Lorenzo On Pole at Qatar – Marquez and Viñales Full Front Row Rossi Signs Two-Year Contract Extension With Yamaha (News)

• March 19, 2016


• Dirck Edge

The opening round of the 2016 MotoGP series tomorrow in Qatar will discover Yamaha’s defending champ Jorge Lorenzo on pole position. Completing the front row will be Honda’s Marc Marquez and Suzuki’s Maverick Viñales.

Beginning a season that promises to be populated with more front runners, nine-time champ Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) posted a lap that put him in the middle of the second row tomorrow. This was on the heels of an announcement from Yamaha that Rossi has signed a two-year contract extension with the factory. Rossi will be in between two factory Ducatis tomorrow, as Andrea Iannone qualifed fourth, even though Andrea Dovizioso certified sixth.  You can find extra Q2 qualifying results by following this link.

You can adhere to any responses to this entry via the RSS 2. feed. You can skip to the finish and leave a response. Pinging is at present not allowed.

Lorenzo On Pole at Qatar – Marquez and Viñales Full Front Row Rossi Signs Two-Year Contract Extension With Yamaha (News)