Here was a unique test of sorts: could the support acts rock the main stage with the headliners AWOL?On this evidence, there was little doubting they could. The action continues on Saturday with Moto3 qualifying getting underway at 17:05 local time. … RESULTS: March 6, 2020. “The last lap was so tense, but amazing in the end.” McPhee was magnanimous in second. The difference today was 16 degrees, which makes a big different to machine and tire performance. Sixth on lap 15, the Japanese rider took just three laps to move ahead, completing an expert two-in-one swoop on Baldassarri and Bastianini to lead into turn one. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The Scot thought it wise to avoid a braking duel into the final corner, instead setting up a slipstream to the line. I’m a rider that relies on the feedback from the front tire. If I don’t have that it’s a fricken’ disaster. QNB Grand Prix of Qatar. The total or partial reproduction of text, photographs or illustrations is not permitted in any form.Roberts on Qatar Moto2 pole with equal time to MariniSepang CEO asks, 'would fans like two Malaysian MotoGPs?' The schedule for Qatar MotoGP at Losail International Circuit, race information, times and results. I have to say a big thank you to my team for helping to put me here. Day 1 (Friday) Combined Free Practice Times. At the end of the two qualifying sessions, the first pole position of 2020 went to Tatsuki Suzuki. This bout may well come to be remembered for KTM’s 100th victory across all grand prix classes.

Czech Republic (Automotodrom Brno) MotoGP Grand Prix (09 August 2020) MotoGP 2019 season will have 19 races starting with the opening MotoGP Grand Prix in Qatar on 10th March 2019. Marini set the exact same lap time as Roberts but will start from second because Roberts' next best lap was faster than the Italian's next best lap.As usual, the Moto2 grid is very tightly packed, with one second covering the fastest 17 riders.

Moto2 Browse through 2020 MotoGP Andalusian GP results, statistics, rankings and championship standings. There was barely anything in the entire session, with just 1.148s covering all 18 riders in the session.“To have my pole position is amazing,” said a delighted Roberts. 2020 Grand Prix von Katar. Night fell over Losail and the lightweight class raced against the clock for the first time this year, looking to get their seasons to an optimum start. The Japanese rider was left to sweat in the closing minutes as he pitted with a fuel pump issue, ruling him out of bettering his time of 2:4.815.But despite the best efforts of Friday pacesetter Raul Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo), who was just eight-thousandths of a second slower come the checkered flag, Suzuki hung on for a famous pole. Boosted by the switch to the smooth-handling Kalex chassis that offers up plenty of front-end feel, better in-garage communication and John Hopkins’ appointment as American Racing’s Rider Coach, the 22-year old appears a rider transformed.Indeed his fifth-fastest time in FP1 represented a huge improvement for a rider, whose best result in a deeply troubled 2019 was 14“I’ve been fast since testing, but to be first and break the lap record is a whole different thing,” Roberts said. 3503.94 ft. Joe Roberts (American Racing Kalex): 1st, 1m 58.136s “It's awesome to get pole! Contact with pole man Tatsuki Suzuki (SIC58 Honda) on lap 15 dropped him to seventh, behind the Japanese rider, John McPhee (Petronas Sprinta Honda), Darryn Binder (CIP KTM), Tony Arbolino (Snipers Racing Honda), Dennis Foggia (Leopard Honda) and Gabriel Rodrigo (Gresini Honda). Round 1. Promising Japanese racer Ai Ogura (Honda Team Asia) was fifth.Californian Joe Roberts (American Racing Kalex) sensationally broke the Moto2 lap record on his way to posting the fastest time of the first day of running of the Qatar Grand Prix which opens the 2020 grand prix season, March 6-8.In light of the MotoGP race’s cancellation from the first round due to the Corona Virus outbreak, the Losail International Circuit has been eerily quiet, with close to half of the pit building featuring nothing more than boxes and packed up containers. Only one of the past five encounters here was decided by more than a tenth of a second. What’s going on in the box is a dream and we’re all living it. Losail International Circuit. We put a great lap together in qualifying and I'm really looking forward … I was losing the front and had to save it. Honda riders have dominated the championship in recent years, taking the last three Moto3 Riders World Championships and Constructors World Championships.Masia is one of several Moto3 riders who has switched to Honda for 2020 and is delighted with the performance of his NSF250RW.

The 22-year-old from Los Angeles went fastest in FP2 and stayed there to the end of the FP3 outing earlier today.