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| Race 1 of 18 races in the 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 23 March 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Losail International Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2014 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the2014 MotoGP season. It was held at theLosail International Circuit inDoha on 23 March 2014.
In the MotoGP class,Marc Márquez began his title defence with a victory ahead ofValentino Rossi and teammateDani Pedrosa. Rossi's teammate, Jorge Lorenzo led at the start but then crashed and had his bike destroyed in the gravel trap.
The MotoGP race also saw the début of the new "Factory" and "Open" classes for each bike. The MSMA prototypes were reclassified as the "Factory" class, and the Claiming Rule Teams sub-category was rebranded as the "Open" class. Bikes in the Open class used the same MotoGP ECU and identical software, and the teams that were in the Factory class were permitted to use their own software.
In the Moto2 race,Esteve Rabat began his title-winning season with a victory ahead of fellowKalex riderMika Kallio and Suter riderThomas Lüthi. The fastest lap was set byMaverick Viñales in his first and only season in the Moto2 class.
The Moto3 race sawJack Miller take the victory ahead of SpaniardsÁlex Márquez andEfrén Vázquez. Both Miller and Márquez would eventually fight for the title over the course of the season, with the latter eventually taking the title by two points.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 93 |  Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | 42:40.561 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 |  Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 22 | +0.259 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +3.370 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | NGM Forward Racing | ForwardYamaha | 22 | +11.623 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | +12.159 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 35 |  Cal Crutchlow | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | +28.526 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 45 | Scott Redding | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +32.593 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 22 | +32.628 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | Colin Edwards | NGM Forward Racing | ForwardYamaha | 22 | +39.547 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 22 | +43.360 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 |  Hiroshi Aoyama | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 22 | +46.595 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 68 |  Yonny Hernández | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 22 | +46.688 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 |  Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | 22 | +50.581 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | IodaRacing Project | ART | 22 | +1:03.127 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 23 |  Broc Parkes | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 22 | +1:14.386 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 70 | Michael Laverty | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 22 | +1:32.593 | 23 | |
| 17 | 63 |  Mike Di Meglio | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 22 | +1:36.085 | 22 | |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 20 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 18 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 17 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 6 |  Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 8 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 4 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 5 | |
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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.[5]
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