Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo will start the season-opening MotoGP round in Qatar from pole position after a thrilling qualifying session that went down to the closing moments. Lorenzo set his pole time on his first run, but a big mistake on his second attempt left him prone to attack. Ducati’s Andrea Iannone looked like the man most likely to topple him, but he caught the Pramac Ducati of Scott Redding in the second half of his lap, leaving him a distraught and frustrated figure as his potential pole lap was ruined. Iannone will start on the second row, as Honda’s Marc Marquez and Suzuki’s Maverick Vinales annexed the final spots on the front row. Marquez went off into the gravel...
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