UPDATE: Takaaki Nakagami later disqualified "for the use of a non-regulation air filter."

Tito Rabat claimed a photo-finish vicꦇtory on his Marc VDS debut in the season-opening Qℱatar Moto2 Grand Prix.

The Spaniard held off Takaaki Nakagami by just 0.040s, with �🌟�team-mate Mika Kallio one-second from victory under the Losail floodlights.

Pre-season favourite Rabat recovered after being beaten up on the opening lap to take his third win, winning ever🐭y race he has started from the top position on the grid.

A swift recovery saw the Spaniard ultimately fend off new Idemitsu Honda Team Asia rider Nakagami, who was forced to settle fo🍌r his fifth runner-up finish in grand prix.

Kallio, with a Petronas team donated Kalex chassis on his Marc VDS machine♉ after his crash into Cortese's bike in qualifying, completed the all-Kalex podium.

Tom Luthi fell back during the race after a positive start but recov♏ered to finish fourth for Interwetten and top Suter rider.

Fifth went to Maverick Vinales, the 2013 Moto3 champion, making the Pons rider the top rookie. He also posted a new fastest lap on his Pons HP 40 bike, taki🌟ng the rec🐲ord from Marc Marquez.

Simone Corsi was sixth for NGM F✤orward KLX racing afte⛦r being caught and passed by Vinales late in the race.

Britonꩵ Sam Lowes enjoyed a strong granඣd prix debut, the Moto2 rookie and reigning World Supersport champion finishing seventh for Speed Up, their top finisher.

Aspar's Jordi Torres, hur🅘ting from his qualifying crash wi🃏th Sandro Cortese had to deal with the German rider again in the race.

The Dynavolt Intact GP racer on painkillers after his the crash left him with an swollen, damaged ankle 🙈won out in eighth, with Torres settling for ninth.

Ant West sဣecured a top ten finish for 🎃the Qatar based QMMF Racing Team.

The remaining points went to Louis Rossi at SAG Team in eleventh with Jonas Folger for 🌳AGR Team taking twelfth.

Ricky Cardus, replacing injured Alex Marinelarena, impressed in 13th finishing ahead of IodaRacing Pr𒊎oject rider Randy Krummenacher in 14th with the fina✨l point going to Luis Salom after making up places on the final lap on his Moto2 debut for Pons HP 40.

Dominique Aegerter failed to match the record for most consecutive finishes after෴🍎 his Technomag bike had an engine failure, resulting in his smoking bike being black-flagged.

Aspar als♛o saw Nico Terol retiring when h𓆉is bike failed.

The middle of the pack imploded on lap one in a huge crash, ta𒁏king out Caterham'sꦛ Josh Herrin an Johann Zarco, Tasca Racing rider Alex De Angelis and Gresini rider Xavier Simeon.

Al Naimi and Gino Rea also retired, the Londoner pulling into the pits with 𝔉an oil leak with 17 laps to go. Tech3 rider Marcel Schrotter crashed out with 8 laps remaining.

Also not classified were Axel Pons and Lorenzo Baldassarri who crashed in the closing s🎶tages.