Lorenzo storms to masterful Qatar MotoGP victory Following dominating practice sessions and in qualifying, defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo shows leading performance and seizes Qatar GP victory. Lorenzo started on pole and stormed off the line, leading into the turn one, but was unable to hold the lead as the Ducatis of Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso, who passed him on the long Qatar start/stop straight line. But as the two Italians jostled for the lead, Iannone crashed out on lap six, and – once Lorenzo passed Dovizioso three laps later – an opening win never looked in doubt. Dovizioso held off a late challenge from Marc Marquez to take second, with Valentino Rossi...
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