He had expressed his doubts about the performance of his Yamaha from the first laps of the year, at the beginning of February in Sepang, Malaysia.

This first weekend of the world championship confirmed the fears of Fabio Quartararo, in speed deficit.

11th in qualifying, the reigning MotoGP champion settled for 9th place in the Qatar Grand Prix at Losail, after being overtaken in the final meters by his compatriot Johann Zarco (Ducati-Pramac), 8th.

Enea Bastianini wins the first Grand Prix of the season!

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Italian Enea Bastianini (Ducati-Gresini) won his first race in the premier category.

Second on the starting grid, behind Spaniard Jorge Martin (Ducati-Pramac), the 2020 Moto2 world champion won ahead of South African Brad Binder (KTM) and Spaniard Pol Espargaro (Honda).

An unexpected podium...

Bagnaia and Martin fell

Runner-up to Quartararo in the general classification in 2021, the Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) fell, dragging down the "poleman" Jorge Martin in his fall, while the Spaniard Marc Marquez (Honda), six-time world champion in MotoGP, finished 5th.

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