Jorge Lorenzo triumphed at the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner after an excellent ride saw the Spaniard claim victory from pole position, as the 2012 MotoGP™ World Championship got off to a marvellous start.
2 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team
3 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team
4 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3
5 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Monster Yamaha Tech 3
6 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team
7 Alvaro BAUTISTA San Carlo Honda Gresini
8 Stefan BRADL LCR Honda MotoGP
9 Hector BARBERA Pramac Racing Team
10 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team
11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing
12 Colin EDWARDS NGM Mobile Forward Racing
13 Randy DE PUNIET Power Electronics Aspar
14 Yonny HERNANDEZ Avintia Blusens
15 Aleix ESPARGARO Power Electronics Aspar
16 Ivan SILVA Avintia Blusens
17 Mattia PASINI Speed Master
18 James ELLISON Paul Bird Motorsport
Not Classified
Michele PIRRO San Carlo Honda Gresini
Danilo PETRUCCI Came IodaRacing Project
Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing
source: MotoGP Official