STATISTICS 2015 March 25Th Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar #01 Losail International Circuit
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Official statistics compiled by Dr. Martin Raines STATISTICS 2015 March 25th Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar #01 Losail International Circuit MotoGP™ Riders' Profiles CAREER 2015 4. Andrea Dovizioso CAREER 2015 6. Stefan Bradl Starts 222 (124 x MotoGP, 49 x 250, 49 x 125) 0 Starts 139 (52 x MotoGP, 33 x Moto2™, 54 x 125) 0 Wins/best result 10 (1 x MotoGP, 4 x 250, 5 x 125) - Wins/best result 7 (5 x Moto2, 2 x 125) (2nd in MotoGP) - Podiums 65 (24 x MotoGP, 26 x 250, 15 x 125) 0 Podiums 19 (1 x MotoGP, 12 x Moto2, 6 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 15 (2 x MotoGP, 4 x 250, 9 x 125) - Poles/best grid 8 (1 x MotoGP, 7 x Moto2) - Last Win GBR/09 - Last Win GBR/11 (Moto2) - Last Podium NED/14/2nd - Last Podium USA/13/2nd - Last Pole JPN/14 - Last Pole USA/13 - » Dovizioso finished on the podium on three occasions at Qatar when riding in the » Bradl’s third place finish in the 125cc race at Qatar in 2008 was his first ever smaller classes; in the 125cc class in 2004 and the 250cc class in 2005 and 2006 podium in Grand Prix racing » He has competed in the MotoGP class at Losail for the last seven years and on every » In 2010 he qualified on the front row at Qatar for the first ever Moto2 race but crashed occasion he has finished in the top seven Age: 29 at turn two when De Angelis high-sided in front of him Age: 25 » In 2010 he had his only podium in the MotoGP class in Qatar, finishing 3rd, after briefly leading mid-race, » In 2011 he qualified on pole and won the opening Moto2 race of the season in Qatar and was the only Honda rider to finish in the top five » He made his debut in the MotoGP class in 2012 in Qatar, qualifying in 9th place on the grid and finishing 8th » He has been the first Ducati rider across the line for the last two years in Qatar - 7th in 2013 and 5th last year » He has crashed out of the MotoGP race in Qatar for the last two years; last year he crashed when leading » He has never started the MotoGP race at Qatar from the front row, but has been in 4th place on the grid on the ninth lap three times CAREER 2015 8. Hector Barbera CAREER 2015 9. Danilo Petrucci Starts 207 (85 x MotoGP, 75 x 250, 47 x 125) 0 Starts 50 - all MotoGP 0 Wins/best result 10 (4 x 250, 6 x 125) (5th in MotoGP) - Best result 8th - Podiums 32 (20 x 250, 12 x 125) 0 Podiums 0 0 Poles/best grid 9 (8 x 250, 1 x 125) (3rd in MotoGP) - Best grid 11th - Last Win VAL/09 (250cc) - Last Win - - Last Podium VAL/09/1st (250cc) - Last Podium - - Last Pole POR/09 (250cc) - Last Pole - - » Barbera finished on the podium in the 250cc class in Qatar on three occasions; » Petrucci made his MotoGP debut in 2012 at Qatar when he failed to finish the 3rd in 2007, 2nd in 2008 and a victory in 2009 race due to mechanical problems » He has raced in the MotoGP class at Qatar for the last five years, with a best result of » He retired from the race again in 2013 with mechanical problems, after completing 9th in 2012 riding a Ducati Age: 28 twelve laps Age: 24 » His best qualifying result at Losail in the MotoGP class is 6th on the grid in 2011 & highest placed » Last year he made it to the end of the race in Qatar for the first time - in 14th place Ducati - the first time a satellite Ducati rider had out-qualified both factory bikes in the 800cc era of MotoGP » Last year he retired from the race in Qatar after four laps with a technical problem CAREER 2015 15. Alex de Angelis CAREER 2015 17. Karel Abraham Starts 248 (47 x MotoGP, 136 x 250/Moto2, 65 x 125) 0 Starts 149 (57 x MotoGP, 61 x 250/Moto2, 31 x 125) 0 Wins/best result 4 (3 x Moto2, 1 x 250) (2nd in MotoGP) - Wins/best result 1 (1 x Moto2) (7th in MotoGP) - Podiums 40 (1 x MotoGP, 32 x 250/Moto2, 7 x 125) 0 Podiums 2 (2 x Moto2) 0 Poles/best grid 11 (6 x 250/Moto2, 5 x 125) (4th in MotoGP) - Best grid 5th - 250cc (6th in MotoGP) - Last Win MAL/12 (Moto2) - Last Win VAL/10 (Moto2) - Last Podium MAL/12/1st (Moto2) - Last Podium VAL/10/1st (Moto2) - Last Pole AUS/11 (Moto2) - Last Pole - - » De Angelis has competed in all eleven Qatar GP events » Seventh in the 250cc race in 2008 is Abraham’s best result at the Losail circuit » He has had a single podium finish at the Losail circuit - 2nd in 250cc race in 2007 » In 2011 he made his premier-class debut at the Qatar GP and finished 13th, less behind Jorge Lorenzo than 4 seconds behind top satellite Ducati rider Hector Barbera » Has twice competed in the MotoGP class in Qatar; he crashed out of the race in 2008 and Age: 