INTERNATIONAL WRAP: MOTOGP QATAR + MORE

Andrea Dovizioso took out the win in season-opening Qatar GP – Photo: LAT

MOTOGP – QATAR

Last years title combatants were straight back into it with a final lap thriller during the season-opening MotoGP round at Qatar’s Losail International Circuit.

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) beat Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) to the line by just 0.027s, after a last-ditch effort by the Honda rider to try to steal the win. Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) completed the podium.

Frenchman Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) shot off pole position to take the lead into the first corner holding onto the position until Dovizioso and Marquez made their move on the 18th lap.

Aussie Jack Miller finished in tenth in his competition debut with the Ducati Alma Pramac Racing squad.

Fellow Aussie Remy Gardner finished the supporting Moto2 race in 12th in his second season with the Tech3 team.

FORMULA E

Jean-Eric Vergne has extended his lead in the Formula E championship winning the sixth round in Uruguay over the weekend.

Race Highlights:

IMSA – SEBRING 12 HOURS

Tequila Patron Nissan DPi wins 12 Hours of Sebring – Photo: LAT

Nissan took it’s first 12 Hours of Sebring win with the No. 22 Tequila Patron Nissan DPi of Pipo Derani, Johannes van Overbeek and Nicolas Lapierre crossing the line with a 12 second lead over their Cadillac rivals.

Derani drove the final stint, leading the majority of the final two hours of the race to take the chequered flag ahead of the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi and No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac DPi.

Porsche took out the GTLM class with the No. 911 Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR of Nick Tandy, Frederic Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet who also finished 10th outright.

Aussie/Kiwi Ryan Briscoe, along with co-drivers Richard Westbrook and Scott Dixon, finished fourth in the class for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT and 13th outright.

While the GTD class went to the No. 48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 of Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers and Corey Lewis.

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