Pole-sitter Casey Stoner made a winning start to life with Repsol Honda as he swept to victory in the opening race of the 2011 MotoGP season in Qatar.
The Australian came home 3.44 seconds ahead of champion Jorge Lorenzo, who edged out Stoner's teammate Dani Pedrosa into third place.
Valentino Rossi came seventh on his Ducati debut, having narrowly avoided coming off with seven laps left.
British GP debutant Cal Crutchlow finished in a creditable 11th place.
Pramac Ducati rider Randy de Puniet came off his bike on the opening lap and teammate Loris Capirossi was forced to retire hurt shortly afterwards, having damaged his hand swerving to avoid the crash.
Race result: 1 C Stoner 2 J Lorenzo 3 D Pedrosa 4 A Dovizioso 5 M Simoncelli 6 B Spies 7 V Rossi 8 C Edwards 9 N Hayden 10 H Aoyama 11 C Crutchlow 12 H Barbera 13 K Abraham
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