31 » In 2012 he qualified 10th in Qatar, but retired from the race after seven laps with Age: 25 he finished 6th in 2009 brake problems » In 2013 he crashed without injury on the opening lap of the Qatar MotoGP race and last year he finished 13th CAREER 2015 19. Alvaro Bautista CAREER 2015 25. Maverick Viñales Starts 202 (86 x MotoGP, 49 x 250, 67 x 125) 0 Starts 67 (0 x MotoGP, 18 x Moto2, 49 x 125/Moto3™) 0 Wins/best result 16 (8 x 250, 8 x 125) (3rd in MotoGP) - Wins/best result 16 (4 x Moto2, 12 x 125/Moto3) - Podiums 49 (3 x MotoGP, 28 x 250, 18 x 125) 0 Podiums 40 (9 x Moto2, 31 x 125/Moto3) 0 Poles/best grid 18 (1 x MotoP, 9 x 250, 8 x 125) - Poles/best grid 11 (1 x Moto2, 10 x 125/Moto3) - Last Win CAT/09 (250cc) - Last Win MAL/14 (Moto2) - Last Podium FRA/14/3rd - Last Podium MAL/14/1st (Moto2) - Last Pole GBR/12 - Last Pole ARA/14 (Moto2) - » Bautista won the 125cc GP in Qatar in 2006 on his way to becoming » Viñales has twice finished on the podium in the lightweight-class in Qatar; a world champion victory in the 125cc race in 2012 and 2nd in Moto3 in 2013 » In 2010 he made his MotoGP class debut in Qatar, but crashed at the final corner while » Last year he qualified in 14th place on the grid and finished 4th in his first race in the battling with fellow rookie Simoncelli Age: 30 Moto2 class Age: 20 » Did not make the start of the race in 2011 after he crashed in the third free practice session and broke his femur » He finished 7th at Qatar in 2012, and in 2013 he was 6th; last year he crashed near the end of the race when challenging for a podium finish » Has twice started from pole in Qatar; in the 125cc class in 2006 and the 250cc class in 2009 CAREER 2015 26. Dani Pedrosa CAREER 2015 29. Andrea Iannone Starts 229 (151 x MotoGP, 32 x 250, 46 x 125) 0 Starts 161 (33 x MotoGP, 51 x Moto2, 77 x 125) 0 Wins/best result 49 (26 x MotoGP, 15 x 250, 8 x 125) - Wins/best result 12 (8 x Moto2, 4 x 125)(5th in MotoGP) - Podiums 135 (94 x MotoGP, 24 x 250, 17 x 125) 0 Podiums 24 (19 x Moto2, 5 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 45 (27 x MotoGP, 9 x 250, 9 x 125) - Poles/best grid 8 (5 x Moto2, 3 x 125) (2nd in MotoGP) - Last Win CZE/14 - Last Win ITA/12 (Moto2) - Last Podium VAL/14/3rd - Last Podium RSM/12/3rd (Moto2) - Last Pole CAT/14 - Last Pole ARA/10 (Moto2) - » Losail is one of only four circuits on this year's grand prix schedule where Pe- » Iannone won the 125cc race at the Qatar Grand Prix in 2009 drosa has not had a victory in any class of GP racing - the others are Silverstone, » He finished 2nd in the Moto2 race in Qatar in 2011, after qualifying down in 16th Austin and Termas de Rio Hondo place on the grid, and was 2nd again in 2012, after leading for three laps in the middle » He has finished five times on the podium in the MotoGP class at Losail; 3rd in 2007, Age: 29 of the race Age: 25 2008, 2011 & 2014, and in 2012 he was second » Made his debut in the MotoGP class in 2013 at Qatar; he qualified in 10th place on the grid » Last year in Qatar he qualified in 6th place on the grid, but improved in the race to finish 3rd and finished 9th » Last year he crashed at the last corner on the second lap, re-started and finished the race in 10th place CAREER 2015 33. Marco Melandri CAREER 2015 35. Cal Crutchlow Starts 207 (131 x MotoGP, 47 x 250, 29 x 125) 0 Starts 69 - all MotoGP 0 Wins/best result 22 (5 x MotoGP, 10 x 250, 7 x 125) - Best result 2nd - Podiums 62 (20 x MotoGP, 25 x 250, 17 x 125) 0 Podiums 7 (7 x MotoGP) 0 Poles/best grid 9 (3 x 250, 6 x 125) (2nd in MotoGP) - Poles/best grid 2 (2 x MotoGP) - Last Win AUS/06 - Last Win - - Last Podium FRA/09/2nd - Last Podium ARA/14/3rd - Last Pole VAL/02 (250cc) - Last Pole CZE/13 - » Melandri raced in the MotoGP class at Qatar for seven successive years, starting » Crutchlow made his MotoGP debut in 2011 at the Qatar GP - qualified in 8th in 2004 place on the grid and finished 11th » He has had one podium finish in the MotoGP class at Qatar - 2nd in 2005 behind » In 2012 in Qatar he qualified on the front row for the first time in MotoGP and was the Valentino Rossi Age: 32 first satellite bike rider across the line in 4th, equalling his best GP result at that time Age: 29 » He competed in the World Superbike event at Losail last year, finishing 8th and 4th » In 2013 he qualified in 2nd place on the grid in Qatar, and again finished the race as first » Melandri is making is making a return to MotoGP after last racing in the class at the final race satellite rider across the line, in 5th place of the 2010 season in Valencia » Last year he finished 6th in Qatar, in his first race on the factory Ducati CAREER 2015 38.