Risked a lot, lost everything: After a daring deed in the early rounds, Stefan Bradl is the season opener in Qatar MotoGP overthrown as the leader.
The end for the native Augsburg came in round eight. The 24-year-old slipped his Honda outwardly away, stuck to his departure but unharmed.
This Bradl had caught a dream start under floodlights at the Losail Circuit, on which he had won his first race in the Moto2 division club. From seventh place he went right on into the top group. After a fall of former world champion Jorge Lorenzo in round one Bradl took over even the lead.
But the dream of the sensational triumph lasted only until lap eight. Then, the hopes of the Moto2 World Champion of 2011 found an abrupt end.
At the finish cheered World Champion Marc Marquez. The Spaniards referred Valentino Rossi and Daniel Pedrosa, who finished second and third respectively.
