2014-03-24 13:09 CET M1LLER WINS 4 KTM!

Jack Miller who had a front row start swooped to the front at the start of the race shadowed by Spaniard Alex Marquez. The two riders then settled down to swap the lead back and forth and at one point had a 3.5 second lead on the rest of the pack. Miller who before then race had pledged to be patient and go for the maximum points, played his hand well. Going into the final corners the Australian was perfectly placed to capitalize on a small mistake by rival Marquez. Marquez went wide in the corner, Miller quickly grabbed the advantage and went on to take line honors and pick up maximum points in the opening round. Immediately after the race, an excited Miller said he had gone all out in the final lap. “It was pretty scary going into the final lap because the tires were more worn than I expected them to be. But I just gave it my all. We couldn't have asked for anything better. It was a really good first race. Its a great way to start the season, but its that. Its the start. We still have a long way to go and I still have a lot to learn." Miller’s teammate Karel Hanika, who won his berth in the factory team after taking victory in the 2013 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup rode a solid race from nineteenth position on the grid to finish in fourteenth place to pick up his first world championship points in his debut race. Both riders are on the KTM RC250 GP machine. Factory team boss Aki Ajo said it had been great to start the season with a win but underlined it would be a hard fought competition in 2014. "It will be really tough in the small bike category but somehow also very interesting. The tough competition between the manufacturers makes it more interesting for everyone and for us it is even more motivation to work even harder. Never give up!" The first of the 18-round competition for the 2014 Moto3 World Championship set the scene for what will be a hard fought battle for the title this season.

KTM’s Moto3 family 2014 Red Bull KTM Ajo - Jack Miller (AUS) - Karel Hanika (CZE) Junior Team GO&FUN Moto3 - Niccolò Antonelli (ITA) - Enea Bastianini (ITA) SKY Racing Team By VR46 - - Francesco Bagnaia Calvo Team - Isaac Viñales (ESP) - Eric Granado (BRA) - Jakub Kornfeil (CZE) SIC-AJO - Hafiq Azmi (MAL) Results Moto3 Qatar 1. Jack Miller (AUS), KTM, 38:05.810 min 2. Alex Marquez (ESP), Honda, +0.233 sec 3. Efren Vazquez (ESP), Honda, +0.280 4. Miguel Oliveira (POR), Mahindra, +0.295 5. Alex Rins (ESP), Honda, +0.369 Other KTM 6. Jakub Kornfeil (CZE), KTM, +0.586 8. Isaac Viñales (ESP), KTM, +2.161 9. Niccolo Antonelli (ITA), KTM, +8.153 10. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA), KTM, +8.173 12. Romano Fenati (ITA), KTM, +8.219 14. Karel Hanika (CZE), KTM, +11.292 16. Enea Bastianini (ITA), KTM, +22.159 DNF Eric Granado (BRA), KTM DNF Hafiq Azmi (MAL), KTM Standings Moto3 after 1 of 18 rounds 1. Miller, 25 points 2. Marquez, 20 3. Vazquez, 16 4. Oliveira, 13 5. Rins, 11 Other KTM 6. Kornfeil, 10 8. Viñales, 8 9. Antonelli, 7 10. Bagnaia, 6 12. Fenati, 4 14. Hanika, 2 Manufacturers Standings Moto3 after 1 of 18 rounds 1. KTM, 25 points 2. Honda, 20 3. Mahindra, 13 www..com www.ktmimages.com

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