After overnight rain, a storm and too much standing water on track at Losail International Circuit, the original timetable for Saturday at the #QatarGP saw some adjustments before the decision was taken by Race Direction to cancel track action for the day.
Track conditions were deemed too dangerous to enable riders to get out on track – and with little chance of improvement as rain and lightning began again.
So it’s combined times after the end of FP3 that will decide the grid ahead of Sunday. What does that mean? This:
Maverick Vinales will start from his first pole for Yamaha. Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Andrea Iannone and reigning Champion Marc Marquez join him on the front row.
The second row is: Johann Zarco, Andrea Dovizioso, and Scott Redding in sixth.
The third row – so from P7 to P9 – is Dani Pedrosa , Jonas Folger and Cal Crutchlow.
Nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi heads up Row 4 in tenth, ahead of Danilo Petrucci . Jorge Lorenzo is in 12th on his debut with the Ducati Team.