Qatar Moto3: Bagnaia puts Aspar Mahindra on podium

The Italian rider was involved in a big battle with eventual winner Niccolo Antonelli (Honda), second placed Brad Binder (KTM), making it an all three different manufacturers on the podium.

Fighting all through the 18-lap race, Bagnaia moved from second to sixth but took third on the last lap when fourth placed Romano Fenati (KTM) went wide on Turn 1.

The Aspar rider then held on to the position keeping Fenati at bay, finishing 0.148s off Antonelli, giving Mahindra's an unlikely podium.

This is the Indian marquee's fifth podium since entering into Moto3 in 2014 and Bagnaia's second with the manufacturer. 

It wasn't a great finish for teammate Jorge Martin who was running 18th at Losail circuit but retired with one lap to go, leaving Platinum Bay's Darryn Binder, the second highest Mahindra at 23rd.

The Peugeot branded MGP03's Alexis Masbou finished 24th with his British teammate John McPhee at 25th.

McPhee was followed by the rest of the Mahindra riders with Tatsuki Suzuki (CIP) at 26th, rookie Stefano Valtulini (Team Italia) 27th, the other Platinum Bay of Karel Hanika 30th.

The last two spots were completed by Team Italia's Lorenzo Petrarca at 31st and CIP's Fabio Spiranelli 32nd.

Rider	Team	Gap (From leader)
Jorge Martin	Aspar Mahindra	DNF
Francesco Bagnaia	Aspar Mahindra	0.148s
Darryn Binder	Platinum Bay	31.939s
Karel Hanika	Platinum Bay	59.105s
John McPhee	Peugeot SaxoPrint	32.547s
Alexis Masbou	Peugeot SaxoPrint	31.949s
Stefano Valtulini	Team Italia	34.584s
Lorenzo Petrarca	Team Italia	59.109s
Fabio Spiranelli	CIP	1:34.948s
Tatsuki Suzuki	CIP	32.812s