2016 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  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 Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:30.189
Fastest lap
Rider Cal Crutchlow Honda
Time 1:29.494 on lap 8
Podium
First Cal Crutchlow Honda
Second Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Third Maverick Viñales Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Time 1:33.992
Fastest lap
Rider Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Time 1:33.414 on lap 2
Podium
First Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Second Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Third Sandro Cortese Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Brad Binder KTM
Time 1:37.696
Fastest lap
Rider Andrea Locatelli KTM
Time 1:37.335 on lap 5 (first part)
Podium
First Brad Binder KTM
Second Andrea Locatelli KTM
Third Arón Canet Honda

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

MotoGP
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 35 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 27 40:48.543 2 25
2 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +4.218 15 20
3 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki ECSTAR Suzuki 27 +5.309 13 16
4 04 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 27 +9.157 9 13
5 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +14.299 3 11
6 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +20.125 12 10
7 45 Scott Redding Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 27 +28.369 11 9
8 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +28.781 14 8
9 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 27 +28.792 6 7
10 43 Jack Miller EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27 +28.815 5 6
11 6 Stefan Bradl Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +31.809 8 5
12 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +47.734 18 4
13 68 Yonny Hernández Aspar MotoGP Team Ducati 27 +47.749 17 3
14 50 Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Ducati 27 +54.311 16 2
15 7 Mike Jones Avintia Racing Ducati 27 +55.875 19 1
16 53 Esteve Rabat EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27 +1:06.395 21
17 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +1:22.604 7
Ret 8 Héctor Barberá Ducati Team Ducati 24 Accident 10
Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki ECSTAR Suzuki 22 Accident 4
Ret 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 9 Accident 1
Ret 76 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
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 25 39:15.891 1 25
2 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 25 +0.010 9 20
3 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 25 +0.530 4 16
4 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 25 +3.081 8 13
5 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 25 +3.815 12 11
6 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 25 +11.087 6 10
7 24 Simone Corsi Speed Up 25 +13.291 13 9
8 49 Axel Pons Kalex 25 +16.411 18 8
9 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 25 +17.650 11 7
10 97 Xavi Vierge Tech 3 25 +17.665 7 6
11 19 Xavier Siméon Speed Up 25 +17.762 20 5
12 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 25 +17.796 10 4
13 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 25 +31.575 5 3
14 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 25 +34.670 23 2
15 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Kalex 25 +40.454 16 1
16 10 Luca Marini Kalex 25 +47.707 17
17 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 25 +1:34.470 26
18 93 Ramdan Rosli Kalex 24 +1 lap 25
Ret 20 Alessandro Nocco Kalex 23 Tyre 27
Ret 54 Mattia Pasini Kalex 22 Accident Damage 2
Ret 52 Danny Kent Kalex 22 Accident 21
Ret 87 Remy Gardner Kalex 13 Accident 22
Ret 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 9 Accident 14
Ret 27 Iker Lecuona Kalex 9 Accident 24
Ret 40 Álex Rins Kalex 6 Accident 15
Ret 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 2 Accident 3
Ret 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 0 Accident 19
DNS 73 Álex Márquez Kalex Did not start
DNS 32 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

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 Brad Binder KTM 10 16:22.009 1 25
2 55 Andrea Locatelli KTM 10 +5.937 14 20
3 44 Arón Canet Honda 10 +9.594 20 16
4 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 10 +9.642 6 13
5 11 Livio Loi Honda 10 +9.680 4 11
6 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 10 +9.750 8 10
7 42 Marcos Ramírez Mahindra 10 +9.996 29 9
8 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 10 +10.115 28 8
9 95 Jules Danilo Honda 10 +10.142 15 7
10 64 Bo Bendsneyder KTM 10 +10.358 10 6
11 7 Adam Norrodin Honda 10 +10.447 26 5
12 20 Fabio Quartararo KTM 10 +10.569 34 4
13 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 10 +10.682 23 3
14 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 10 +10.979 25 2
15 6 María Herrera KTM 10 +13.763 13 1
16 12 Albert Arenas Peugeot 10 +13.821 24
17 77 Lorenzo Petrarca Mahindra 10 +28.297 31
18 3 Fabio Spiranelli Mahindra 10 +42.036 30
19 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta KTM 10 +50.454 27
20 14 Matt Barton FTR Honda 10 +1:23.446 33
Ret 19 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 9 Accident 3
Ret 9 Jorge Navarro Honda 9 Accident 11
Ret 43 Stefano Valtulini Mahindra 8 Accident 32
Ret 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 0 Accident 17
Ret 8 Nicolò Bulega KTM 0 Did not restart 2
Ret 16 Andrea Migno KTM 0 Did not restart 5
Ret 17 John McPhee Peugeot 0 Did not restart 7
Ret 36 Joan Mir KTM 0 Did not restart 9
Ret 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 0 Did not restart 12
Ret 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 0 Did not restart 16
Ret 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 0 Did not restart 18
Ret 4 Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 0 Did not restart 19
Ret 58 Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 0 Did not restart 21
Ret 84 Jakub Kornfeil Honda 0 Did not restart 22
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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
  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. 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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