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

Tito Rabat claimed a photo-finish victory on his Marc V♚DS debut i𓃲n the season-opening Qatar Moto2 Grand Prix.

The Spaniard held off Takaaki Nakagami by just 0.040s, with team-mate 𓄧Mika 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 every race he has started from the top positi♌on on the grid.

A swift recovery saw the Spaniard ultimately fend off new Idemitsu Honda Team Asi🌄a🌟 rider Nakagami, who was forced to settle for 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 po⛦dium.

Tom Luthi fell back duri💯ng the race after a positive start but recovered to finish fourth for Interwetten and top Suter rider.

Fifth went to Maverick Vinales, the 2013 Moto3 champion, making the Pons rider the top rookie𒀰. He🌟 also posted a new fastest lap on his Pons HP 40 bike, taking the record from Marc Marquez.

Simo✨ne Corsi was sixth for NGM Forward KLX r🦹acing after being caught and passed by Vinales late in the race.

Briton Sam Lowes enjoyed a strong grand prix debut, the Moto2 ro🐼okie and reigning World Supersport champion finishing seventh for Speed Up, their top fin🗹isher.

Aspar's Jordi Torres🅠, hurting from his qualifying crash with 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 woౠn out in eighth, with Torres settling for ninth.

Ant West secured a top ten finish for th﷽e 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 Project rider Randy Krummenacher in 14th with the final point going to Luis Salom📖 after making up place🌱s on the final lap on his Moto2 debut for Pons HP 40.

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

Aspar also saw Nico Terol retiring when his bಌike failed.

The middle of the pack imploded on lap one in a huge crash, taking out Caterham's Josh Hꦬerrin 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 an oil leak with 17 laps to go. Tech3 rider Marcel Schrotter crashed out with 8 laps remaini🎐ng.

Also not classified were Ax🎶el Pons and Lorenzo Baldassarri who crashed in the closing stages.