Photo by: Ray Archer

Today, the MXGP and MX2 qualifying races were run at the opening round of the 2015 MXGP Motocross World Championship series in Losail, Qatar. At the front of MX2 and MXGP, it was all Red Bull/KTM, with Antonio Cairoli winning the MXGP qualifying race and Jeffrey Herlings taking the checkered flag in MX2. For the two Americans on Kawasakis, Thomas Covington in MX2 and Ryan Villopoto in MXGP, there were some good and bad surprises. In MX2, Covington surprised everyone with a 2nd place finish, and in MXGP, Villopoto surprised everyone with an 8th place finish in the qualifier. Hopefully in the races tomorrow, Covington can continue to surprise and RV can get it turned around.

After the race, Antonio Cairoli, Jeffrey Herlings and the American Thomas Covington were invited to talk about qualifying today with the press. Luckily for MotoXAddicts, we have Geoff Meyer from MXLarge in the house. You can hear what Cairoli, Herlings and Covington had to say by clicking play below. Click here for qualifying results from Losail, Qatar.

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Dan Lamb is a 12+ year journalist and the owner of MotoXAddicts.