Date 9 March 2008 Rider Jorge Lorenzo | Location Losail Circuit Time 1:53.927 | |
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Official name Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar Course Permanent racing facility
5.380 km (3.343 mi) | ||
The 2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 7–9 March 2008 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. The race was historic in that it was the first one to be run at night, with the MotoGP race getting underway at 23:00 local time. Rookies Lorenzo and Toseland started their season strong with Lorenzo getting pole position and Toseland in 2nd during qualifying.
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2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA