Enea Bastianini on Ducati Gresini won the Qatar GP, the first round of the 2022 World Championship, held at the Losail circuit.
The Rimini rider, in his first victory in the premier class, preceded the South African Brad Binder on Ktm, second, and the Spaniard Pol Espargaro on Honda. Fourth place for Aleix Espargaro, with Aprilia, which preceded Marc Marquez's Honda.
Behind the Spaniard, in sixth and seventh place, the Suzuki of Joan Mir and Alex Rins. Francesco Bagnaia, with the factory Ducati, crashed with 11 laps to go, dragging with him the Spaniard Jorge Martin, who had started from pole position. Ninth place for the world champion, Fabio Quartataro. Eleventh position for Franco Morbidelli's other Yamaha and fourteenth place for Andrea Dovizioso.
(Unioneonline / L)
