Being the fastest in a straight line does not give you the keys to victory and the first two in the Doha race, Fabio Quartararo and Johann Zarco, demonstrated this. Top speed on the long straight of the Losail track was a topic of conversation during the two Grands Prix held in Qatar. A theme highlighted by the absolute record of a MotoGP in this particular exercise whose reference is now 362,4 km/h. It has been owned by Johann Zarco on a Ducati since FP4 of the Qatar Grand Prix. And yet, it was two slower Yamahas that won the day in the two races at Losail…
Le Qatar, in two successive meetings opening this season, has proven once again that top speed is not enough to win racing races. MotoGP. So the winner of the last Doha Grand Prix, in the person of fabio quartararo, points to the table listing the v-max in 20th place only, with 346,1 km / h.
On the start-finish straight line of 1 m at Losail, Johann zarco had already improved during Qatar Grand Prix the top speed record in the MotoGP category with 362,4 km/h. During the three days of the “Tissot Grand Prix of Doha”, the new leader of the championnat of the world on his Ducat Pramac was once again the fastest rider with a value of 356,4 km / h.
Zarco and Quartararo played with their weapons
The top 5 in the top speed table is made up exclusively of missiles coming out of the Borgo Panigale factories, but eight pilots in total crossed the 350 km/h on the race weekend: in addition to the six Ducati riders, Pol Espargaro on the Repsol Honda (352,9 km/h) and Brad Binder, Red Bull KTM factory rider (350,6 km/h) we reached this level.
Suzuki was again in midfield with a top speed of 348,3 km/h, while the last places were shared by Yamaha et Aprilia. For example, Yamaha factory rider and Grand Prix winner Fabio Quartararo reached 10,3 km/h at 356,4 km/h from zarco et Miller.
The bottom of the top speed table goes to Lorenzo Savadori with the RS-GP, which reached a maximum of 340,6 km/h last weekend. In the race, he was the only driver to stay below 340 km/h at 338,5 km / h.
MotoGP: top speeds of the Doha Grand Prix (April 2 to 4) :
1. Zarco, Ducati, FP2: 356,4 km/h
2. Miller, Ducati, runs: 356,4 km/h
3. Martin, Ducati, FP2: 354,0 km/h
4. Bagnaia, Ducati, races: 354,0 km/h
5th Bastianini, Ducati, race: 352,9 km/h
6th Pol Espargaró, Honda, race: 352,9 km/h
7th Marini, Ducati, run: 351,7 km/h
8th Binder, KTM, stroke: 350,6 km/h
9. Bradl, Honda, run: 349,5 km/h
10. Rins, Suzuki, stroke: 348,3 km/h
11. Lecuona, KTM, FP1: 348 km/h
12. Nakagami, Honda, runs: 348,3 km/h
13. Mir, Suzuki, races: 348,3 km / h
14. Oliveira, KTM, runs: 348,3 km/h
15. Petrucci, KTM, stroke: 347,2 km/h
16. Rossi, Yamaha, FP2: 347,2 km/h
17th Alex Márquez, Honda, race: 347,2 km/h
18th Viñales, Yamaha, race: 347,2 km/h
19th Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, FP1: 347,2 km/h
20th Quartararo, Yamaha, Race: 346,1 km/h
21st Morbidelli, Yamaha, FP2: 342,8 km/h
22nd Savadori, Aprilia, FP1: 340,6 km/h
