MotoGP 2015: Championship standings after Qatar
Rossi on top and Ducati second and third after 2015 opener
Samantha Wanless
VALENTINO Rossi tops the MotoGP 2015 championship standings after winning an intense battle with Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso.
The Ducati team made a strong start to the season, with Dovizioso in second place and his team-mate Andrea Iannone third.
Reigning world champion Marc Marquez has 11 points after finishing in fifth place behind Movistar Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo.
Britain's Cal Crutchlow is currently seventh for the CWM LCR Honda team, while fellow Brit Bradley Smith is eighth.
The second round of the 2015 season will take place at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on April 12.
| 1. | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 25 |
| 2. | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 20 |
| 3. | Andrea Iannone | Ducati | 16 |
| 4. | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 13 |
| 5. | Marc Marquez | Honda | 11 |
| 6. | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 10 |
| 7. | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 9 |
| 8. | Bradley Smith | Yamaha | 8 |
| 9. | Pol Espargaro | Yamaha | 7 |
| 10. | Yonny Hernandez | Ducati | 6 |
| 11. | Aleix Espargaro | Suzuki | 5 |
| 12. | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 4 |
| 13. | Scott Redding | Honda | 3 |
| 14. | Maverick Vinales | Suzuki | 2 |
| 15. | Hector Barbera | Ducati | 1 |
