Lorenzo Tercepat di FP1 MotoGP Qatar, Rossi Menempel

Juara dunia bertahan inipun diikuti oleh sang tandem, Valentino Rossi di posisi kedua dengan jarak 0,267 detik. Posisi ketiga ditempati oleh pebalap tim pabrikan Ducati Corse, Andrea Iannone.

Sementara itu posisi keempat dan kelima masing-masing ditempati oleh pebalap Avintia Racing, Hector Barbera dan pebalap Suzuki Ecstar, Maverick Vinales.

Hasil sesi latihan bebas pertama MotoGP Qatar 2016:

1. Jorge Lorenzo - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (1m 55.440s)

2. Valentino Rossi - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (+0.267s)

3. Andrea Iannone - Ducati Team (+0.296s)

4. Hector Barbera - Avintia Racing (+0.370s)

5. Maverick Viñales - Team Suzuki Ecstar (+0.407s)

6. Pol Espargaro - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (+0.611s)

7. Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda Team (+0.658s)

8. Marc Marquez - Repsol Honda Team (+0.818s)

9. Andrea Dovizioso - Ducati Team (+0.947s)

10. Scott Redding - Octo Pramac Yakhnich (+0.972s)

11. Bradley Smith - Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (+1.084s)

12. Cal Crutchlow - LCR Honda (+1.156s)

13. Loris Baz - Avintia Racing (+1.343s)

14. Jack Miller - Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (+1.499s)

15. Danilo Petrucci - Octo Pramac Yakhnich (+1.541s)

16. Aleix Espargaro - Team Suzuki Ecstar (+1.656s)

17. Alvaro Bautista - Factory Aprilia Gresini (+1.689s)

18. Yonny Hernandez - Aspar MotoGP Team (+1.752s)

19. Eugene Laverty - Aspar MotoGP Team (+1.981s)

20. Tito Rabat - Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (+2.476s)

21. Stefan Bradl - Factory Aprilia Gresini (+2.549s) [initial]