Jorge Lorenzo has called for next week's 2019 season-opening Qatar Grand Prix to be run at least “half an hour” earlier than planned to avoid “dangerous” low-grip track conditions.  The Qatar race has been a night event since the 2008 season, originally starting at 23:00 local time, though has gradually been brought forward owing to treacherous track conditions caused by dew forming on circuit after 21:00 local time.  Since last year, the MotoGP race has been run at 19:00 in a bid to maximise the best of the track conditions, but also to allow a greater window to still run the grand prix in the event of a rain delay - a change made in the wake of...
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