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Important changes for the Qatar GP time schedule
The moment we’ve all been waiting for is nearly here. The 2019 MotoGP™ World Championship revs back into life on Friday 8th March with FP1 and FP2, Saturday 9th with qualifying and of course, Sunday 10th with the first races of the season.
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The lightweight class get the ball rolling with FP1 on Friday at 13:50 local time (GMT+3), with Moto2™ FP1 starting at 14:45 before the premier class head out at 15:40, with MotoGP™ FP2 ending Friday’s action at 20:00.
Make sure you keep an eye out as Saturday’s on-track action takes on a new look this season. It begins as usual with all three FP3 sessions, before Moto3™ adopt the Qualifying 1 and 2 format at 17:30 local time, like we see in MotoGP™. Moto2™ then do the same, with Q1 for the intermediate class beginning at 18:25, before the premier class end Saturday with FP4, Q1 and Q2 – the battle for the first pole position of the year gets going at 20:25 local time.
Race day begins at 14:40 Doha time with Moto3™ Warm Up, before lights go out for the first time in 2019 at 17:00 with the lightweight class riders going for glory. Moto2™ launch at 18:20, before the big one gets underway: the MotoGP™ race commencing at 20:00 under the lights.
Overtaking hotspots: Losail International Circuit
Full time schedule (local time, GMT+3):
Thursday 7th March
17:00 – Pre-event Press Conference
Friday 8th March
13:50-14:30 – Moto3™ Free Practice 1
14:45-15:25 – Moto2™ Free Practice 1
15:40-16:25 – MotoGP™ Free Practice 1
18:10-18:50 – Moto3™ Free Practice 2
19:05-19:45 – Moto2™ Free Practice 2
20:00-20:45 – MotoGP™ Free Practice 2
Saturday 9th March
13:25-14:05 – Moto3™ Free Practice 3
14:20-15:00 – Moto2™ Free Practice 3
15:15-16:00 – MotoGP™ Free Practice 3
17:30-17:45 – Moto3™ Qualifying 1
17:55-18:10 – Moto3™ Qualifying 2
18:25-18:40 – Moto2™ Qualifying 1
18:50-19:05 – Moto2™ Qualifying 2
19:20-19:50 – MotoGP™ Free Practice 4
20:00-20:15 – MotoGP™ Qualifying 1
20:25-20:40 – MotoGP™ Qualifying 2
21:30 – MotoGP™ post-qualifying Press Conference
Sunday 10th March
14:40-15:00 – Moto3™ Warm Up
15:10-15:30 – Moto2™ Warm Up
15:40 – 16:00 – MotoGP™ Warm Up
17:00 – Moto3™ Race
18:20 – Moto2™ Race
20:00 – MotoGP™ Race
(Story and photos from MotoGP.com)