After overnight rain, a storm and too much standing water on track at Losail International Circuit, the original timetable for Saturday at the Qatar GP saw some adjustments before the decision was made 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. Combined times after the end of FP3 therefore were used to make up the grid for Sunday.
Maverick Vinales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) will start from his first pole for Yamaha. Team Suzuki Ecstar's Andrea Iannone and reigning champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) join him on the front row.
The second row is Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), and Scott Redding (Octo Pramac Racing) in sixth. P7 to P9 will feature Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team), Jonas Folger (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda).
Valentino Rossi rounded out the top 10, ahead of Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Racing). Jorge Lorenzo is in 12th on his debut with the Ducati team.