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Welcome to Doha for the first GP of the year!
Remove the electric blankets, let's start the new season. The first event of the year will take place on the Losail circuit, with strange times since we start on Thursday and we drive at night.
New: in theory, the MotoGP race will take place even if it rains, which was not the case before. This does not concern the Moto3 and Moto2 categories.
Here are the times in French time.
Thursday March 23:
16:00 – 16:40 Moto3 Free Practice 1
16:55 – 17:40 Moto2 Free Practice 1
17:55 – 18:40 MotoGP Free Practice 1
18:55 – 19:35 Moto3 Free Practice 2
19:50 – 20:35 Moto2 Free Practice 2
Friday 24:
16:00 – 16:45 MotoGP Free Practice 2
17:00 – 17:40 Moto3 Free Practice 3
17:55 – 18:40 Moto2 Free Practice 3
18:55 – 19:40 MotoGP Free Practice 3
Saturday 25:
16:00 – 16:40 p.m. Moto3 Qualifying
16:55 – 17:40 p.m. Moto2 Qualifying
17:55 – 18:25 MotoGP Free Practice 4
18:35 – 18:50 MotoGP Qualifying 1
19:00 – 19:15 MotoGP Qualifying 2
Attention, passage to thesummer time Sunday, March 26 (We move forward one hour: at 2 a.m., it is 3 a.m.)
Sunday 26:
14pm – 50am Moto15 Warm Up
15pm – 25am Moto15 Warm Up
16:00 – 16:20 MotoGP Warm Up
17:00 Moto3 Race 18 laps (2/3 12 laps) 96,8 km
18:20 Moto2 Race 20 laps (2/3 13 laps) 107,6 km
20:00 MotoGP Race 22 laps 118,4 km
Photo credit QMMF (Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation)
Circuit map by Honda Racing Corporation
