam Lowes	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	1’56.854	2.538	0.129
22	Pol Espargaro	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1’57.116	2.800	0.262
23	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1’57.654	3.338	0.538