Lorenzo Juara, Dovi Kedua, Marquez Ketiga

Doni Wahyudi - detikSport

Losail - Jorge Lorezo mengawali upaya mempertahankan gelar juara dunia dengan meraih kemenangan di MotoGP Qatar. Lorenzo mengalahkan Andrea Dovizioso dan Marc Marquez yang finis di belakangnya.

Balapan pembuka musim yang digelar di Sirkuit Losail, Senin (21/3/2016) dinihari WIB, berjalan seru sejak lap pertama. Lorenzo berhasil mempertahankan posisi terdepan sesaat setelah start, sementara Marquez dan Maverick Vinnales - yang dapat posisi start dua dan tiga - mundur beberapa posisi ke belakang.

Duo Ducati, Andrea Iannone dan Doviziso, menjalani start gemilang dengan langsung menyodok ke posisi dua dan tiga. Pada lap kedua mereka malah memimpin balapan, setelah nyaris bersamaan menyalip Lorenzo di lintasan lurus.

Lorenzo kemudian menunjukkan statusnya sebagai juara dunia. Dia bisa kembali memimpin balapan dan mempertahankan posisi tersebut sampai menyentuh garis finis.

F1 GP Australia, 20 March 2016

1. N. Rosberg 2. LC. Hamilton 3. S. Vettel

Rosberg wins action-packed Australian GP
Albert Park [20 March 2016]

Nico Rosberg beat Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to victory at a thrilling Australian Grand Prix after Sebastian Vettel saw an early lead overturned by a red flag on lap 18 that left Ferrari's strategy in tatters.

Rosberg led Hamilton across the line for victory by 8.0s, but the reigning champions' one-two victory was hard-earned as Vettel pushed Hamilton close until two laps from the end when he ran wide at the penultimate corner. The race hinged on lap 18 when Fernando Alonso crashed heavily with Esteban Gutierrez at Turn 3, resulting in the race being stopped. That allowed Mercedes to switch to medium tyres and run until the end, while Ferrari's strategy on super-soft and soft tyres unravelled and cost Vettel the lead.