Preview: Qatar MotoGP – three key talking points for the 2024 season
Al Jazeera
Can Yamaha catch up with Ducati and can anyone stop Francesco Bagnaia from winning his third successive world title?
Motorcyling’s premier competition returns to action this weekend as Qatar turns host for the season-opening MotoGP race on Sunday.
The Lusail International Circuit will host an 11-lap sprint race on Saturday and the main 22-lap race on Sunday, with Francesco Bagnaia favourite to clinch his third successive title in the competition’s 75th year.
Bagnaia and his Ducati Lenovo outfit will be the team to beat once again in a season that features 21 rounds, finishing in Valencia, Spain on November 17.
This year’s race will mark Qatar’s 21st MotoGP event as it joined the Grand Prix calendar in 2004.
Here are three major offseason talking points ahead of the all-important Round 1 at Lusail International Circuit:
