{"id":237304,"date":"2015-03-29T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/motogp-qatar-review-first-season-podium-becomes-all-italian-party\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T02:23:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T00:23:15","slug":"motogp-qatar-review-first-season-podium-becomes-all-italian-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/en\/blog\/motogp-qatar-review-first-season-podium-becomes-all-italian-party\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP Qatar review: first season podium becomes all-italian party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/abbo_ansa15_01ca8366066b0c55f68f8e4aad26737ca7_60520_immagine_obig-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12307\" src=\"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/abbo_ansa15_01ca8366066b0c55f68f8e4aad26737ca7_60520_immagine_obig-3.jpg\" alt=\"motogp qatar 2015 rossi dovizioso iannone\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Valentino Rossi<\/strong> most certainly isn&#8217;t just the best rider in the \u201eover 35\u201c-league.\u00a0<\/span>By taking the first win in the brand-new 2015 <strong>MotoGP<\/strong> season, the italian proved once again why he&#8217;s worshipped by fans and media around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After a less than satisfying qualifying and free practice sessions, Rossi benefited from the chaos around the first turn and fought his way from ninth to fourth position. He followed his teammate, the by-then leading <strong>Jorge Lorenzo<\/strong>, and both <strong>Ducati<\/strong> factory riders <strong>Andrea Dovizioso<\/strong> and <strong>Andrea Iannone<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Not only did the \u201eDoctor\u201c close up on the leading group with 12 laps to go, he also passed first Iannone and later on <strong>Lorenzo,<\/strong> who had fallen back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Finally, he fought hard for the lead with Andrea Dovizioso.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">But despite the fantastic improvements of the <strong>2015 Desmosedici<\/strong>, Rossi crossed the finish line as winner for the 109<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Dovizioso,<\/strong> yesterdays Polesetter, leaded an incredible race with a lot of fights.\u00a0<\/span>After a very good start, the italian found himself in second place behind Lorenzo, but with the immense topspeed of his bike, he was able to overtake the <strong>Movistar Yamaha<\/strong> rider on the finish straight several times. In the corners, however, Lorenzo could regain his lead during the first few laps, but with his teammate Rossi climbing up the scale, Lorenzo fell back and managed to end the race in fourth position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">As for Dovizioso, he continued to battle with Rossi, but ultimately the nine-time world champion took the lead and closed the doors for Dovizioso. After the last turn, the factory Yamaha was too far ahead of him, so that even his higher topspeed couldn&#8217;t make up for the gap between him and Rossi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">His teammate Andrea Iannone completed the podium after a strong race. The italian left the first turn as third, but soon had to surrender to Rossi. Now being in fourth position, Iannone continued to follow the leading group. With only few laps to ride, Jorge Lorenzo continuous lost ground and couldn&#8217;t prevent Iannone overtaking him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Behind the leading group, things were heating up.\u00a0<\/span>Current world champ <strong>Marc M\u00e1rquez<\/strong> made a mistake at the beginning and had to go wide into the first turn. Falling back in the scale, M\u00e1rquez uncompromisingly fought his way through he field, but wasn&#8217;t able to catch up with the first group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He finished the first Grand Prix in fifth position, even overtaking his teammate <strong>Pedrosa,<\/strong> who started a low seventh and ended as sixth.\u00a0<\/span>Surely this wasn&#8217;t the season start the HRC had expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Another Honda rider lead the imaginary third row by finishing the Qatar Grand Prix as seventh.\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"s3\">Cal Crutchlow <\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s1\">already proved in winter testing, that he and his new <strong>RC213V<\/strong> work quite\u00a0well together.\u00a0<\/span>After starting in 12<sup>th<\/sup> position, the brit fought hard and was rewarded with a seventh place in front of his former teammate, Tech3 Yamaha rider Bradley Smith in eighth place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Second Tech3 rider Pol Espargar\u00f3 followed closely behind Smith in ninth position, after being sixth in the first turn.\u00a0<\/span>A strong <strong>Yonny Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> had captured a fifth place in qualifying, but unfortunately lost few slots, completing the Top Ten by the end of the race. But even with the superior place on the starting grid, a tenth place still is a satisfying result for the colombian and the Pramac Ducati team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Behind Hern\u00e1ndez, one of the new Ecstar Suzukis crossed the finish line.\u00a0<\/span><strong>Aleix Espargar\u00f3<\/strong> had started into the race as 11<sup>th<\/sup> and finished it in this position as well.\u00a0<span class=\"s4\">Between him and his teammate Maverick <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Vi\u00f1ales in 14<sup>th<\/sup> slot, second Pramac rider\u00a0<strong>Danilo Petrucci<\/strong> and <strong>Marc VDS<\/strong> rider <strong>Scott Redding<\/strong> saw the checkered flag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">They were followed by <strong>H\u00e9ctor Barber\u00e1<\/strong>, <strong>Stefan Bradl<\/strong>, who wasn&#8217;t pleased with how his new <strong>Forward Yamaha<\/strong> worked over the whole weekend, and Nicky Hayden. Eugene Laverty, Mike Di Meglio, Alex De Angelis and Marco Melandri finally completed the MotoGP field. \u00a0For rookie Jack Miller, Loris Baz and veteran Karel Abraham the race unfortunately ended earlier, with Baz returning to the pits with 14 laps to go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00c1lvaro Bautista also returned to his box after a contact between him and Marc M\u00e1rquez.\u00a0<\/span>M\u00e1rquez, while furiously making his way up the field, overtook Bautista with a questionable move, that will be investigated by the race direction. By doing so, the gear shifter and several wires on the factory Aprilia were destroyed and Bautista had to retire from the race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The second round of the MotoGP championship will start at April, 10th at the \u201eCircuit Of The Americas\u201c in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentino Rossi most certainly isn&#8217;t just the best rider in the \u201eover 35\u201c-league.\u00a0By taking the first win in the brand-new 2015 MotoGP season, the italian proved once again why he&#8217;s worshipped by fans and media around the world. 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