MotoGP: Losail Circuit Sports Club continues to create close finishes

DOHA: The Tissot Grand Prix of Doha takes pride as hosting the closest top 15 finish in history.

The Losail Circuit Sports Club (LCSC) has a habit of creating close finishes, but this time around was on a different scale.

8.928 seconds — that was the margin between Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) and Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) in a ferocious race under the lights, a gap that easily beats the previous record of 15.093 seconds also at LCSC.

Interestingly, every manufacturer was inside the top 15 and to be even more specific, 6.063 seconds was the gap between Yamaha, Ducati, Suzuki, KTM, Aprilia and Honda in the Qatari capital.

All six manufacturers have built very competitive machinery for the best riders in the world to challenge each other on, creating an even greater spectacle than we had before.

At the opening two Grands Prix this year, there has been fifth closest top 15 finishes in history.

The gap between Qatar GP winner Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) and Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) was 16.422 seconds, just under fourth tenths bigger than the 2018 Dutch GP won by Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team).

Current five closest top 15 finishes in history:
1. 2021 Grand Prix of Doha (8.928 seconds)
2. 2019 Grand Prix of Qatar (15.093s)
3. 2020 Aragon Grand Prix (15.941s)
4. 2018 Dutch Grand Prix (16.043s)
5. 2021 Grand Prix of Qatar (16.422s)