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    'Unreal' Bagnaia cruises to season-opening Qatar MotoGP win

    Defending double world champion Francesco Bagnaia cruised to victory in the season-opening Qatar MotoGP on Sunday.- Start delayed - And the double world champion from Moto 2 and Moto 3 soon had Marquez in his rear view mirror, although he slipped back a couple of places in the closing stages.

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    Martin sprints to first points of new MotoGP season in Qatar

    Jorge Martin got the first points on the board in the new MotoGP season, winning Saturday's sprint in Qatar with defending double world champion Francesco Bagnaia in fourth.Running wide at a corner a few laps later left the door open for Espargaro to nip past the former six-time MotoGP world champion.

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    Spain's Martin takes pole for Qatar MotoGP, Bagnaia on second row

    Spaniard Jorge Martin set a lap record on his way to pole position for the season-opening Qatar MotoGP and sprint on Saturday with world champion Francesco Bagnaia starting on the second row.Italy's reigning two-time world champion Bagnaia will start from the second row on his factory Ducati after clocking the fifth fastest time, behind South African Brad Binder, who managed to get up to fourth before his late crash.

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    'Elegant' Bagnaia in third title quest on MotoGP's 75th anniversary

    Francesco Bagnaia embarks on his quest for a third straight MotoGP crown in Qatar this weekend as motorcycling's fast and furious elite category celebrates its 75th anniversary.MotoGP has come a long way since the inaugural six-race season in 1949: in 2024 Bagnaia and the pretenders to his crown will criss-cross the world for 21 races culminating in Valencia in November.