Ar Horhes Lorenco uzvaru ir noslēgusies jaunā formāta MotoGP kvalifikācija pirmajā posmā Katarā.
“Yamaha” braucējs aiz sevis atstāja Kelu Kračlovu un pērnā gada sīvāko sāncensi Dani Pedrosu no “Honda” komandas. Pārsteigumu sagādāja “Ducati” braucējs Andrea Doviciozo, kurš atklās otro starta rindu, bet Valentīno Rosi savu atgriešanos “Yamaha” fabrikas komandā atzīmēja ar septīto starta pozīciju Katarā.
| V | No | Braucējs | Motocikls | Laiks | Līdz 1. | Atst. |
| 1 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | Yamaha | 1’54.714 | ||
| 2 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Yamaha | 1’54.916 | 0.202 | 0.202 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1’55.151 | 0.437 | 0.235 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati | 1’55.160 | 0.446 | 0.009 |
| 5 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 1’55.477 | 0.763 | 0.317 |
| 6 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | Honda | 1’55.645 | 0.931 | 0.168 |
| 7 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1’55.711 | 0.997 | 0.066 |
| 8 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Honda | 1’55.870 | 1.156 | 0.159 |
| 9 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | Yamaha | 1’56.315 | 1.601 | 0.445 |
| 10 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | Ducati | 1’56.523 | 1.809 | 0.208 |
| 11 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | Ducati | 1’56.667 | 1.953 | 0.144 |
| 12 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | ART | 1’57.064 | 2.350 | 0.397 |
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| 13 | 11 | Ben SPIES | Ducati | 1’57.440 | 0.289 | 0.237 |
| 14 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | ART | 1’57.551 | 0.400 | 0.111 |
| 15 | 52 | Lukas PESEK | Ioda-Suter | 1’57.926 | 0.775 | 0.375 |
| 16 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | ART | 1’58.058 | 0.907 | 0.132 |
| 17 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | FTR | 1’58.263 | 1.112 | 0.205 |
| 18 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | ART | 1’58.271 | 1.120 | 0.008 |
| 19 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | FTR Kawasaki | 1’58.361 | 1.210 | 0.090 |
| 20 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ioda-Suter | 1’58.486 | 1.335 | 0.125 |
| 21 | 71 | Claudio CORTI | FTR Kawasaki | 1’58.755 | 1.604 | 0.269 |
| 22 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | FTR | 1’58.806 | 1.655 | 0.051 |
| 23 | 67 | Bryan STARING | FTR Honda | 1’58.912 | 1.761 | 0.106 |
| 24 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | PBM | 1’59.572 | 2.421 | 0.660 |