Pramac’s Jorge Martin opened his account for the 2024 MotoGP season with a controlled victory in the Qatar Grand Prix sprint, as Marc Marquez was fifth on his Ducati debut.
Just over 100 days after the 2023 championship – in which Martin finished runner-up – concluded, the 2024 campaign began under the Losail lights on Saturday with the 11-lap sprint. Starting from pole, Martin – last year’s most successful rider in the sprints – led all 11 laps of the half-distance race to win from KTM’s Brad Binder. Aleix Espargaro rallied past reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia in the closing stages to score Aprilia’s first Qatar podium in third.
This came at the expense of KTM’s Jack Miller, who plummeted down the order having been inside the top six early on. Miller was 10th ahead of VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi, while Fabio Quartararo was the leading Yamaha in 12th. Joan Mir led the Honda charge for the factory squad in 15th ahead of LRC Honda’s Johann Zarco, while Luca Marini was last of the classified runners in 21st.
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