Celestino Vietti converted his first intermediat﷽e pole position into a maiden race win in the class as he lead over the line by over six seconds in a dominant performance at the Moto2 Qatar Grand Prix, the opening round of the season.

A strong start saw the Mooney VR46 Racing Team bike hold strong out front, where the Italian then managed his race to perf꧋ection, keeping to his race pace to ease over the line by a huge 6.154s.

Aron Canet was ninth on the grid but got a dream sta🐎rt to push up to second on the first lap. The Flexbox HP40 rider tried to catch Vietti, but response came every time he piled on the pressure leaving him an equally solo second in Doha.

Th🧸e battle for third is where all the race action took place, with foꦗur riders in contention for the position.

Ai Ogura held firm at the front for the longest over the twenty laps and looked to have the cornering and pace to reply at the last turn ꧃af♔ter every attack.

Augusto Fernandez ran wide on the last lap as he looked for a way around on the Red Bull KTM Ajo machine, leading to a collision with tꦏhe Japanese rider. Ogura ran wide and out of contention as he struggled to stay aboard while losing the front on his Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Triumph.

It was a case of right time, right place for Sam Lowes, who passed the duo to claim ☂third, some luck going the way of the Elf Marc VDS rider as he struggles with tendinitis strength and pain issues.

Pole man Fernandez went on to finish the race fourth and Ogura sixt😼h, with fellow contender Tony Arbolino splitting the pair after pulling himself back into podium contention on the se๊cond Marc VDS Entry.

Jorge Navar🥃ro was a further two second wait down the track, arriving to take sevent✱h on the second Flexbox HP40 bike.

He was followed by the two Americans in the class hard at battle - Joe Roberts (Italtrans) and Cameron Beaubier ( American Racing). Roberts passed his compatriot after he did most of the work up front just before the last l🃏ap to claim eighth.

Marcel Schrotter (Liqui Moly Intact GP) was fighting injury after his testing crash and Jake Dixon on track at the British rider made a late lunge for the top ten. The Inde GasGas rider was victim to a bad start which saw him pushed out wide and down through t꧑he pack. Dixon rallied to finish just five tenths behind the Germಌan.

Moto3 reigning champion Pedro Acosta, a season favourite despite his Moto2 rookie status after his winter testing form, had a similar fate at the start of the race, f𝄹inding himself last after being sat up on the opening corner.

He staged a comeback of hiওs own to climb to a commendable twelfth at the chequered flag for Red Bull KTM Ajo.

The remaining ❀points on offer went to Albert Arenas (Inde GasGas Aspar) in 13th , Jeremy Alcoba (Liqui Moly Intact GP) in 14th and Romano Fenati, the first rider to not cro✨ss the line on a Kalex as he brought home the MB Conveyors Speed Up Boscoscuro in 15th.

Barry Baltus completed a great save late in the race, putting his hand down on the tarmac to pushꦡ himself back up but did not finish, leaving the track with one lap left to ꦯrun.

The only other riders not to go ⛄the distance were Filip Salac, who exited at turn five on lap two and Lorenzo Dalla Porta who retired to the pits.

Somkiat Chantr🌳a was absent after breaking a bone in practice🐼.