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2016 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Australia  2016 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 18 races in the
2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date23 October 2016
Official nameMichelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationPhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:30.189
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Honda
Time 1:29.494 on lap 8
Podium
First United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Honda
Second Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Third Spain Maverick Viñales Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Time 1:33.992
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Time 1:33.414 on lap 2
Podium
First Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Second Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Third Germany Sandro Cortese Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Time 1:37.696
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Locatelli KTM
Time 1:37.335 on lap 5 (first part)
Podium
First South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Second Italy Andrea Locatelli KTM
Third Spain Arón Canet Honda

The 2016 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island on 23 October 2016.

This race marked 2006 MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden's final start in Grand Prix motorcycle racing before succumbing to his injuries after a cycling accident on 22 May 2017. Hayden was replacing Dani Pedrosa for this race.

Classification

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MotoGP

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 27 40:48.543 2 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +4.218 15 20
3 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27 +5.309 13 16
4 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 27 +9.157 9 13
5 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +14.299 3 11
6 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +20.125 12 10
7 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 27 +28.369 11 9
8 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +28.781 14 8
9 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 27 +28.792 6 7
10 43 Australia Jack Miller Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27 +28.815 5 6
11 6 Germany Stefan Bradl Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +31.809 8 5
12 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +47.734 18 4
13 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 27 +47.749 17 3
14 50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 27 +54.311 16 2
15 7 Australia Mike Jones Avintia Racing Ducati 27 +55.875 19 1
16 53 Spain Tito Rabat Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27 +1:06.395 21
17 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +1:22.604 7
Ret 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Ducati Team Ducati 24 Accident 10
Ret 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 22 Accident 4
Ret 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 9 Accident 1
Ret 76 France Loris Baz Avintia Racing Ducati 0 Electronics 20
Sources:[4][5][6]
Thomas Lüthi, battling with Franco Morbidelli during the Moto2 race. Lüthi went on to win the race, with Morbidelli finishing second.

Moto2

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 25 39:15.891 1 25
2 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 25 +0.010 9 20
3 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Kalex 25 +0.530 4 16
4 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 25 +3.081 8 13
5 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 25 +3.815 12 11
6 94 Germany Jonas Folger Kalex 25 +11.087 6 10
7 24 Italy Simone Corsi Speed Up 25 +13.291 13 9
8 49 Spain Axel Pons Kalex 25 +16.411 18 8
9 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 25 +17.650 11 7
10 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Tech 3 25 +17.665 7 6
11 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon Speed Up 25 +17.762 20 5
12 5 France Johann Zarco Kalex 25 +17.796 10 4
13 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 25 +31.575 5 3
14 57 Spain Edgar Pons Kalex 25 +34.670 23 2
15 14 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Kalex 25 +40.454 16 1
16 10 Italy Luca Marini Kalex 25 +47.707 17
17 70 Switzerland Robin Mulhauser Kalex 25 +1:34.470 26
18 93 Malaysia Ramdan Rosli Kalex 24 +1 lap 25
Ret 20 Italy Alessandro Nocco Kalex 23 Tyre 27
Ret 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex 22 Accident Damage 2
Ret 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Kalex 22 Accident 21
Ret 87 Australia Remy Gardner Kalex 13 Accident 22
Ret 60 Spain Julián Simón Speed Up 9 Accident 14
Ret 27 Spain Iker Lecuona Kalex 9 Accident 24
Ret 40 Spain Álex Rins Kalex 6 Accident 15
Ret 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex 2 Accident 3
Ret 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 0 Accident 19
DNS 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex Did not start
DNS 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Tech 3 Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
  • Álex Márquez withdrew from the race after injuries to his wrist and back suffered in a crash during warm-up.
  • Isaac Viñales suffered a shoulder injury in a crash during qualifying.

Moto3

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The race, scheduled to be run for 23 laps, was red-flagged after 5 laps due to accident and was later restarted for 10 laps.[7]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 10 16:22.009 1 25
2 55 Italy Andrea Locatelli KTM 10 +5.937 14 20
3 44 Spain Arón Canet Honda 10 +9.594 20 16
4 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Mahindra 10 +9.642 6 13
5 11 Belgium Livio Loi Honda 10 +9.680 4 11
6 88 Spain Jorge Martín Mahindra 10 +9.750 8 10
7 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez Mahindra 10 +9.996 29 9
8 76 Japan Hiroki Ono Honda 10 +10.115 28 8
9 95 France Jules Danilo Honda 10 +10.142 15 7
10 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder KTM 10 +10.358 10 6
11 7 Malaysia Adam Norrodin Honda 10 +10.447 26 5
12 20 France Fabio Quartararo KTM 10 +10.569 34 4
13 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 10 +10.682 23 3
14 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 10 +10.979 25 2
15 6 Spain María Herrera KTM 10 +13.763 13 1
16 12 Spain Albert Arenas Peugeot 10 +13.821 24
17 77 Italy Lorenzo Petrarca Mahindra 10 +28.297 31
18 3 Italy Fabio Spiranelli Mahindra 10 +42.036 30
19 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta KTM 10 +50.454 27
20 14 Australia Matt Barton FTR Honda 10 +1:23.446 33
Ret 19 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 9 Accident 3
Ret 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Honda 9 Accident 11
Ret 43 Italy Stefano Valtulini Mahindra 8 Accident 32
Ret 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 0 Accident 17
Ret 8 Italy Nicolò Bulega KTM 0 Did not restart 2
Ret 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 0 Did not restart 5
Ret 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Peugeot 0 Did not restart 7
Ret 36 Spain Joan Mir KTM 0 Did not restart 9
Ret 21 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 0 Did not restart 12
Ret 89 Malaysia Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 0 Did not restart 16
Ret 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 0 Did not restart 18
Ret 4 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 0 Did not restart 19
Ret 58 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 0 Did not restart 21
Ret 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil Honda 0 Did not restart 22
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.[8]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Australian MotoGP". Motorsportsmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2016 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2016 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  5. ^ "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  6. ^ "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Australian Moto3: Binder wins crash-affected race at Phillip Island". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved 2019-08-27.


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