Heavy rain in Qatar means MotoGP has its first-ever official wet laps under floodlights, but the Friday night session will no longer count towards Qualifying 2.
Due to wet weather ahead of Friday's second practice at the Qatar MotoGP, the session was reclassified.
MotoGP confirmed shortly before the session began:"The Friday night MotoGP session will go ahead in the wet but will now be classified as a free practice. Saturday's final practice will now decide the top ten places for direct Qualifying 2 access."It's not the first time heavy rain has been a factor at the desert venue, with the 2009 event being famously moved to a Monday and qualifying cancelled in 2017.
But at the end of the 2018 MotoGP test, the Lusail track was deliberately soaked to give riders a taste of wet riding at night, after which it was decided it would be safe to go ahead in future.Red Bull investigate Helmut Marko over leaks | He admits he may be suspended
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