Motorcycling - Qatar to host MotoGP until at least 2031

The Gulf state hosts the opening round of the 2019 championship at the Losail circuit this weekend, with Spaniard Marc Marquez chasing his sixth crown in the top class with Honda.

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Published 8 March 2019 6:06am

Source: Reuters

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Qatar made its debut on the calendar in 2004 and became the first night race under floodlights four years later. It remains the only round of the championship in the Middle East.

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(Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Ed Osmond)

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