Heavy rain at start of 1st MotoGp Qatar: race postponed till Monday 9pm localtime.

Race postponed till Monday 9pm local time

Qatar's Losail International Circuit on the outskirts of Doha was lashed by heavy rain on Sunday, forcing the postponement of the night-time race. Race officials said the race will now take place on Monday with a start time of 1900 BST and we will have live text commentary of all the action.

"For safety reasons it was not possible to race in the night due to the reflection of the lights on the track," Claude Danis of the International Motorcycling Federation said in a statement.

"I am very happy that we could postpone the race until tomorrow," Danis said.

The 125cc race and 250cc Grand Prix were shortened but the main showpiece was unable to get underway.