FILE PHOTO: MotoGP - Austrian Grand Prix - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria - August 10, 2019 ONEXOX TKKR SAG's Tetsuta Nagashima celebrates winning pole position during Moto2 qualifying REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
(Reuters) - The motorcycle grand prix season started in Qatar on Sunday without MotoGP riders due to the coronavirus outbreak but their absence gave Tetsuta Nagashima a chance to seize the limelight.
The Japanese KTM rider Nagashima celebrated a surprise first grand prix win in the Moto2 category, in his 70th start and 10 years after the late Shoya Tomizawa triumphed at the Losail circuit.
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