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Sam Lowes fought to the front early then dominated the Moto2 Qatar Grand Prix to begin his 2021 season with a victory.

Jaume Masia timed his final move to perfection and lead the entire last lap and claim victory in the Moto3 Qatar Grand Prix.

Sam Lowes dominated the Moto2 Q2 session to claim pole ahead of the opening race of the season in Qatar.

Darryn Binder set a new lap record to claim pole position ahead of the opening Moto3 race of the season in Qatar.

Sam Lowes got the best of the Doha track under the floodlights to finish day one on top of the timesheets after Moto2 FP2 in Qatar.

It was all change after the second Moto3 session with Kaito Toba finishing Friday fastest ahead of the first race of the season in Qatar.

Marco Bezzecchi picked up the pace to set the best lap in first Moto2 session of the season in Qatar.

After a tentative start Pedro Acosta picked up the pace to top FP1 as Moto3 got the first race weekend of the 2021 season under way in Doha.

Marc Gene: It's always nice to bring F1 close up to the public on this sort of occasion. In this part of the world, the growth in interest in motor sport is visible to the naked eye, partly down to the efforts of major companies like Shell.