article_snippet: Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi pipped Andrea Dovizioso to win the opening race of the 2015 MotoGP season in Qatar.
article_snippet: Rossi, a seven-time world champion in MotoGP, had started on the third row on Valentino Rossi Yamaha but worked Valentino Rossi way up the grid and claimed victory by just 0.174 seconds ahead of Andrea Dovizioso.
article_snippet: Dovizioso's Ducati team-mate Andrea Iannone claimed third, 2.250secs adrift of the winner to make it an all-Italian podium.
article_snippet: Valentino Rossi celebrates after winning the curtain raiser MotoGP event in Qatar .
article_snippet: Valentino Rossi pipped Andrea Dovizios (left) into second place with Dovizioso's Ducati team-mate Andrea Iannone finishing third .
article_snippet: Dovizioso's Ducati team-mate Andrea Iannone was later reported Marquez had set the fastest ever recorded speed in MotoGP on his charge up the grid, at one point reaching 217.66mph.
highlights_snippet: Valentino Rossi won the season's opening MotoGP race in Qatar .
  
highlights_snippet: Seven-time champion pipped Andrea Dovizioso to win by just 0.174secs .
  