ROUND 4 / APRIL 11-13, 2025
LUSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / DOHA, QATAR
P98
was muscled back by Maverick
Vinales (Red Bull KTM Tech3)
and Johann Zarco (LCR Castrol
Honda). Francesco Bagnaia
(Ducati Lenovo Team) made
early progress, climbing from a
disastrous 11th in qualifying to
an eventual eighth, the former
two-time World Champion cut
-
ting a forlorn figure in pitlane
afterwards.
(BK8 Gresini Racing Ducati), Fa-
bio Quartararo (Monster Energy
Yamaha)
and Fabio Di Giannan-
tonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46
Racing
Team Ducati).
At lights out, the front row
launched cleanly with Marc
grabbing the holeshot ahead
of Alex and Quartararo. Mor
-
bidelli and Aldeguer briefly
traded
fourth before the latter
MILLER NOT
CONCERNED FOR
FUTURE
Jack Miller insisted he was
unmoved by speculation linking
Toprak Razgatlioglu to a seat at
Pramac Yamaha in 2026. Kenan
Sofuoglu, the World Superbike
Champion's personal manager,
has repeatedly talked up his
rider's desire to switch to the
MotoGP paddock next year in re-
cent weeks, with Miller potentially
vulnerable—he is signed to just
a one-year deal. Yet the Austra-
lian was calm and collected in
Qatar. "It'll come when it needs
to come," he said, talking about
a possible contract extension.
"I'll just keep ticking away, doing
my job. That's all you can do. I
feel happy. I mean, I spent the
majority of my life on one-year
contracts. It doesn't matter."
OLIVEIRA'S
LEATHER FAILURE
Miguel Oliveira was back in the
MotoGP paddock for the first time
since he injured his left shoulder
when taken out of the Argentine
Sprint by Fermin Aldeguer. The
Portuguese rider has faced an
unexpected spell on the sidelines
with the shoulder worse than
initially feared. And he feels the
airbag system in his Ixon leathers
needs to be assessed, hinting its
deployment was responsible for
the seriousness of his injury. "I'm
not so sure if airbags give you
that much more safety. Because
I got a luxation on my shoulder.
I got that in the sternum. And I
didn't break the collarbone. But
we do see collarbone injuries
with airbags. I don't think it's that
Briefly...
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
