Italian Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing) won the MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday at Lusail.

Fabio DiGiannantonioPhoto: Hussein Sayed / AP / Profimedia

Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) finished second and is very close to his second consecutive world title after rival Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) finished only tenth.

Another Italian completed the podium: Luca Marini (Mooney VR46).

Pramac Racing became the first independent team to win the overall team classification.

Qatar MotoGP MP, final table

1. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing) 41:43.654

2. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) + 2734

3. Luca Marini (Mooney VR46) + 4408

4. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) + 4488

5. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) + 7246

6. Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing) +7620

7. Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) + 7828

8. Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo) + 8239

9. Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM) + 11,509

10. Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) + 14,819 etc.

MotoGP, overall rider rating

1. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) 437 points

2. Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) 416

3. Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46) 326

4. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) 268

5. Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) 204 etc.

The next (and final) stage in the 2023 MotoGP calendar will be the Valencia Grand Prix at the Ricardo Tormo circuit on November 26.